which monitor?

[Aridz]

Ok, so I am building a home recording studio and have been advised to make a pair of studio monitors my first purchase...

so after doing some research I am stuck between:

Fostex PM 0.5
M-Audio BX8a
Samson Resolv A6
Tannoy Reveal 5A

These are all in the £250 price range.. So which one would you recomend?

Thanks..

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

OK, so, like, you know, he said

Ok, so I am building a home recording studio and have been advised to make a pair of studio monitors my first purchase...

so after doing some research I am stuck between:

Fostex PM 0.5
M-Audio BX8a
Samson Resolv A6
Tannoy Reveal 5A

These are all in the £250 price range.. So which one would you recomend?

Thanks..

Or whatever. So, ummm, like I said, Ok, you know, you gotta make your own choice by listening to them. You can't take other's advice on which monitors to get any more than you can on what size shoes to get.

If you don't have the ear, you don't need the gear.

G.

 

[Norris Shepherd]

Definitely try them out if you can.

But, if you can't (if like me, you would need to drive 10 - 15 hours to find a place that actually stocked 'studio monitors') here's what i think...

Depending on what level your ears are at, it probably won't matter which of these you get. Read the revues on them, but in the end, they will probably sound better than anything you have in your house currently.

They key will be to reference them to sound sources you know. Play that pink floyd CD that you've been listening to for the past 30 years and see how they sound. More high end than usual? Bass seem exaggerated (probably not...)? etc. Then base your mixing on observations from listening to known sources.

I'm a relative newbie at this stuff, and have the lowly M-Audio Bx5a... but for me, at my current level, and my current investment.. they do ok.

 

[Waffleness]

Whatevers cheapest, and spend the rest on acoustic improvements

 

[89gtsleeper]

Well deep down, I want to just tell you to get the BX8s because they have more low end to work with since you won't also be running a sub in your setup. Once your ear develops a little, you will better understand what to make of that low end you hear and know how it translates, even if the bass response is not particularly flat or true. Speakers that can't reproduce those lows at all, don't give you that option.

But seriously, you have to listen to them first, and listening in a store is not the same as listening to them in your studio. It's a really tough thing to decide on. Really I don't think it will matter much at the point your at. You'll have to learn them over time and train your ear. Once you've done that, you'll probably decide to scrap the cheapo monitors and get something better anyway, so might as well make it cheap for now.