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Studio Monitors?, Low budget!!

Hamish View Member Profile	Fri 22 Nov 2002, 14:03 Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 11-Nov 02 From: Maidenhead - UK Member No.: 9,180	I am on a very low budget approx £300 and I need monitors. What can anyone recommend? Active, or an Amp and monitors. Please help!

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bjkiwi View Member Profile	Tue 7 Jan 2003, 01:07 Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 02-Aug 02 From: Sydney - AU Member No.: 6,491	before u buy some different monitors, consider the effect of the room on what u are hearing. the acoustics of the room could be leading u 2 'hear' more low end than is actually there. without going into a detailed diatribe about room acoustics and monitor placement, I feel the most important task of monitors is 2 act as a benchmark for your judgement. so make up a collection of tracks u know well (lots of variety...rock, solo piano, vocal etc.) and listen to them in your space 2 become aware of the monitor/room's interence and then use them as comparisons and references to your work. the vast majority of us are working and mixing in far less than ideal acoustic spaces and the better your awareness of the deficiences of your space the better equipped u are 2 make informed mixing decisions.

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Hamish Studio Monitors? Fri 22 Nov 2002, 14:03

kemikal i bought some event 20/20 monitors (passive for ju... Fri 22 Nov 2002, 23:11

holli BM5's BM5's!! Check 'em out,... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 16:28

JackC If you can stretch your budget or hold off 'ti... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 18:59

holli Also.. almost all monitors work best when the amp ... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 20:40

Presto Holli, could you explain that a bit better? I rem... Sun 24 Nov 2002, 22:30

holli I can try! I have BM5 nearfields driven with ... Mon 25 Nov 2002, 03:43

Presto Thanks Holli for your very interesting analysis. Y... Mon 25 Nov 2002, 12:53

holli BM5's and 6's even sound good with a stand... Mon 25 Nov 2002, 16:55

ryosode I use a pair of M-Audio SP-5B. I think it's be... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 04:10

ryosode I meant well known "active" monitors at ... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 04:11

add9 I'll join this thread I've been on Ge... Sun 5 Jan 2003, 11:11

lepetitmartien Add9 if you run the 1029 without the sub you'r... Mon 6 Jan 2003, 06:17

bjkiwi before u buy some different monitors, consider the... Tue 7 Jan 2003, 01:07

Presto add9 - try borrowing a sub and see what happens be... Tue 7 Jan 2003, 22:54

lepetitmartien On monitor placement, the site of Genelec as a lea... Wed 8 Jan 2003, 01:47

add9 Again, thank you guys! This is the only place ... Wed 8 Jan 2003, 22:25

Presto Yeah!!!!!! BM6As Join t... Wed 8 Jan 2003, 22:41

lepetitmartien BM6A are rock solid (can't compare with other ... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 03:55

Levon River add9, since the rarified air of philosophy on pris... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 15:07

add9 What are you trying to tell me, River... ... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 15:41

Levon River QUOTE (add9 @ Jan 9 2003, 14:41)When I have b... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 15:50

Presto I've started caving. I'd like to see what ... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 18:35

tacoboy I will now boast the fact that I have a pair of Ge... Thu 10 Apr 2003, 18:47

-spike- QUOTE 1030's are the best nearfield monitors (... Fri 13 Jun 2003, 07:29

Angelgob well, I'm joining this discussion a little lat... Mon 17 Nov 2003, 18:34

kevindetroit M-Audio BX5's $300 USD out the door at Gu... Tue 18 Nov 2003, 06:06

dmrkh Is it too late to bring up a tangent, as in, (self... Sat 20 Dec 2003, 01:40

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