Good inexpensive studio monitors

What are some of the best inexpensive studio monitors out there that have clear sound and good enough bass in them to not need to buy a sub?

sounds to me like you are looking for something to listen to music on... not to mix with.

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I have some Yamaha MSP5's I got used on CL for like $150 and they're awesome

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i would say the KRK Rokit 5's i would say those are inexpensive. you might find some first gen models on ebay for next to nothing.. if you wanna get real cheap i would look into M-Audio Studiophile's..

Krk Rokit's
Fostex PM1 mk2's
Tannoy Reveal's
Yamaha NS-10

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vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:Krk Rokit's
Fostex PM1 mk2's
Tannoy Reveal's
Yamaha NS-10

not going to hear much bass in those ns-10s

dopedee wrote:

vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:Krk Rokit's
Fostex PM1 mk2's
Tannoy Reveal's
Yamaha NS-10

not going to hear much bass in those ns-10s

Nope but you will get a much better truer mix than from chepo ported speakers

they are fairly over hyped in my opinion. They were originally just bookshelve speakers back then. They were present for one or two hit records and then became a "standard" Sort of foolish.

They are not bad for a reference, but imo its the same as taking out to the car or the boombox. (just to see if things are translating to other random sound systems.

Not trying to rant, just a little history.

They are more accurate than most people think..thats why they are/were popular.
They are very fussy also in what you are feeding them from..so if you use a cheap amp it will show it's short comings big time, if you drive them loud the sound is awful for a few reasons (Thermal Compression being one) and also yes the top and can be a little piercing.
But the drivers are very unique not cos they are white by the way lol...and also the sealed box design gives them a VERY good time domain performance..bare in mind the human ear is more sensitive to this than it is to frequency response.

I find it very misleading that so many people seem to perpetuate the aphorism: "If it sounds good on NS10s then it will sound good anywhere."

Like most claims of this type, the key missing ingredient is the context.

You are quite right, in that a good mix will sound good anywhere -- by definition.

The point about the NS10s (and some other sealed cabinet speakers, as well as a few other specific speaker designs) is that they are very revealing of certain aspects of a mix that most ported speakers can't reveal, and even obscure.

Mixes can sound good on ported speakers sometime simply because the largely inherent LF resonances mask completely some fundamental problem with the bass end timing or the the balance and EQ of bass instrumetns.

Most people can create a reasonable mix on any speaker once they're used to it, but a mix created on an NS10 (and a few others) will certainly not suffer from some of the masked problems that can so easily slip by on other ported speakers. And therefore those who understand this important feature are probably quite correct in their claim that "if it sounds good on NS10s then it will sound good anywhere". At least from the point of view of bass instrument timing and balance.

This is a very interesting read:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep08/a ... hans10.htm

Also a modern NS-10M would be the Acoustic Energy AE-22 which is not available in the US unfortunately, this every one says is what NS-10 owners wish their Yamaha's sounded like lol they are great monitors

the ns-10's are still the most poplar monitors used in major studios to day.
the big boyz used the ns-10's on most hit albums, and the SSL board. to name a few Dr. Dre, Jay-Z used and use ns-10's in their studios.
but remember they also use AB monitoring sometimes ABC monitoring, that way they can get the best mixes on car, home and club speakers

ABC Monitoring?