Best Monitors for MPC's ????

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Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By J Hill Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:10 pm
im in the process of trying to buy some monitors for my mpc, which ones give the best results? especially for bass
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Re: Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By Pastor-of-Muppets Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:56 pm
that's got to be one of the stupidest questions I've seen on this forum yet

noone can answer that question

define "best"

do you think there are special monitors for MPCs that are different to other monitors?

if you spend $5000 or more you'll probably be happy with the sound, but that's a lot of money. do you want to know what's the best for under $500? under $1000? under $5000?

see the link inflict3 posted, but that's about inexpensive monitors, and since you didn't give any details in your question maybe you are happy to spend unlimited amounts
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Re: Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By rookie Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:08 pm
Pastor-of-Muppets wrote:that's got to be one of the stupidest questions I've seen on this forum yet

noone can answer that question

define "best"

do you think there are special monitors for MPCs that are different to other monitors?

if you spend $5000 or more you'll probably be happy with the sound, but that's a lot of money. do you want to know what's the best for under $500? under $1000? under $5000?

see the link inflict3 posted, but that's about inexpensive monitors, and since you didn't give any details in your question maybe you are happy to spend unlimited amounts


:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By vinyl_junkie_1620 Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:01 pm
Thats easy..you wan't some of these bad boys

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Or if that's too cheap for you...why don't you go and get TAD to make you some custom enclosures for their drivers...or find the rare horn enclosure they did a while back

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Ahh yes these..

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Re: Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By Pastor-of-Muppets Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:28 am
my point is it's not a simple question, because what's "best" depends on lots of variables only you can know

money and the size of the room you'll use them in probably being the main variables
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By MGStudios Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:14 am
I got a question guys. I have a small bedroom I use for producing, so I'm considering either Rokit 5s or Rokit 6s...question is whether there is a big difference in sound quality because id rather spend less. which should i get?

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By J Hill Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:15 am
Pastor-of-Muppets wrote:my point is it's not a simple question, because what's "best" depends on lots of variables only you can know

money and the size of the room you'll use them in probably being the main variables


Im wet behind the ears when it comes to music production, I didn't take into consideration the size of the room or other variables that people who have been producing music do.

When I asked what were the best monitors, I was asking it that way to see what the opinions of you all were. I know there isnt just one BEST of them all type monitor, but if a user likes a monitor or favors one over others they usually call it best for them and I was hoping to get a general feel for which monitors would be good to look into.

but if i happened to mess up ya'll day with the question then lol my fault
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By Explicit- Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:46 am
MGStudios wrote:I got a question guys. I have a small bedroom I use for producing, so I'm considering either Rokit 5s or Rokit 6s...question is whether there is a big difference in sound quality because id rather spend less. which should i get?


Bad route fam.

Going the cheap route ends up being the more expensive route down the line.
If you go for cheap decent monitors you are more likely to upgrade soon then if you were to wait a few more months to get good quality. Trust me fam... Your gonna end up buying those tiny Rokit 5's then your gonna buy the Rokit 8's about 1 to 2 years from your original purchase.


SAVE and go for some bigger monitors. Do yourself the favor.
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Re: Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By mr_debauch Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:55 am
I am curious though now... has anyone tested the rocket 5's next to the rocket 6's?

It just occurred to me the other day that they had a 5 and a 6 inch model.



hey a friend of mine got a pair of these little tascam monitors that sound not too bad. I was actually impressed for the size and price... they were about 200 canadian for the pair and they are like 3 or 4 inch monitors.
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Re: Best Monitors for MPC's ????

By Pastor-of-Muppets Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:56 am
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov08/a ... krkrp6.htm
For this review I've focused on the RP6s, but KRK tend to build speakers with a sensibly consistent family sound across each product range. You can thus expect the larger RP8s to reproduce lower frequencies more effectively, and their overall maximum SPL to be a little higher, but the general tonal balance to be much the same. For desktop use in a small space, the RP5s would probably be the best choice from the range.
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