What Monitors????

On a side note I am looking for another set of bigger louder powered monitors to use when banging out production! But they don't have to be anything too crazy just clear punchy and loud. Been thinking of getting the TRUTH 2031A's for this purpose as they are cheap and i wont cry if i blow them up.

Try the bx8as... its about perfect.



Those JBLs have been on my list for things to get.

get your ears cleaned instead.

the Bm5a are exelent ... imo one of the best choices in that price range ... very detailed even at low volumes .. you have to spend alot more to top their preformance.. just get a sub to go with them or get another pair of bigger speakers dedicated for bass .. as they are without a doupt great monitors! ..
I´ve got a pair + two other monitors (smaller ones (for when my ears are tired) and a bigger pair for more heavy bass work) and then a bunc of cheap speakers (everything from boombox to little battery powered radio shacks), the Bm5a´s are my main monitors, I trust them and they never let me down ..

get your ears cleaned instead.

OH, trust me, I know.

Im telling you, Dyne has the competition licked. If I felt like spending the loot for the BM15's I would totally be done with monitors forever.


I know the bx8a's are a bit nonlinear for the EQ curve, but like I said... they fix my problems with having untreated rooms.


Love it or leave it... they are here to stay (until they blow up-- which they will as far as I hear.

Im fairly new to this, but a Engineer info'ed me on a lil trick. If you can find some reference or audiophile headphones from the 60's, or 70's, it will help. Because those poorly wired, hissy shits accentuate every detail. If you can make a mix sound good on them, then your pretty much golden. I got some Olson ph-500 R stereo headphones circa 1963, and I sample from em, chop with em and mix with em. My mixes are coming out noticibly better. But I also have some Sennheiser hd-280's, audio-technica at-35's, and some Laptec 5 dollar education headphones, plus like BG said, clock radio, ipod headphones. My main set of monitors are Mackie mr-8's, and its a huge difference from the m-audio av-40's or bx5a'sm I had. Much crisper, I guess "flatter" sound. I can hear the seperation of instruments.

[/quote]Im fairly new to this, but a Engineer info'ed me on a lil trick. If you can find some reference or audiophile headphones from the 60's, or 70's, it will help. Because those poorly wired, hissy **** accentuate every detail. If you can make a mix sound good on them, then your pretty much golden. I got some Olson ph-500 R stereo headphones circa 1963, and I sample from em, chop with em and mix with em. My mixes are coming out noticibly better. But I also have some Sennheiser hd-280's, audio-technica at-35's, and some Laptec 5 dollar education headphones, plus like BG said, clock radio, ipod headphones. My main set of monitors are Mackie mr-8's, and its a huge difference from the m-audio av-40's or bx5a'sm I had. Much crisper, I guess "flatter" sound. I can hear the seperation of instruments.[/quote]

I totally get that theory. I have a 1 dollar pair of headphones that isolate everything... but sound like ish. they are great for certain things...

but man, no offense intended here, but at what point does creativity turn into smoking crack?

I have never spent that much time to geek on "if it plays well in the spacestation headphones". Make music.... screw if it sounds good. sandcastles never last more than a few days anyway.

I feel you, Grub. But I just find that shit interesting. But for real, do you, always(no homo)

Investing in room treatment will do far more for your mixes than buying a new pair of monitors.

poundaproblem wrote:Best set of monitors Ive ever purchased.

Those monitors are the truth yo... them> all others hands down..1300-1500 for them...not happy about.. but you get what u pay for right? .... one

at only $100k you might as well cut to the chase and get these:

http://www.moogaudio.com/genelec-1036a-each-p-1658.html

ghosty wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:Best set of monitors Ive ever purchased.

Those monitors are the truth yo... them> all others hands down..1300-1500 for them...not happy about.. but you get what u pay for right? .... one

Ive owned a LOT of monitors over the years. These are by far the best ones Ive put my money on. Set the room correction once, put your faith in them and get to mixing.

The Grublet wrote:I have never spent that much time to geek on "if it plays well in the spacestation headphones". Make music.... screw if it sounds good. sandcastles never last more than a few days anyway.

What's the point in investing in accurate monitors if you're not bothered what your music sounds like on other systems?

Drinks wrote:Investing in room treatment will do far more for your mixes than buying a new pair of monitors.

+100000000000000 - nuff said.

MCL wrote:

Drinks wrote:Investing in room treatment will do far more for your mixes than buying a new pair of monitors.

+100000000000000 - nuff said.

and if the old pair is a hi fi one?

The same logic holds true for any speakers - All these monitor threads are pretty dangerous ground. People recommending monitors left right and centre without knowing where they are to be used, room dimensions, room settings, monitor position in that room etc - there are so many variables that need to be addressed when choosing monitors.

Unless you are choosing the monitors for the space - and that space is correctly treated and controlled, you will be listening not only to the monitors - but also (and maybe moreso in many cases) the room you are in.

Rooms are essentially large chambers that can have many many problems connected to them regarding resonance, comb filtering etc etc.....

I worked as a consultant acoustitian for long enough to see so many poor monitor judgements and monitor set ups (sometimes a good monitor, chosen well for the space - but poorly installed and used / wired etc) - but with the advent of the internet - and people buying monitors blindly, it just seems to me on the rise, and increasingly bizarre.

Room treatment should be much higher on peoples shopping lists