Mid to Low Price Nearfields

I've been mixing on some Sennheiser HD 280's for a few months now and I've finally been able to save up a little cash so I want to invest in a pair of mid to low price nearfields. These things are killing my ears slowely I can feel it, even though I keep the levels below 90dB.

My budget is $300.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

you get what you pay for, save up 700 more and get some dynaudios...

cooocooo1 is definitely right about saving up because with monitors especially u get what u pay for. I haven't heard the dynaudios. i use the mackie hr824's the are like $1200 w/ tax but well worth it. I had to save up for them and i'm glad i did instead of going with the krk's .

Thanks for the input but..

There aint no way I can save up 700...at least not for another 7 months.
I'm at school 60hrs a week...plus h.w. and study time. Therefore I do not have time for a job(plus my schedule changes every 4 weeks because I go to an accerlated college with a new course every 4 weeks). I get a certain amount of money sent to me each month for living expenses. This covers rent, food, and a little left over for my leisure.

Basically I guess I gotta stick with these Sennheisers for another 7 months when I graduate in August, which is sucks..sucks a lot. I end up making a mix...burning it to a CD, going to my car, listening to it. Making notes about the mix and going back inside and re-mixing. This takes up about 5-6 blank CD's until I am satisfied "enough". Ugh..
Are you sure there isn't a pair that would be better than these headphones. Once I graduate I will be able to make some dough to get some nice nearfields...but anything to tide me over?

Thanks again for the input fellas.

Event 20/20 monitors might help.

btw...

This takes up about 5-6 blank CD's until I am satisfied "enough". Ugh..

Save the hassle and use a re-writable (CDRW) if you can.

I'm guessing that with the all hours you do at school you probably don't get enough time to work on music to be worth having expensive monitors yet. I also imagine that even if you could afford them now you might not have the right size of space to set them up properly ....... I remember some of the rooms I was in during my student days.

Having said that, I don't personally know about cheap monitors but if I was looking for gear in a specific price range I'd check an online retailer that has a search or arrange by price feature, like Digital Village here in the uk. Also, you can get names of models slightly above your price range & search for them second hand.

my question isnt worth starting a new thread though...

anyone familiar with the KRK RP5 Rokit's? how do they sound to you?

just curious to know if they're worth the cost. $135/each (not a pair)

thanks!

Take a Look at the Yorkville YSM series.
They are cheap, but decent monitors.

Peace.

featherboy wrote:I'm guessing that with the all hours you do at school you probably don't get enough time to work on music to be worth having expensive monitors yet. I also imagine that even if you could afford them now you might not have the right size of space to set them up properly ....... I remember some of the rooms I was in during my student days.

Very valid point, however I do get about an hour a day to mess with beats. I wouldn't be so concerned if I wasn't going to an engineering school...so sonic quality is something that I am addicted to now. I got a decent size room to set this up, not a room with padded and non-parallel walls but...

I'm basically just tired of these headphones, its crazy how different something sounds when you listen to it on speakers. I have some cheap speakers but they are really bass heavy(from one of those cheap 3-in-1 entertainment centers) and do not give me the best reproduction.

Thanks for all the input fellas, I'm gonna check these out.

Alesis makes some sturdy, decent sounding speakers for those on a budget.

Basically I guess I gotta stick with these Sennheisers for another 7 months when I graduate in August, which is sucks..sucks a lot.

I'd get some cheap monitors asap just because they will be a lot more comfortable to work with than headphones. I hate wearing headphones for more than a few minutes..... Plus once you can afford better monitors you'll have some good reference speakers too, ones that you are familiar with.

Yeah, I could hook the cheaper monitor up mono when I get my good ones for an aural tone.

whatever @ $1200 monitors...there are plenty of folks making really nice music/beats on low/mid range monitors...i dont buy into the monitors scheme..if i was working in a pro studio, okay ill want to see soem pro ish..if youre a student get some powered krks or events or whatever you find on ebay that looks good to you in that price range.. allthough if you save just a bit more you could get a bump up to the $450 level and that mihgt get you some decent 6" powered monitors...the more you spend the better youll get but you dont need it...

Renessis wrote:
My budget is $300.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

get you a nice lay away ticket

ebay.