Home Studio Monitors

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
tastypants
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:42 pm

Home Studio Monitors

Post by tastypants » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:52 pm

Hi :) I've been piecing together equipment whenever I get the money to purchase any.
Sadly I have no studio speakers to listen to my work on. I have silly speakers I got in 2009 from purchasing a desktop.

I now have some money to buy speakers, and now the decision making begins. But i don't know where to even begin.

I'm looking for something <$500 .. can someone lead me in the right direction? am I not going to get anything quality for under <500 altogether?
The Brotherhood Shall Prevail

re:dream
Posts: 4598
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:42 am
Location: Hoerikwaggo's sunset side...
Contact:

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by re:dream » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:13 pm

I don't know what the experts will say, but I am very happy with my krks

http://www.krksys.com/krk-studio-monito ... kit-8.html

jestermgee
Posts: 4500
Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:38 am

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by jestermgee » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:38 pm

I have the older KRK 8s and they have been pretty good to me. I also have a KRK sub too which makes all the difference for producing real low end stuff.

I bought mine about 8 years ago when I sold my car back then and I expected them to sound amazing because I really wasn't educated in Monitors as I used mainly monitor headphones and a large stereo for listening. First thing I found was I could not hear any low end so I purchased a sub. After everything when I had what I thought was a "good sounding" setup I discovered that everything I produced was too bass heavy. Now, I know how to listen for the room and tune the setup much better but point is don't expect miracles if you don't have much experience. Speakers themselves are great for the cost tho.

Dragonbreath
Posts: 561
Joined: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:34 am

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by Dragonbreath » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:07 pm

Yeah bought a used pair of Krk rokkits 8 and they helped me improve my mixes by alot! Make sure to read up on placement and room acoustics to get the most of them

bicarbone
Posts: 385
Joined: Tue May 09, 2006 6:31 pm
Location: Switzerland
Contact:

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by bicarbone » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:05 pm

Equator D5 are supposed to be really good in that price range. Have a listen if you can.
|soundcloud|

MBP 2.2 GHz i7 quad 10.7.5 8GB ram | Live9suite | Reaper | Metric Halo ULN-2 + DSP | PSI A21-M active monitors | Littlepapercones passive speakers | Studer 169 analog mixer

dhilsabeck
Posts: 5935
Joined: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:52 am
Location: Chicago

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by dhilsabeck » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:06 pm

New Adam f series are supposedly pretty good at that price point.

CR78
Posts: 489
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:04 am
Location: Chicago
Contact:

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by CR78 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:17 am

You can absolutely get quality for under $500.....

http://www.emotivapro.com/products/airmotiv-5-pair

I have the 6's; used to have ADAM A7's and Genelec 1030A's before the ADAM's

Do some research on the Airmotiv's.

fishmonkey
Posts: 4478
Joined: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:50 am

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by fishmonkey » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:37 am

bear in mind also that the sound of your room greatly affects the sound of your monitors...

TheNobleNemesis
Posts: 271
Joined: Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:58 am
Location: Earth, Virgo Supercluster

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by TheNobleNemesis » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:51 am

If you're looking for a great pair of monitors, you need look no further than the KRK Rokit series. I recently bought a pair and I can say without a doubt that these are some of the best monitors you can get! You're gonna like the way they sound. I guarantee it.

login
Posts: 1870
Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:41 am

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by login » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:08 am

Yamaha HS50

RedEngineer
Posts: 5
Joined: Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:22 am

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by RedEngineer » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:06 am

KRKs are highly overrated. Check out the Equator D5s. $400 for the pair. They are only available direct, but they have a 60 day money back policy. I am quite pleased with them.

re:dream
Posts: 4598
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:42 am
Location: Hoerikwaggo's sunset side...
Contact:

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by re:dream » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:11 am

The D5s's do get good reviews.

But: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-end- ... oblem.html

pskept
Posts: 86
Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:58 pm
Location: here now

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by pskept » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:55 pm

hmmmm... i've got krk rokit 8s. the old ones. and well they are ok. they are better than what i had before and better than nothing. i can't even slightly agree with some of the gushing reviews in this thread. they are definitely not very transparent compared to monitors friends have like events for example and at first all of my mixes came out very bass heavy. i've learned them and can judge a bit better now. so my review of the rokits is they are ok and way better than what you had before if you're considering them. i think the 8s might be a little to big for my small room too.

that being said i'm trying to sell them to get equator 5's.

tastypants
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:42 pm

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by tastypants » Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:36 pm

Thanks everyone for their input!

All this research has lead me to another question: How should I go about buying a specific AC voltage? Example: the speaker offers 2 different AC voltages. How do I know which one I should be looking at? I don't quite understand the whole VAC level.

I've tried looking this question up but have been coming up with nothing!

Thanks.
The Brotherhood Shall Prevail

jestermgee
Posts: 4500
Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:38 am

Re: Home Studio Monitors

Post by jestermgee » Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:52 pm

Should be whatever the AC voltage is int he country you live.

Australia = AC 240v

Most gear is dual voltage but always check. I have a machine mixer from the states that is ONLY 120v AC so I needed a step down transformer for that one.

Post Reply