Monitor Speakers

machinauk · 22 Jun 2007 at 09:43

donbt know if anyone here does any home recordings, but im looking for some monitoring speakers for my PC, nothing to expensive, £100 maybe.

i know naff all about speakers in general, so anybody know a thing or two? i was looking at these:

http://dawsons.co.uk/musicstore/s47...NGER/Behringer-MS20-Pair/details.aspx?&comp=y

mattyfez · 22 Jun 2007 at 23:14

well, the difference between choosing a set of monitors and choosing a set of normal speakers is the fact that you choose normal speakers for yourself, which is pretty self explanitory, if you like dance music youd get somthing fast paced with good punchy bass.....

buying monitors for music production is a different kettle of fish....a music producer had to manipulate the sound of his creation for a very wide audience so it will sound its best weather played on a £30 argos stereo or a £2000 high end system.

with that in mind, you would need a set of speakers that are very neutral...if you buy a set with great big woofers it will sound great when you listen to it at home, but when sombody else with cheap speakers listens to it, it may end up sounding hollow and one-dimensional.....

....and on the other side of the coin, if you do your production with cheap tinny speakers, you will more than likely raise the bass end of the EQ up, so when played back on a higher quality set of speakers, the bass will overpower all the subtle qualities of your sound.

I think they would be a decent choice considering your budget, but i would maybe try to stretch to the fostex ones two items down, as they are bi-amped and seem that bit better.

http://dawsons.co.uk/musicstore/s48344/0/Monitor-Speakers/FOSTEX/Fostex-PM-04-Pair/details.aspx?&comp=y

fostex pm series

machinauk · 23 Jun 2007 at 12:03

cheers for that, i'll check out the fostex ones next time im in dawsons.

tooth · 24 Jun 2007 at 11:48

check out the event alp5's, quite bright and not too bass heavy but you can eq them.

EDIT- scratch that, i thought i read 199 instead of 100.

wij · 25 Jun 2007 at 17:22

Stuff you produce/mix at home is never going to translate well across a variety of systems due to the environment that you are working in.

I have a set of Genelec 8030's at home that I use for rough edits, and mixes on and have found they translate reasonably well, although my room has been reasonably well treated acoustically.

I would also recomend you find out if there is a Digital Village near you and go down and get them to audition a load of monitors for you, they generally have a better product range then Dawsons and their staff are normally far more knowledgable.