what studio monitors do you use ?

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MY last Alexsis went kaput just like that and I am now looking to purchase a brand new setup and no more cheap monitors for me.

So I am looking to solicit some experience on what Monitors you guys have been using and your experience with it.

I am currently looking at either the MAckie hr624 mkii or the focal cms 50.
 
I have a pair of Mackie HR624's (the original model, not the Mk. II) on my editing system at home and am very satisfied with them. I have a second pair that I carry around as field monitors when doing music recording (mainly classical and folk) on location, and they work well for this too if you can handle the weight and bulk. I would like to add a subwoofer to the editing setup, but it has never risen to the top of my priority list.

You do have to consider that I have 54-year-old ears and my top end is not what it used to be (in more ways than one, I suppose), so it's possible I wouldn't hear some nuances that others might appreciate.

- Greg
 
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Just purchased a new pair of monitors. I got the Mackie MR8's. Back in the day I use to rock the Behringer Truth 8" ones. I liked those but decided to go with something different. I will be using the Mackies for Post Sound work.


Nicole
 
Audio monitors are very personal, but it also has to do with what sounds best in your room. I have the original Mackie HR824 w/ the HRS120 sub and love the set-up in my room. I also use a pair of very old Tannoy PBM-8 and a pair of Klipsh computer speakers for some perspective. I freelance at one place that uses Genelecs and another than uses JBL; they both also sound very nice.

Once you've replaced your speakers you should be sure to treat your room if you haven't already done so; that makes a HUGE difference in the way you hear and mix.
 
+1 on the JBLs man! (JBL LSR4328P)

These monitors are sooooo sweet. Also they self calibrate to your room. When you mix in a small room the bass builds up and you hear more bass than is actually in the recording, causing you to turn down the bass and have thin mixes. With these LSR 4300 monitors the calibration (comes with a reference mic) will adjust the monitors bass level to your mixing position and you get mixes that carry over to other rooms/cars/TVs well. I highly recommend you check them out and study up. Get the 8" woofers too and you won't need a sub woofer.
 
Chadfish said:
+1 on the JBLs man! (JBL LSR4328P)

These monitors are sooooo sweet. Also they self calibrate to your room. When you mix in a small room the bass builds up and you hear more bass than is actually in the recording, causing you to turn down the bass and have thin mixes. With these LSR 4300 monitors the calibration (comes with a reference mic) will adjust the monitors bass level to your mixing position and you get mixes that carry over to other rooms/cars/TVs well. I highly recommend you check them out and study up. Get the 8" woofers too and you won't need a sub woofer.
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Another +1 from me. I've used all kinds...Mackie (never translated well), Tannoy, Blue Sky, Adam, Event, KRK, Genelec, and others, and the JBL's just simply rock the house. These are the only active monitors that have actually blown me away. They are spendy, but well worth it.
 
ADAM A7 as tabletop nearfields, they are great at the price. PMC IB2S with Genelec 7071A subwoofer as the main monitors fed by Crane Song Avocet and NAD208 amplifier (PMCs). Great at any price.
 
I've had a nice pair of Event 20/20bas monitors for 13 years. Long discontinued of course. I sometimes also use the tiny speakers built into an old video monitor to simulate a laptop's audio playback. I wouldn't want to use a subwoofer'd system for something likely to be heard off a laptop. It's very much like back before car systems became so good, and music recording studios had something like a little Auratone cube or two to sound like a car speaker or a cheap transistor radio. Maybe they still do, along with dozens of earbuds.
 
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