KVR Audio

Bubbamusic · Post by **Bubbamusic** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:18 pm

I don't see any monitor threads on this page. Is this the right topic? After three decades with passive JBL monitors, (they have been here since the TEAC 3340S) I finally bought a set of active JBL monitors. I opted for the smaller LS305's instead of the LS308's as the higher price might have set off the household female money alarm. So far, the alarm has been silent. When I gigged, I had an active P.A. system and the sound was awesome. These little JBL's are kicking butt, even with the bottom end. I have just updated my system with 32 GB of memory, two large SSD's and that Yamaha synth/controller (MX61) that also serves as AD/DA converter. There is no latency to speak of. I have transferred most of my samples, updated my Kontakt, Reaktor and Cubase to 64 bit. The VSTi's and VST's that I want to keep must be updated and installed on the new box. I started this project in November. I haven't started any songs since then. Perhaps if the projects become too easy to do, I will lose any inspiration.

PurpleSunray · Post by **PurpleSunray** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:11 am

I don't see any monitor threads on this page. Is this the right topic?

I this supposed to be a question, or just some general chat about what hardware we run?

I love my Focal CMS .... couldn't live without anymore

And yes.. I know the problem with new monitors very well: everything sounds so fantastic that you are completly busy with listen to music instead of making music

wickfut · Post by **wickfut** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:19 pm

is that one of them new fangled motorised desks?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:25 pm

I still use my budget M-Audio monitors:

I like them though, really not much wrong with them...

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:29 pm

I just got a pair of presonus Eris e5's.
Great monitors for the price I think. They work well and sound great in a limited space. IMHO.

PurpleSunray · Post by **PurpleSunray** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:32 pm

wickfut wrote:is that one of them new fangled motorised desks?

yeah, a swedish one (ikea), was on sale

wickfut · Post by **wickfut** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:46 pm

PurpleSunray wrote:
wickfut wrote:is that one of them new fangled motorised desks?
yeah, a swedish one (ikea), was on sale

any good?

and I bought a pair of solid aluminium JBL LSR 6325p in a sale last week to use as my second monitors (my mains being PSI A25-m midfields)

lovely little things.

PurpleSunray · Post by **PurpleSunray** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:19 am

wickfut wrote:
PurpleSunray wrote:
wickfut wrote:is that one of them new fangled motorised desks?
yeah, a swedish one (ikea), was on sale
any good?

I really like it. Have one @work too and got used to it - at home it's even more usefull, so you can dance while tuning synth knobs

Quality is good... it's ~1 year old and still goes up and down, no problems so far

wickfut · Post by **wickfut** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:30 am

could you measure the lowest point from the floor to the table top for me? I'm tempted to get one of these and then get a custom top for it

PurpleSunray · Post by **PurpleSunray** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:43 am

goes from 65cm -> 125cm

nIGhT-SoN · Post by **nIGhT-SoN** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:56 am

I have Tannoy Reveal 502, got them like a year ago. Love them! Really nice punch for their size and has an awesome stereo image.

Bubbamusic · Post by **Bubbamusic** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:08 am

Some seriously expensive monitors on this page! Did you guys snip the wires to the female cash alarms?

nIGhT-SoN · Post by **nIGhT-SoN** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:55 am

Tannoy 502 are not that expensive, well at least when I bought them. I got them from Thomann for €129 each/€258 the pair. Now they are €182 each/€364 a pair. I guess I saved more than €100, and got them new, not B-Stock.

PurpleSunray · Post by **PurpleSunray** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:21 am

Bubbamusic wrote:Some seriously expensive monitors on this page! Did you guys snip the wires to the female cash alarms?

The Focal CMS50 + Sub is about 2000€...
I lost my headphones and got some Focal Spirit Professional after trying about 100 different other ones..

But.. they where sounding waaaaaaaay better than my KRK monitors @home. Just a complete diffferent level of accoustic quality.. so I started to only use headphones @home, which really suckz after a while.
So what to do now...... safe money and buy Focal monitors

It's like an addiction, think I need to look for a doctor soon

ATN69 · Post by **ATN69** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:29 am

chk071 wrote:I still use my budget M-Audio monitors:

I like them though, really not much wrong with them...

I got the BX8 and I love them. I had a pair of Behringer before but I didn't like them. The most important thing is that I got used to mixing and mastering on my BX8 by now. It takes time to get used to what ever monitors you use, so changing to another model is kind of a long process.

New monitors