rather specific advice for monitors?
Anything about hardware musical instruments.
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rather specific advice for monitors?
2007-10-21T17:12:27+00:00
Ok! Please don't link me to other threads here, since I have very specific situation... :) Thank you
I'm in a BIG dilemma:
Since august, or maybe a bit earlier I had arranged from someone I knew from the Internet, to make custom monitors for me, for a set price. The specs are the following:
Dimensions: 70cm(H)x27cm(W)x33cm(D)(without stand)
110x31x33 (with stand)
Power Handling:RMS Power 80W
Maximum Power 120W
Sound Pressure Level @ 1W/1m: 88dB
Frequency Range: +/3dB
à 30Hz …22kHz
Type of cabinet: BassReflex
Price: 850Euro
The price includes an amp with the following thingies:
I must say I am really proud of this unit! It incorporates one of the
best power amplifiers I have designed. The power amplifier runs in class
AAB with 100W in 8 ohms at THD levels below 0.1% (typ 0.04%) Capable of
driving levels up to 200W in 8 ohms and 400W in 4 ohms this amplifier
will most likely never go into clipping. Up to 10 W it runs fully in
class A so normal listening levels will have the best fidelity an
amplifier can provide! It uses high quality modern components because the
quality of an audio system is the quality of the worst component in the
chain. It has all the protections needed, its almost impossible to
destroy it unless u deliberately want it ;)
The features! It has 3 mic inputs where u can plug any kind of mic there
is… dynamic, electret, condenser all selectable on the front panel. Also
for every mic input a led bar graph displays the mic level so u can
easily monitor the levels so that mic preamp wont distort the sound. The
meter can display VU or peak in bar graph display or dot display. Also
the inputs available for mic are balanced XLR or balanced jacks. For
electret mics inputs are unbalanced XLR and jack. A gain knob lets u set
the gain of the preamp to match any mic's sensitivity. These 3 inputs are
mixed together and fed to the main mixer inside the amp. U can set that
signal coming from mic go to the stereo bus in phase or 180 degrees out
of phase. Also u can use a DNR (dynamic noise reduction) for bad
connections or when long cables are used and the noise floor rises. Also
u have a Send/Return Loop right after mic mixing so u can use the high
quality mic preamp inside the amp and then add a compressor or eq or
voice processor and then feed it back to the amp. The amp has one phono
input… who knows mb someday u'll need it J and 6 line level inputs (CD,
Tape, Soundcard, Aux1, Aux2, Aux3) Aux 3 has a high input impedance
preamp of about 1megohms. All these inputs are selectable by a switch on
the front panel and green leds show the current selection. The main mixer
also has a FX send/return loop so u can add other units to the chain like
eqs. After this everything is fed to the power amp. Precise VU meters
allows u to see the volume levels. The amp also has recording output
after the main mixing, mic monitor output after the mic mixing and a
class A headphone amplifier with 0 hiss! for ur great headphones!
and a hardware 1/4 EQ.
All this for 850 euros + shipping.
All this ok.
The further info was that:
1. I had 14 days to test them (since I would never be able to listen to them), and if I didn't like them, I could return them.
2. All cables included.
3. No money upfront. I would pay the full ammount to the delivery guy.
Well pretty much this.
This whole deal sounded great, to tell you the truth, and from the specs and what the guy was telling me (plus I knew him a bit "internet" wise from before) it seems genouine and fine!
Now it's the 21st of Oct, right?
This whole deal was stalled, and stalled, and stalled.
First he lost his business partner so he had a bit of a problem, but he would keep his promise.
Now today he told me that he could not afford shipping, so I would have to pay for shipping and the rest later one.
Needless to say, I am tons worried, and I'm seriously thinking of not buying from the guy.
And this is where YOU come in:
WTF do I do?
I have the money (more or less 1000 euros) since Aug. and nothing to do with the money.
I do think that custom made will be a much better deal than any factory deal, but where do I search? How do I try? What do I do?
Any links?
Any people you know (and trust)?
And monitors at such a price that will suite me? I need something rather good (not heaven), and I write orchestral stuff mainly, so I need something more than the usual rubbish floating around the net and the net stores...
Please help me...
Nikolas
PS. Sorry for the long post.
In the meantime I got a lovely new keyboards and the LynxONE both of which serve me great...
Nikolas
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=83381
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- KVRAF
- 2317 posts since 11 Mar, 2003
Post by Mr Arkadin »
Definitely go PMCs is you can - flat as a dancer's tummy. Great speakers always highly recommended and British (there's still one thing the Brits do best... well the Germans do OK too). i would try and stretch the budget to some TB-2s if you can.
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- KVRist
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- 189 posts since 5 Oct, 2005
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Hey thanks for the advice everyone!
So one (2 rather) choices are the PMCs TB2S-A, or the TBS2+ ones (active and passive, respectively), and actually I went to turnkey today and heard the digidesign RM1s (PMC build actually... what do you know), which amongst the whole thing there, they sounded amazing!
So the choice goes pretty much between
TB2S-A and RM1s...
?????
(Will have a listen to the PMCs next week).
Either way, just wanted to thank everyone in this thread. You've been great guys
So one (2 rather) choices are the PMCs TB2S-A, or the TBS2+ ones (active and passive, respectively), and actually I went to turnkey today and heard the digidesign RM1s (PMC build actually... what do you know), which amongst the whole thing there, they sounded amazing!
So the choice goes pretty much between
TB2S-A and RM1s...
?????
(Will have a listen to the PMCs next week).
Either way, just wanted to thank everyone in this thread. You've been great guys
www.nikolas-sideris.com
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