He all
So I'm new looking to get some new monitors, sadly my budget is limited to £200.
I've done a lot of research ....
My studio room is small, so 5 inch will be all I need and nearfield will be best as I will be sitting in a triangle with the speakers.
The 2 speakers that I am considering are the Presonus Eris E4.5 or the Alesis M1 Active 520.
Has anyone had these speakers before? Would you recommend? Or, is there a better speaker in the £200 bracket that you would recommend above these two?
Thank you in advance - all comments very welcome.
Igg
Monitor speaker advice
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- KVRist
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
For that budget I'd go for some good headphones and a cheapo grotbox.
Specifically Beyerdynamic DT880s and a phone speaker dock thing.
Specifically Beyerdynamic DT880s and a phone speaker dock thing.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
Headphones wise I have Sennheiser HD 25's already, so no need to get any new ones.
Thanks tho
Thanks tho
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- KVRAF
- 8237 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
Just slightly over your budget are the JBL LSR305's
They are a legitimate, proper pair of monitor speakers and a world apart from the one's you're looking at now.
Definitely worth the extra 10%
They are a legitimate, proper pair of monitor speakers and a world apart from the one's you're looking at now.
Definitely worth the extra 10%
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
Ah ok, NP.Iggmeister wrote:Headphones wise I have Sennheiser HD 25's already, so no need to get any new ones.
Thanks tho
Listen to tehlord then, he knows his stuff.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
Thanks both, appreciate the advice
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
Was maybe thinking of goung for Tannoy 502 a, a little over budget, would you go for the JBL's before the Tannoys tehlord?
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- KVRAF
- 8237 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
JBL's before anything, even 5" monitors up to £300-400
Take a look at some of the reviews
Take a look at some of the reviews
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
Great, thanks mate, appreciate the advice
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
Just bought the JBL 305's , should receive them on Thursday
You're right about the reviews
You're right about the reviews
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 11 Jan, 2015
So ......
Monitors hooked up, with a Focusrite Scarlett Solo interface.
And i have to say i am very happy. The detail is exceptional for the price. The mid range is especially beautiful. The highs are sharp and the bass as pretty well detailed, and certainly not plummy or overly bassy.
big thanks to tehlord, great recomendation.
Monitors hooked up, with a Focusrite Scarlett Solo interface.
And i have to say i am very happy. The detail is exceptional for the price. The mid range is especially beautiful. The highs are sharp and the bass as pretty well detailed, and certainly not plummy or overly bassy.
big thanks to tehlord, great recomendation.
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- KVRian
- 554 posts since 28 Jul, 2011 from USA
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 8 Jan, 2012
Had a recent revelation and just thought I'd post my experience on this topic, which many may disagree with, but oh well.
I've been working on a mix where the track sounds great on my studio monitors....punchy bass, nice tight kick, everything sitting right where it should be. I send a rough mp3 to the guitarist, and he says "it's distorted". I go back, listen, isolate each track, tweak and fiddle through about 10 new test mixes, and he keeps saying, "it's distorted".
So I take the mp3/cd burn of the track and listen to it on everything imaginable, three different car stereos, four different sets of speakers, a couple of pairs of earbuds and headphones, and dammit I can't hear any distortion. So I finally on a whim try playing the mp3 on a computer with cheapo powered computer speakers, plugged into the audio jack. Teeny little drivers with a sizeable hole trying to port the bass. And bingo....I hear distortion. I promptly disconnect the crap speakers and bring them into the studio desk to mix--I hear it, it's on the bass and kick, at around 200hz, I'm guessing right about where the cheapo speaker bass ports are supposed to accentuate/compensate. I remix the track ENTIRELY on the cheapos, with a final listen on the studio monitors (on which it has a little less low end than I would like, but still passable). Render the mp3, send it to the guitarist....."yeah man, this sounds great!".
I guess the point is that while having hi fidelity, absolutely flat/accurate studio monitors in your acoustically treated room is all nice in principle, most people won't be listening that way. I've now made these cheapo speakers--the worst designed, poorest excuse for speakers imaginable--a regular part of my mixing regimen, figuring if I can make it sound passable on those, it will sound okay on anything. That experience at least helped me get over any drive to upgrade my studio monitors.
I've been working on a mix where the track sounds great on my studio monitors....punchy bass, nice tight kick, everything sitting right where it should be. I send a rough mp3 to the guitarist, and he says "it's distorted". I go back, listen, isolate each track, tweak and fiddle through about 10 new test mixes, and he keeps saying, "it's distorted".
So I take the mp3/cd burn of the track and listen to it on everything imaginable, three different car stereos, four different sets of speakers, a couple of pairs of earbuds and headphones, and dammit I can't hear any distortion. So I finally on a whim try playing the mp3 on a computer with cheapo powered computer speakers, plugged into the audio jack. Teeny little drivers with a sizeable hole trying to port the bass. And bingo....I hear distortion. I promptly disconnect the crap speakers and bring them into the studio desk to mix--I hear it, it's on the bass and kick, at around 200hz, I'm guessing right about where the cheapo speaker bass ports are supposed to accentuate/compensate. I remix the track ENTIRELY on the cheapos, with a final listen on the studio monitors (on which it has a little less low end than I would like, but still passable). Render the mp3, send it to the guitarist....."yeah man, this sounds great!".
I guess the point is that while having hi fidelity, absolutely flat/accurate studio monitors in your acoustically treated room is all nice in principle, most people won't be listening that way. I've now made these cheapo speakers--the worst designed, poorest excuse for speakers imaginable--a regular part of my mixing regimen, figuring if I can make it sound passable on those, it will sound okay on anything. That experience at least helped me get over any drive to upgrade my studio monitors.
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- KVRian
- 554 posts since 28 Jul, 2011 from USA
You want to work from both ends of the spectrum. With the studio monitors you will be able to hear and remedy details that can't even be heard on the cheaper speakers, and having a near flat response makes a good middle ground. You then test your mix on other speakers of varying quality in other environments. The idea is that gradually over time you get to know your specific monitors and have a feel for how they are going to translate to other situations such as your cheapo powered computer speakers and thus you can make adjustments without even needing to physically test it on those speakers.