Choosing reference monitor speakers for your music studio

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[TheLynxie]

My headphones ARE monitors, so they are FLAAAAAAT.

They can reproduce a ear splitting amount of BASS, too. So. I use those, I cannot really use speakers like this because that means the sound isn't DIRECT to my ears, so I'm one of those producers that use headphones.

[DJVespers]

@TheLynxie Headphones can seriously distort your perception of stereo field, unless they're open. I've been really impressed with my Sennheiser HD558s.

[cast390]

You look like a young Tom Cruise

[DJVespers]

@cast390 Odd, I've never heard that one before...but if I can bang Katie Holmes I'm all down with that shiz.  Goooooooose! Nooooooooo!

[Kkidzz]

There are so many more factors that are not mentioned in deciding what monitors to purchase; room size, speaker placement, speaker isolation etc.

Most importantly, which many people overlook, is room treatment.

Example: If you have a tiny untreated perfectly square room and you're throwing in monitors with an 8" woofer you can have some problems; possibly,standing waves from too much bass = boomy room.

Google Gearslutz for DIY tips on doing budget room treatment.

[DJVespers]

@Kkidzz Yes and no. Speaker placement and isolation don't really dictate what speaker you buy, but rather what you do with the ones that you have. Room size yes. The Mackies have a variety of settings on the back to accommodate different setups and room placements. Hopefully most people aren't producing in a shoebox ;)

[SjurHermanzg]

It`s better to buy several headphones(hi fi) and 2 hi fi speaker systems for pcand some cheap studio monitors than it is to spend all your money on studio monitors.

[spiritmedicine42]

Do you think the newer model the HR824mk2 is just a good or better? What about the Yamaha HS80M's? They have a good reputation.

[rachitballer]

@TheLynxie Headphones are really good when you don't have access to monitor speakers at that moment. Heapdhones are great for monitoring purposes, although for mixing purposes, speakers will be better than headphones in terms of soundstage (depth and width)

[MerlosMusicOfficial]

sooo man what would you recommend me for house music? u know in how music we love the bass and im pretty sure that i need to hear please reply! thank you :)! nice video btw little tom cruise

[DurnoldDuke1]

which monitor speakers would you recommend for pop/rock kind of music?

[videobenji]

Now I need to find a place where I can make loud music without pissing everyone off!

[bclaus0]

Hi DJ Vespers,

Would you recommend buying two KRK VXT 8's second hand (in great condition) without sub, or two Adam A5X's but brand new and later buy a sub to go with them? In case you have some other recommendations, I'd love to hear your opinion. We produce electronic music in a small home-studio.

greets,

Claus.

[MISTERJUNIAN]

@DJVespers Nice, do you have any experience/opinion on HD598s as that's what I have. Thanks.

[K0lsyr4]

@TheLynxie No, I use HD-25 II when I'm producing music, because my speakers are shitty. But I still switch back and forth to make sound perfect on both speakers and in headphones. And when I'm making bass sound I EQ out the bass on the speakers and make it loud, I want the bass to resonate with my cheast or the dorr and trying to make the bass as clean as possible.

[TheLynxie]

@doomtomb3 Jesus Christ, man. You're looking at the fucking remastered shitty dubstep song.

I did that so I could show what remastering, and proper EQ could properly do to bassboost. And not just adding 12 DB of bass.

If you really wanna baw like that. Look at the descriptions of the videos. I didn't even make that song.