Studio Monitors

[Tomorrow]

Lowest Price I have ever seen.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Mackie-HR824-Studio-Monitor?sku=605250X

Good find, Mazer!! This is really tempting, even for those of us with zilch cash.

 

[auujay]

HRmk2

I assume this is because Mackie finally introduced a second version of these monitors (http://www.mackie.com/products/hrmk2/splash.html).

Has anyone heard these new ones yet?

It is still tempting to get some of the old ones, it has been awhile since I heard them but the sounded awesome to me at the time.

 

[tim916]

I wasn't talking about specifics. IN GENERAL STUDIO MONITORS AREN'T MEANT TO BE USED AS HT LOUDSPEAKERS.

god damn. I know there is always the exception to the rule. You people kill me...

Well then just say "in general" the first time and you will be covered. You made what appeared to me to be a blanket statement.

 

[Nick250]

Remember that "studio monitors" are just "speakers" the same as the products from B&Ws are just "speakers". Also remember that recording studios have a whole bunch of acoustical treatments and the speakers are heavily EQed. So I would not over complicate it and use the tried and true basic strategy of buying what sounds best to my ears and fits my budget.

Nick

 

[jinjuku]

Well then just say "in general" the first time and you will be covered. You made what appeared to me to be a blanket statement.

I shouldn't have to, nor any one else. Forum members are generally cognizant of context in which these discussions take place.

No one else went vertical on my statement. They understood that it was in general, not as a blanket statement.

I refuse to write for the l.c.d on a forum such as this.

 

[syswei]

I was a little more specific and pointed towards JBL PRO LSR4300, and LSR6300 series...One person pointed out to me that pro / studio speakers mostly do a poor job off-axis and have a worse front soundstage; but a great job on-axis. Whereas home speakers have it better balanced.

Below is a quote from JBL.
"absolute accuracy at the mix position." What if you are on a couch, and not at the sweetspot (ie: mix position)?

I had been interested in the JBL LSR4326P. Haven't auditioned anything yet, since my room isn't even designed yet. You won't find many reviews of pro monitors in an HT setup, but there are some user comments. I am more interested now in the Focal Solo6 Be (about $2000/pair, street) for my fronts (sides/surrounds would probably be consumer passive inwalls) and would use an outboard EQ (Behringer DEQ2496 at $299/2 ch). A user comment I dug up on another site:

"I'm using 7 Focal Solo6 Be in my homecinema here in Germany.

The sound ist extreme clear and you will hear every Detail in the music. But I think, the SM6 couldn't be used without a good bassextension.
In my homecinema I use a double bass array with 8 18inch Woofers from Beyma, an these woofers make an excellent deep bass, wich is very suitable to the Focals."

 

[syswei]

some have tweeters that are designed with limited dispersion, which again can affect HT sound.

Dynaudio pro monitors come to mind as an example with limited tweeter dispersion.

But there are others that do a better job.

Example 1: Focal Solo6 Be pro active monitor uses the same tweeter as the Focal Electra 1007 Be. I have seen the dispersion characteristics in reviews of the Electra and it looks fine. Granted, the cabinets differ, and I have seen no dispersion data on the Solo6.

Example 2: JBL LSR 4326P ...see the "window" line in the graph at the bottom of page 2:
http://www.jblpro.com/products/recording&broadcast/LSR4300/JBL.LSR4326P.v4.pdf