Monitor suggestions

Mikelamury

Mikelamury

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I recently acquired a new computer so Im going to get into 'trying' to record/produce something, if nothing else I'll be able to record my licks/songs so I don't forget them. I ordered a volt 276 and it comes with Ableton live lite as a DAW and a bunch of other software but I would like some suggestions for monitors. I really don't know much about them to make an informed decision, while I'm trying to learn about this stuff if anyone can give me some suggestions for monitors that would be helpful. I'm looking for something that's not the most expensive but is going to be decent to good quality sounds. So basically I'm asking about I guess you would say a good 'bang for your buck' choice for monitors. Any suggestions or information on the subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 
Check out JBL's website they are quirky with their pricing. I got in wall speakers on their site for $79 the next day my friend went on the site and they were $300. I have a bunch of JBL stuff and I always go there first. I also got a great deal on my monitors but that is a different and longer story.
 
I've had a pair of Mackie HR824s for years, and they're excellent. Very clear and detailed at every volume level I've had them up to - you can hear exactly what's going on in your mixes. They'll pop up used from time to time for decent prices. Adam, genelec and dynaudio all do decent stuff in similar price ranges too.
 
Kind of depends on price range, goals for production, and size constraints. Monitors can be anywhere from $99 to $9000+
 
beaubrummels said:
Kind of depends on price range, goals for production, and size constraints. Monitors can be anywhere from $99 to $9000+
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Ya I get where your coming from. I'm not using them to record professional albums to sell I just want to record my songs on guitar and have the playback sound pleasing and true to form. I guess I'm in the price range of 300-600 bucks probably.
 
GuitarStv said:
I've had a pair of Mackie HR824s for years, and they're excellent. Very clear and detailed at every volume level I've had them up to - you can hear exactly what's going on in your mixes. They'll pop up used from time to time for decent prices. Adam, genelec and dynaudio all do decent stuff in similar price ranges too.
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20 Years ago I went to Chuck Levin's WMC and they had a pair of the Mackie HR824s AND a pair of Behringer Truth B2031As.

The Truths were every bit as much monitor as the Mackies and cost half as much.

My first pair of Truths lasted me 10 years and started to develop some self noise. My current set of Truths have been going strong the past ten years and I'm hoping for at least another five. Maybe if I had bought the Mackies 20 years ago I'd still be on the same set.


To the OP...

The Truths have something like 275W biamped per side and if your primary use case is amp sims and modelers, the Truths can't be beat. They have alot of headroom that anything smaller won't have.
 
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