Re: Monitors and Amps

[Lorenz Haeusle <lorenz@ganymed.org>]

hi,
try NAD amplifiers
it's a very difficult thing with amps and speakers. you just have to try
what fits together. we use nad-amplifiers together with some old
alesis-monitors (they really are old and huge, but sound just fantastic,
don't ask my anything about them...) for near-field monitoring we use some
cheap walkman speakers (as reference-speakers - when you have a good mix,
it even sounds good on those little boxes) 
as it was discussed on the list, you just have to try - and, don't forget -
trust your ears and not the sales-men.

At 19:49 11.01.99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>I've been lurking for a bit here and I am a new comer to this whole 
>looping
>thang.  I am just starting to look for items to create a small person 
>studio
>for myself and would like some purchacing advice from anyone out there.
>
>I've read through the studio monitor string last week (the pros and cons 
>of
>the Yamahas) but was wondering if anyone had any experience with the 
>Alesis
>Monitor Ones.  They seem to be priced to compete with the Yamahas.  I too
>have friends who either swear by the yamahas or dispise them (the 
>consensus
>I got was about the same as the opinions given here and Looper's Delight).
>Are the Alesis any better/worse/the same?
>
>I was also wondering what a good reference amp might be.  Is the Alesis 
>one
>OK?  Hafler?  Carvin?
>
>Thanks a bunch.
>
>Jim Ko
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