Re: OT: Suggestions for monitor speakers

[van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk>]

I fully agree on the Tannoy's.  A good friend of mine have used Tannoy's 
for ages, and resently upgraded to newer Reveal's, saying he can listen 
on Tannoy's for hours without ear fatique.

I'm using a set of Mackie HR624 mk2's, which I'm *very* happy with.
Though being the analythic type, they're nonetheless useful for both 
nearfield monitoring and ordinary media at 3-5 meters distance; 
everything sounds really good - and for hours ;)
Freq response is 21Khz to 37hz -1.5dB; quite impressive for the size.
Takes a few days to get them played-in, after which the early impresion 
of being slightly 'tight' is gone.

Before shopping those, I listened to several more expensive brands, but 
felt some were too over-detailed, to the point of sounding unrealistic.
This is surely great for having every single detail revealed, but IMHO 
also means needing another set of speakers for listening to how it 
actually sounds in real life; a financially unacceptable choise for me.

I'd suggest a visit to the soundonsound.com magazine, and search out 
varous reviews by Paul White, who's an old rat in this game, and always 
write in an objective way.

Happy shopping!
/van



Jeff Shirkey wrote:
> A very good choice that won't totally break the bank is Tannoy Reveal.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Fabio_A wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>> I decided to buy a monitor speakers system, but have ho idea which 
>> model to choose.
>> I'm a newby in this regards, so please let me know your experience.
>>  
>> I need monitor speakers mainly for mixing music and also to play with 
>> myself.
>> I want to connect the speakers straight from the main output of my RME 
>> Fireface.
>> I'll use them in my flat, so I don't need a powerfull system, in dB 
>terms.
>> What is really important is to get a "transparent" sound from them.
>> I'd prefer small ones and - why not - not much expensive.
>>  
>> Any suggestions ?
>>  
>> -fabio
>> www.eterogeneo.com <http://www.eterogeneo.com/>


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rgds,
van Sinn