Best Ratio Between Monitors & Acoustic Treatment $$?

satox · 6th November 2007, 08:03 AM

Hi. I'm putting a temporary project studio into a house (4-6 months duration) here in LA for a composer I know. Electronica/Pop/Rock rough mixing and vocal overdubbing.

Here ares some more details: Great converters, voltage regulation and cables. Small table for new 24" iMac (its pretty quiet) and Mackie MCU Pro/C4. Small rack of gear to the left, and a keyboard on a stand to the right. Some amount of noise bleed from street/house (we're in a large bedroom).

So, I've got around $5,000 left for Monitors/Acoustics. How would you split the cash? $2,400 into active monitoring (Dynaudio BM12A or something similar), $200 of stands, and $2,400 into room treatment? Or???

I would really appreciate the advice guys. Thanks.

peeder · 6th November 2007, 09:24 AM

Enough of each.

Glenn Kuras · 6th November 2007, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by satox

Hi. I'm putting a temporary project studio into a house (4-6 months duration) here in LA for a composer I know. Electronica/Pop/Rock rough mixing and vocal overdubbing.

Here ares some more details: Great converters, voltage regulation and cables. Small table for new 24" iMac (its pretty quiet) and Mackie MCU Pro/C4. Small rack of gear to the left, and a keyboard on a stand to the right. Some amount of noise bleed from street/house (we're in a large bedroom).

So, I've got around $5,000 left for Monitors/Acoustics. How would you split the cash? $2,400 into active monitoring (Dynaudio BM12A or something similar), $200 of stands, and $2,400 into room treatment? Or???

I would really appreciate the advice guys. Thanks.

You could spend $2400 on a room, but really what I would recommend is contacting the acoustic company you will be working with to have them come up with a plan for your room. It really is going to come down to how big your room is and how well you want it treated. I will say that most rooms we do range more into the $1000.00 to $1500 range, so maybe you don't need to really spend that much.

Glenn

Ethan Winer · 6th November 2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by satox

How would you split the cash? $2,400 into active monitoring (Dynaudio BM12A or something similar), $200 of stands, and $2,400 into room treatment? Or???

Buy speakers you like and put the rest into room treatment. Maybe half and half?

--Ethan

satox · 6th November 2007, 06:47 PM

thanks for the info guys (would love to save some cash if I can!)-

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satox Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 22	Best Ratio Between Monitors & Acoustic Treatment $$? Hi. I'm putting a temporary project studio into a house (4-6 months duration) here in LA for a composer I know. Electronica/Pop/Rock rough mixing and vocal overdubbing. Here ares some more details: Great converters, voltage regulation and cables. Small table for new 24" iMac (its pretty quiet) and Mackie MCU Pro/C4. Small rack of gear to the left, and a keyboard on a stand to the right. Some amount of noise bleed from street/house (we're in a large bedroom). So, I've got around $5,000 left for Monitors/Acoustics. How would you split the cash? $2,400 into active monitoring (Dynaudio BM12A or something similar), $200 of stands, and $2,400 into room treatment? Or??? I would really appreciate the advice guys. Thanks.

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6th November 2007, 09:24 AM	#2
peeder Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Working on my skills more =) Posts: 6,664	Enough of each.

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satox Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 22	thanks for the info guys (would love to save some cash if I can!)-