Help me pick some monitors

[Red_Shift]

The remake of the BX5a's and 8's are actually very nice, you can snag the latter for $500 easy, which is below your price range but will give you. How low do you need? the smallers are ~55hz while the 8" goes down to ~42. I've got the previous generation and they've been great for my needs.

[drumzalicious]

I'd say the VXT6's. I have a pair and they have translated for me pretty wonderfully to other systems. One thing I'd suggest is a sub. You wont be able to accurately deal with the sub 50hz range without a sub. After that you should invest in a quality interface. In your budget I'd suggest the MBox 3 or Apogee Duet 2.

[prizebeatz1]

You should also check out the Dynaudio Acoustic Bm5A's.

[jimbridgman]

Get the JBL LSR 4326Ps.
I have several of the JBL LSR monitors, one is a set of original LSR 32s, for my mains (had them since they came out in '01 or '02) and a set of 6328Ps as well as a set of Audix 1As.

The JBL LSR series is incredible. They translate very well, I do rock, jazz, fusion, metal, film work, etc. with them. Heck even Eddie Kramer likes the 6300 series.

The Audix I have, are only good for rock and not much else, just to compare.

Jim

[groovecake]

Thanks for the replies It's now between the KRKs and the JBL. Still considering the RP6s just because I've heard them before and like their sound enough and that would give me an extra 600 dollars to spend on something else. What do you guys think i should do? With those 600 dollars I could be getting some other gear like a synth, compressor, drum machine, some software or something else. But its also not like i wont have any extra money if I purchase the 1000 speakers. As far as audio interfaces go, I'm probably gonna go with the Native Instruments Komplete 6 or a Mackie Onyx Blackjack.

[npinero1]

You also need at least 1 good mic preamp. $350 for the golden age projects pre73 based on Neve 1073 mic pre is AMAZING. I just got this and a focusrite isa 1 and I am re-recording all my trax again. Insane quality.

And a compressor, possibly stereo like the old Alesis ($150 I think)

[progfreak]

A word of advise: if you want general use monitors stay away from rokits. I struggled years with these monitors until I bought Adams a5x. After that my mixes improved 100%. If you want to mix only house than the rokits can do it.

[Muzishian]

Yamaha HS80Ms are great. I've had them for 5 years and they haven't disappointed. They'll run you less than $700 for the pair & have excellent low end response.

[hawon]

I suggest you to stay away from rokit series as well. Id recommend jbl lsr or although it is not in your list dynaudio BM5A. I owned lsr4328p for 4 years and I recently added bm5as and love them.

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[groovecake]

Thanks for the suggestions and advice. I would love some Dynaudios from the reviews I read but they come to be a little too much if I order them online from outside the country and no one here seems to carry them or many other brands. Anyway, moving along. Rokits are off the game now and I think the JBLs might be too. With the VXTs I can save a couple hundred plus I can hear them first (JBLs I would have to order from an online store and return policies here suck) and now i'm also considering adding a sub or going up to an 8" woofer. What seems like the better option? Getting the VXT 6s with 1 sub (krk 10) or the VXT 8s? The room i'm gonna be using is 3' x 3' , would a sub be too much? would the vxt8s be too much?

[groovecake]

As I have finally bought the speakers and more I feel like I should come back saying what I got. I ended up getting the VXT6s with no sub. They are perfect for my room and have improved my mixes so much. They are perfect, bass is perfect, not overpowering but punchy. Great speakers, I recommend them for anyone that's starting to get into mixing and mastering and doesn't have that much to spend, they are probably the cheapest ones in the big boy leagues. Thanks to everyone that contributed to this

[heyokay]

My experience with KRK's is that they make music sound good. Great even. Very flattering.

...But they are monitors, and my opinion is that you want monitors to be very un-flattering. If you make a mix sound good on a pair of un-flattering monitors, you'll end up with a much better mix that should translate very well to other systems. That's a hugely generalized sentence, but I believe it's true.

I'd go with a pair of HS80's, or HS50's even.

[groovecake]

I love the sound of the krks, and yes the krks certainly make music sound good but the vxt series is not that bad when it comes to mixing and masterting. I don't believe the hs series is even in the same league, when I get some extra money I might go for some hs50s though as a second reference, at first I was thinking some krk rp5s but that series of krk colors the sound too much. For now my only second reference in the studio are some cheap Creative brand speakers and some mackies th15s (15" driver) that I use for dj monitoring though those are not on my studio desk but I can just turn them around from the booth towards me and listen.