Good monitors for Mastering under 1000$ ? - Page 2

peeder · 19th July 2008

I'd like to thank those who recommended the B&W 685's. They are quite bright but excellent for evaluating reverbs, and though a bit notchy from 300-600, they are very fine for everything else. I don't really need to check for noise etc. in headphones anymore...they are remarkably revealing. I added a sub, and the crossover helps pull some of their low-end overextension and THD out of them happily.

I am much more impressed with them than the Focals, and that's not even counting the price!

ISedlacek · 19th July 2008

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Originally Posted by Astronaut39

Hi,

check the german company Geithain on the web.

I heard theere speakers at the AES convention.

Great, great, great...

Andreas

Yes, but he wrote under $1000, not under $20 000

TRA · 20th July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by peeder

I'd like to thank those who recommended the B&W 685's. They are quite bright but excellent for evaluating reverbs, and though a bit notchy from 300-600, they are very fine for everything else. I don't really need to check for noise etc. in headphones anymore...they are remarkably revealing. I added a sub, and the crossover helps pull some of their low-end overextension and THD out of them happily.

I am much more impressed with them than the Focals, and that's not even counting the price!

Awesome! I'm glad you like them. I have not near the experience of a lot of the folks here, but I know a good speaker when I hear one and these really do kick the crap out of a lot of speakers that are 4x the cost.

When I a/b tested them against the 805s I heard a difference, but not enough of a difference to justify the price difference.

How does B&W make a great speaker so cheap and not many people know about them?

mad-bax · 22nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by Enyma

hello there

i want to know if there's any great monitors for mastering under 1000$ a Pair.

thank you.

None

streetvibes · 22nd July 2008

People have been talking about ProAc Studio 100's alot, mostly in mixing, but they're apparently great with expensive amplification...

thermos · 22nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by streetvibes

People have been talking about ProAc Studio 100's alot, mostly in mixing, but they're apparently great with expensive amplification...

Joe Gastwirt uses them for mastering as well. They are more than 1k though. And yeah, you really need a great amp to make them sing.

donsolo · 22nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by TRA

How does B&W make a great speaker so cheap and not many people know about them?

They're like the biggest name in Audiophile manufacturers...

bino_5150 · 27th July 2008

I've seen a lot of mastering engineers using custom mains. I imagine that you could most likely build your own monitors for under $1k. I am building a set of mixing monitors, and I'll be in them for about $500 and uncountable hours of research and labor, but they should blow much more expensive monitors out of the water.

I also have a book on designing audiophile quality amplifiers for studio applications. I guess it just boils down to how handy you are, and how much time and effort you are willing to put into it. You can build a $5,000 amplifier for a fraction of the price, but there is a lot of very delicate detail work involved, just like you can build an SSL G Series master buss compressor clone for like $400, or buy one for about $4,000.

I wouldn't expect an off-the-shelf solution to mastering monitors in that price range, though...

Madisound Speaker Components, Inc. would be a great place to start...

Fleaman · 29th July 2008

I have Paradigm studio 60v.3's, bought used locally for $900 and use 'em in my home (stereo and HT). If I HAD to master on $1,000 monitors, I would use those. In fact, if you could swing maybe $1200-$1400 I'd step it up to the Studio 100v.3's (unless you're in a really small room).

Make sure you check out the version 3's (v.3), not the v.2's (big difference).

api2500 · 24th November 2010

This is a very old thread. But I've been let down by eBay, Gumtree, Craigslist, SOS Classifieds and GS Classifieds and as yet. Nothing.

Does anyone, by any chance, have 602 S3s they want to shift?

I'm running NS10s atm and I'm getting sick and tired.

I need something fresher.

29th July 2008	#39
Fleaman Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Los Angeles, Silverlake Posts: 4,074	I have Paradigm studio 60v.3's, bought used locally for $900 and use 'em in my home (stereo and HT). If I HAD to master on $1,000 monitors, I would use those. In fact, if you could swing maybe $1200-$1400 I'd step it up to the Studio 100v.3's (unless you're in a really small room). Make sure you check out the version 3's (v.3), not the v.2's (big difference). __________________ Fleaman "The best sounding sluttiest gear of all time... is a great song" --Greg Wells "Life is too important to be taken Seriously." --Oscar Wilde

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api2500 Lives for gear Joined: May 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,008	This is a very old thread. But I've been let down by eBay, Gumtree, Craigslist, SOS Classifieds and GS Classifieds and as yet. Nothing. Does anyone, by any chance, have 602 S3s they want to shift? I'm running NS10s atm and I'm getting sick and tired. I need something fresher. __________________ MacBook Pro 15" 2.2Ghz i7 Quad Core Abbey Road Complete \| Crysonic Complete \| Native Instrument's Massive \| Sonnox Complete Waves Studio Classics \| Waves EK Tapes, Tubes and Transformers \| Waves Native Power Pack Mbox 3 Pro \| Korg Wavestation AD \| Novation Nocturn 25 \| Bryston 4B \| Yamaha NS10M

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19th July 2008	#31
peeder Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: No longer participating here. Posts: 6,705	I'd like to thank those who recommended the B&W 685's. They are quite bright but excellent for evaluating reverbs, and though a bit notchy from 300-600, they are very fine for everything else. I don't really need to check for noise etc. in headphones anymore...they are remarkably revealing. I added a sub, and the crossover helps pull some of their low-end overextension and THD out of them happily. I am much more impressed with them than the Focals, and that's not even counting the price!

22nd July 2008	#35
streetvibes Gear Head Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 54	People have been talking about ProAc Studio 100's alot, mostly in mixing, but they're apparently great with expensive amplification...

27th July 2008	#38
bino_5150 Gear addict Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 316	I've seen a lot of mastering engineers using custom mains. I imagine that you could most likely build your own monitors for under $1k. I am building a set of mixing monitors, and I'll be in them for about $500 and uncountable hours of research and labor, but they should blow much more expensive monitors out of the water. I also have a book on designing audiophile quality amplifiers for studio applications. I guess it just boils down to how handy you are, and how much time and effort you are willing to put into it. You can build a $5,000 amplifier for a fraction of the price, but there is a lot of very delicate detail work involved, just like you can build an SSL G Series master buss compressor clone for like $400, or buy one for about $4,000. I wouldn't expect an off-the-shelf solution to mastering monitors in that price range, though... Madisound Speaker Components, Inc. would be a great place to start...