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25th September 2006
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Thread Starter | Budget monitors for rap I'm going to be buying some monitors next month and I really have no idea where to turn. I need at least a 6.5" woofer, I'm looking to spend up to $700 and my room is untreated currently but I'll eventually be doing some sort of treatment. What would u suggest for our kind of music? Thanks -LCD- |
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25th September 2006
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| Blue Sky MediaDesk 2.1... Nothing else compares in the $500 price range. |
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| Haven´t heard yet the blue sky mediadesk... From the paper it is a bargain. But the new Yamahas HS 80 are nice... |
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| krk V Series 2... V6 (most preferred) or V8 SOS Review http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar05/articles/krkv.htm You can do a search on slutz for krk v6 and find plenty of info there as well... Personally, I have had them for a while but it wasn't until the other day when I positioned them in a tight 41" triangle have i heard their true glory... sick 3d depth and an accurate stereo imaging... i feel like i bought brand new speakers! OH, and they have yellow cones 
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| I know they're a little more, but I really dig my Dynaudio BM5a's....New they're about $1000, but you can find 'em used for cheaper. |
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Im kidding, seriously I have old Tannoy PBM8s with a carver PM-300. It has served me well through the trenches but the 65hrtz roll off is starting to hurt my mixes when they go to the club. Im saving up for the Blue Sky set up... As far as difusers and soundproofing? a dude I knew in philly produced a hit single beat in a room with carpet on the walls, but they had great headphones. I think a good set of headphones is as impotant as a good set of speakers. I trust Grado's, high end senhiesers, and my friend is trying to get me to buy a pair of Ultrasone 750's... | |
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I have some low-end Sennheisers and they hype the highs something SERIOUS... i heard all Sennheisers are like that... What about the AKG K271? | |
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heres some tech info on the 750s... Technical specifications: S-Logic™ Natural Surround Sound Dynamic principle Frequency range 8-35.000 Hz Impedance 40 Ohm Sound pressure level 94 dB MU Metal bufferboard, reduced field emissions in accordance with ULE standard Driver 40 mm titanium-plated Weight 295 g (without cord) Yes, 8 hrtz....  | |
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25th September 2006
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Thread Starter | 8 Hz.... wow... how much do they run? |
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26th September 2006
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| 300? somethin like that. + it airs at about 35K? WTF?!? Have you crappin yer pants with yer head in the clouds. AND I havent even listened to them but Im DEF gettin a pair. That leaves bout 400 fer monitors...KRK, maybe extra 100 and get the Blue Sky, f**k it get a pair of Tannoy PBM's...cheeeaaaaap. The phones are for fine tuning, the speakers are for firin up an L...IMHO |
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| I have a pair of the 750's. They cost $400 worth every penny. Very accurate. I mean you should never mix on headphones but i use mine for tracking. |
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| Its a tuff job but someones gotta puff trees and make records...  Good luck, Homie! |
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Thread Starter |  I'm skeptical about the 4" drivers with the blue sky system... |
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| For that budget I'd have to agree that the Blue Skys and maybe the KRKs stand out on their own. My personal rec would be the Blue Skys. I know of a number of studios using them in the UK and they are very good at that price point. Certainly less coloured than the KRKs. |
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26th September 2006
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How hard will it be to calibrate the sub for an untreated room?? One thing I do know, if I end up going with the Blue Sky I'll go through you if the shipping is free! | |
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As far as the size of the satelites don't be fooled by that (Tony you can tell him). As long as you have an average size room your cool...In a bigger room though you may really need more SPL. The crossover frequency on the Blue Sky is set higher than most 110 hz so the sats aren't trying to produce any bass freq's that's all done on the sub, which goes down to 35hz. For me it just means I can get my low end sitting proper and get the relationsship between the kick and the bass better. Also they sound great, good depth, very consistant over different material, and are easy on the ear so you can mix without getting fatiged.
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27th September 2006
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Thread Starter | See I'm scared of the separation... never used a 2.1 system and I'm not sure how it will translate.... |
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27th September 2006
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| just ordered the blue sky from tony. ill give a review when i get them.... |
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1st October 2006
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| Lives for gear  | Why not just NS-10's? Why not NS-10's? If you're on a budget, the bass in your room isn't going to be accurate anyways, so why have something that's going to just shake your room around. When I was doing hip-hop stuff on an NHT A-10/B-20 system, I always turned off the subs. It just wasn't accurate enough for me. I'd check it with the subs at the end, but i'd rather have a clear mix, than just try to get the room vibrating. NS-10's can do anything, and MANY MANY hip-hop albums that you own were probably done on them.
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