which active nearfield monitors should i buy?

JAMM · Post by **JAMM** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:06 am

Which low budget nearfiled active monitors are okay. Thinking of buying one of these:
Ik have a small room so the have to be small.

Krk RP5
Krk RP6
yamaha hs80
Alesis 1a MK2
The alesis seems to be my favorites. Gonna listen this week.
I see the alesis with and without two bassrefexes....anyone who knows te differnce?

EARLGREY · Post by **EARLGREY** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:06 am

Dunno exact;y how expensive these are but at this stage I wouldn't buy anything cheaper than the Adam A7.......go to the gearslutz site and read a few posts there....

humnumb · Post by **humnumb** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:05 am

JAMM wrote:Which low budget nearfiled active monitors are okay. Thinking of buying one of these:
Ik have a small room so the have to be small.

Krk RP5
Krk RP6
yamaha hs80
Alesis 1a MK2
The alesis seems to be my favorites. Gonna listen this week.
I see the alesis with and without two bassrefexes....anyone who knows te differnce?

I've heard good things about the M-Audio LX4 2.1 setup with the subwoofer.

dm · Post by dm » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:21 am

i have the smaller version of the yamaha model you mentioned, the hs 50. im pretty happy with them for the price, and my room is pretty small too.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:08 am

EARLGREY wrote:Dunno exact;y how expensive these are but at this stage I wouldn't buy anything cheaper than the Adam A7.......go to the gearslutz site and read a few posts there....

they're 419 euro a pop... that definitely ain't cheap...

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:10 am

humnumb wrote:
JAMM wrote:Which low budget nearfiled active monitors are okay. Thinking of buying one of these:
Ik have a small room so the have to be small.

Krk RP5
Krk RP6
yamaha hs80
Alesis 1a MK2
The alesis seems to be my favorites. Gonna listen this week.
I see the alesis with and without two bassrefexes....anyone who knows te differnce?
I've heard good things about the M-Audio LX4 2.1 setup with the subwoofer.

You may be able to hear good things about them. But i highly doubt you will hear good things from them

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:53 am

You sould go for GENELEC

trumtrum · Post by **trumtrum** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:10 am

I bought a pair of KRK RP5 two weeks ago. They sound crystal clear and sound very good even on low volumes.
I like!

noborders · Post by **noborders** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:16 am

hoffman2k wrote:You may be able to hear good things about them. But i highly doubt you will hear good things from them

I don't know about that. Junkie XL and Crystal Method must hear good things from them to use them.

It's not the price tag or name of brand that makes speakers sound good. It's more about knowing your own speakers well and how it translates in other setups.

jngpng · Post by **jngpng** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:29 am

I'm absolutely besotted with my Adam A7s. They're really, really fantastic monitors. My mixes have improved tenfold since I started using them. Worth every penny.

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:50 am

noborders wrote:
hoffman2k wrote:You may be able to hear good things about them. But i highly doubt you will hear good things from them
I don't know about that. Junkie XL and Crystal Method must hear good things from them to use them.

It's not the price tag or name of brand that makes speakers sound good. It's more about knowing your own speakers well and how it translates in other setups.

Dont fall so easily for the endorser trick it is all about money. However the analogy is like you married to a bitch no matter how well you know her she will be the bitch, does knowing that make the situation that much better ?

orage · Post by **orage** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:38 am

I love my Tannoy Reveals. Got 2 pairs of em

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:44 am

Event ALP 5 are a good cheaper alternative

was having a bit of trouble with them at first, because i'd just moved into my apartment and it took me a while to figure out the accoustics, but i think i already have it wired, and the sound is great!!!!!

noborders · Post by **noborders** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:40 am

rikhyray wrote:Dont fall so easily for the endorser trick it is all about money. However the analogy is like you married to a bitch no matter how well you know her she will be the bitch, does knowing that make the situation that much better ?

I don't think Junkie XL is endorsed by them but he did recommend them and said he uses them in his interview (unless remix mag is somehow involved in this endorser trick conspiracy too

) Crytstal Method are endorsed but they use it while touring and seemed sincere about liking them in this video interview. But I don't care about who's using what product. It just seems like for some people it's all about the money in the sense that anything below a certain price is thought to be useless.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:47 am

I currently use Bluesky mediadesk 2.1 and KRK RP6's.

If you need to have accurate mixing id say the blueskys. ..

Ive had Monitor One mkI and also mixed down a lot on Monitor TWO's and they are arguably some of the worst sounding speakers I have used.

KRK if you aren't anal about your mixing and Bluesky if you are.

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