Audio Monitor Speakers - advice

Douglas Spotted Eagle · June 2nd, 2005, 09:58 AM

The M-Audio LX4 is an excellent budget-conscious system. We use them on some of our smaller training tours. In a room of 12 x 12, they are just about perfect for reasonably good nearfield. Put the speaks on a set of Auralex MoPads, they really sing nicely.

K. Forman · June 2nd, 2005, 10:31 PM

Mopads? What are those?

Bogdan Apetri · June 2nd, 2005, 11:27 PM

Isolation. Google them.

Steve House · June 3rd, 2005, 09:04 AM

Anyone have any impressions of the Behringer "Truth" 2031A's. See from their website there's an interesting looking matched sub, Truth 2029A on the way promised Q3. Gave a pair a non-critical listen at dealer the other day and they sounded pretty good.

Mark Burlingame · June 7th, 2005, 03:02 PM

just to add a little more confusion to the mix here:

My understanding was that most recording studio's had a pair of NS-10 monitors _in addition_ to their main monitors such as JBLs, Urei, or other accurate _expensive_ large monitors (typ. 10-12 in woofers). I have never heard of any serious studio that mixed exclusively on ns-10 monitors and, in fact, they were there to get an idea of what the mix would sound like on standard home audio gear (to be sure it would sound ok on a cheap stereo) and not really used for the main mixing tasks. I still have a pair of tascam 4406s (6in woofer) that I paid $450 back in '85 that made ns-10s sound like a boom box. I know a lot of "home studios" that used them (ns-10s) to mix stuff from their 4-track cassette machines... Again, I must say that DSE is spot on the money! just my 2 cents. Mark

Steve House · June 7th, 2005, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Burlingame

just to add a little more confusion to the mix here:

My understanding was that most recording studio's had a pair of NS-10 monitors _in addition_ to their main monitors such as JBLs, Urei, or other accurate _expensive_ large monitors (typ. 10-12 in woofers). I have never heard of any serious studio that mixed exclusively on ns-10 monitors and, in fact, they were there to get an idea of what the mix would sound like on standard home audio gear (to be sure it would sound ok on a cheap stereo) and not really used for the main mixing tasks. I still have a pair of tascam 4406s (6in woofer) that I paid $450 back in '85 that made ns-10s sound like a boom box. I know a lot of "home studios" that used them (ns-10s) to mix stuff from their 4-track cassette machines... Again, I must say that DSE is spot on the money! just my 2 cents. Mark

Have a pair of ADS L1230 floor standing monitors that I bought back in 1980, paid about 2 kilobucks for the pair as I recall. Sounded great when each side was split for biamping using ADS's active crossovers and driven by a Carver M400 on each side and I'm still using them today for my home theatre front L/R speaks. Planning the upgrade on my PC into a quality audio/video editing workstation and I've been tempted with the thought of using them as my monitors since the manuals say they were designed as near-field / mid-field monitors, I was told many years ago they were originally intended for DG's mixing studios.

Peter Moore · June 8th, 2005, 01:50 PM

Would these monitors you guys have been discussing, especially the M-Audio DX4s that look very nice, small, and in my prirce range, work for surround mixing as well by using three pairs and a subwoofer?

Thanks!

Peter

Douglas Spotted Eagle · June 8th, 2005, 01:57 PM

If you like the DX4, you might as well buy the LX4 kit consisting of 5 satellites and a sub. At a budget level, it's a very nice, very sweet sounding system for the bux. Nice in a small room, definitely.

Peter Moore · June 8th, 2005, 10:23 PM

Ah, looks great. Thanks Douglas!

Peter Moore · June 11th, 2005, 04:40 PM

Well, wound up going with the BX5's after falling in love with them at first sound! Absolutely beautiful speakers. The store will give me a deal on 3 more + a sub when I'm ready to up to 5.1. Already my CD mixes sound better just by being able to hear them so clearly.

June 2nd, 2005, 09:58 AM	#31
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	The M-Audio LX4 is an excellent budget-conscious system. We use them on some of our smaller training tours. In a room of 12 x 12, they are just about perfect for reasonably good nearfield. Put the speaks on a set of Auralex MoPads, they really sing nicely. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

June 2nd, 2005, 10:31 PM	#32
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	Mopads? What are those? __________________ www.SmokeWagonLeather.us

June 7th, 2005, 03:02 PM	#35
Mark Burlingame Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 77	just to add a little more confusion to the mix here: My understanding was that most recording studio's had a pair of NS-10 monitors _in addition_ to their main monitors such as JBLs, Urei, or other accurate _expensive_ large monitors (typ. 10-12 in woofers). I have never heard of any serious studio that mixed exclusively on ns-10 monitors and, in fact, they were there to get an idea of what the mix would sound like on standard home audio gear (to be sure it would sound ok on a cheap stereo) and not really used for the main mixing tasks. I still have a pair of tascam 4406s (6in woofer) that I paid $450 back in '85 that made ns-10s sound like a boom box. I know a lot of "home studios" that used them (ns-10s) to mix stuff from their 4-track cassette machines... Again, I must say that DSE is spot on the money! just my 2 cents. Mark __________________ DVX100a, PV-DV953 Rode NT3, NT1a, videomic Raynox HD6600pro WA Lens Vegas6+DVD

June 8th, 2005, 01:57 PM	#38
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	If you like the DX4, you might as well buy the LX4 kit consisting of 5 satellites and a sub. At a budget level, it's a very nice, very sweet sounding system for the bux. Nice in a small room, definitely. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

June 2nd, 2005, 11:27 PM	#33
Bogdan Apetri Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York, USA Posts: 117	Isolation. Google them.

June 3rd, 2005, 09:04 AM	#34
Steve House Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,742	Anyone have any impressions of the Behringer "Truth" 2031A's. See from their website there's an interesting looking matched sub, Truth 2029A on the way promised Q3. Gave a pair a non-critical listen at dealer the other day and they sounded pretty good.

June 8th, 2005, 01:50 PM	#37
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	Would these monitors you guys have been discussing, especially the M-Audio DX4s that look very nice, small, and in my prirce range, work for surround mixing as well by using three pairs and a subwoofer? Thanks! Peter

June 8th, 2005, 10:23 PM	#39
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	Ah, looks great. Thanks Douglas!

June 11th, 2005, 04:40 PM	#40
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	Well, wound up going with the BX5's after falling in love with them at first sound! Absolutely beautiful speakers. The store will give me a deal on 3 more + a sub when I'm ready to up to 5.1. Already my CD mixes sound better just by being able to hear them so clearly.