what small crappy speakers do you reference mixes on?

klangtone · Post by **klangtone** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:56 pm

On the Central Station I've got:

A- Event TR5's (hifi)
B- some speakers from a $100 Sony stereo (midfi)
C- the speakers built into my LCD screen (lofi)

It's good to check back and forth between them when getting sounds to see if you're too bassy, too trebly, etc.

Roy

Mark Alan Miller · Post by **Mark Alan Miller** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:19 pm

RodC wrote:some cheap Altec Lansing (sad to see what happend to a good Company)

I also have a boom box from about '81 and various other radios that I listen to using small FM transmitter. I plug in and listen to throughout the house or in my cars in the driveway.

I remote into my daw and take my wireless laptop around so I can play back/tweek.

Wonderful stuff. Got an FM xmtr myself that I should really hook up for that application.

And yeah, way for a company to lower their own bar... oh well, whatever makes them money/makes the bean counters happy, I suppose.

klangtone wrote:C- the speakers built into my LCD screen (lofi)

Love it, gonna look into that on my LCDs...

cjogo · Post by **cjogo** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:37 pm

Not really crappy --but the Apple monitors

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:51 pm

Not crappy, just cheap--Tascam VLS21, got 'em for $80. It's a powered sub with 2 small flat-panel satellite speakers. Don't know what the frequency response is but they have no business sounding as good as they do for this price. Very simple, just a power switch and volume control.

The flat-panels do away with the phase weirdness inherent to woof/tweet/passive crossover setups. Transition between lows/highs/mids is seamless, and there's good detail without being harsh. IME as long as the satellites are wider apart than my ears and the sub is close by the sweet spot is enormous, and stereo imaging is great.

rhythm ranch · Post by **rhythm ranch** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:30 pm

Auratones re-imagined.

Slider · Post by **Slider** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:36 pm

If only I could mix in my car.
I have the best mix test car stereo ever.
I need to find some monitors that do the same thing.

I also have a Panasonic boombox that is run off a console output that is great for another reference. I set the eq on "classic rock".

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:22 pm

Juster 95As. They sort of do for me what NS10s do. They aren't at all fun to listen on, but they really tell you a lot about what's going on balance-wise.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Recycled_Brains · Post by **Recycled_Brains** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:15 am

any of my friends cars and stereos that i can (my car only has am/fm), a sony shelf-top stereo that only has 3 presets (rock, jazz, and pop... they all sound kinda lousy), and the built-speakers on my girlfriends powerbook.

i also reference in a pair of really nice beyer headphones and a not-so-great pair of sony headphones.

-R.

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:10 am

Slider wrote:If only I could mix in my car.
I have the best mix test car stereo ever.
I need to find some monitors that do the same thing.

I also have a Panasonic boombox that is run off a console output that is great for another reference. I set the eq on "classic rock".

Its usualy not the speakers in the car, but the acustics. There are a ton of articles out there, cars are not the most perfect space to listen to music in but thats where most ppl listen. Take some test tones out there and measure you will be blown away at the freqs missing and the ones reinforced.

I can get a pretty good balance by feeding my DAW into a small FM transmitter, then taking my wireless laptop out to my van/truck/car and use Remote desktop to remote to my DAW. Then I have full access to everthing. Beats the hell out of a tranzport!

Brett Siler · Post by **Brett Siler** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:20 pm

My vans speakers, the CD player in my room, and on old $20 cd player from Wal-Mart my brother gave me.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:16 pm

supafuzz wrote:does anyone still use a gheto blaster?
radio shack minimus 7's?
auratones?
your car system?

I have a little sony boom box normalled to the studio monitor (not the CRM) knob.

Use it all the time. I get balances on it a lot. I have mixed a zillion things with that little, shitty, paint splattered thing!

loveless · Post by **loveless** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:44 pm

Various and sundry car stereos, tiny laptop speakers, cheap PC speakers (considering this is where most people listen to music) and those iPod earbud things, and various other headphones.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:56 pm

The built-in speakers on the old imacs are pretty saucy.

SMC Productions · Post by **SMC Productions** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:10 pm

*Updated* Auratones http://www.avantelectronics.com/AVANTONE_mixcubes.htm

These things are FANTASTIC!

bobbydj · Post by **bobbydj** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:13 am

ronnie dio??

Wow.

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