What do you monitor with?

dgrieser · Post by **dgrieser** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:44 am

Another Axiom M2 user here. With an Adcom 535, they tell me all I need to know for the acoustic music I do.

Shure SR440 headphones to double check then the car stereo and a friend's boombox and Apple earbuds.

dwelle · Post by **dwelle** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:10 am

b&w matrix 805's now thru a yamaha a-s1000.

put this together 9 months ago, and i slowly quit using my powered yamaha msp-10's. i've since parked the yamaha's in favor of the 805's.

i love the b&w shit. duh....

Osumosan · Post by **Osumosan** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:06 pm

dwelle wrote:b&w matrix 805's now thru a yamaha a-s1000.

put this together 9 months ago, and i slowly quit using my powered yamaha msp-10's. i've since parked the yamaha's in favor of the 805's.

Wow. That's the same route I took about 5 years ago. I'll check stuff on the Yamaha's (actually MSP-5s) every once in a while. They've got a good tight sound. My amp is a Rotel RA-1062 for the B&Ws post a switchable Focal Sub. I have a pretty cool (now broken) Euro beat box and a pair of KRKV6 for seeing how bad things can sound (but you can get used to them, too). I hate my car stereo, but I'll put things up once in a while and turn both bass and treble way down. Stock car stereos these days are made solely for hip hop.

Beyerdynamic DT-990s haven't been beaten in my book.

EDIT: Holy crap! The two of us joined TOMB on exactly the same day.

NewAndImprov · Post by **NewAndImprov** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:01 am

Alessis Monitor 2's powered by an 80's vintage Hafler amp. I've had these speakers for about 15 years, and have gotten pretty accustomed to them. My mixes seem to translate pretty well, so I'm not in any rush to replace them. Am considering adding a pair of Avantones, though.

supafuzz · Post by **supafuzz** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:07 pm

Genelec 1030a's
Realistic minimus 2.5's with Rolls reference amp Ra2110 [great to see where vocals, guitars and midrange sits

1970's Ambassador boombox [gotta have a blaster]
presonus Central Station to switch.
Between the 3 of these my mixes are much easier to do and have been translating nicely..been thinking about a sub lately...not sure if it's more gear lust or based on a real need as my mastering guy [Atom Fellows] thinks low end is not an issue in my mixes.

{have real Auratones but I never liked working with them]

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:03 pm

How do the the Realistic minimus 2.5's differ from the Auratones?

supafuzz · Post by **supafuzz** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:45 pm

vvv wrote:How do the the Realistic minimus 2.5's differ from the Auratones?

they are much smaller to start with and sound like a clock radio..just a smaller picture to hear.

I'd have to a/b them again but I find them easier to judge mids on.

ott0bot · Post by **ott0bot** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:51 pm

I'd been using a pair of KRK rokit 5's, which all things considered work pretty well. But there was definitely something to be desired. Smeary bass, no real prescicion on the mids, and way too accentuated highs, even with the high end gain turned down. I worked hard to get my room sounding good and setting up the mix position...so that helps.

On my shoestring budget I found an Adcom 535 for $35 and hooked a old pair of Bose 201's that were hanging out in my garage....which surprisingly helped reveal all the midrange build up that the KRK's gloss over. Then I used a pair of old Sony micro speakers for the ugly truth on the highs. That coupled with my trusy Sennheiser HD280's and semi open HD 457's does me pretty good. Then I check mixes in my car and on some computer speakers.

Would love to get some decent actives with better accuracy and some better passives to pair with the Adcom, but until I have the funds...it'll do just fine.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:09 pm

Powered by an Adcom 545 II
Mains - Vintage 1982 Rogers Studio 1 passive monitors (I found them in the trash 2 years ago!)
Nearfields - Yamaha NS10Ms

Then I also have a single Avantone powered MixCube for testing mixes in mono. It gets a feed from an internal bus in Digital Performer. I also use AKG K240M and Sony 7506 headphones.

I have a 1976 Pioneer SX-650 receiver with Axiom M3v2 speakers hooked up in the living room that I also use to test mixes.

Jeff

mrc · Post by **mrc** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:16 pm

I use a pair of the original KRK's on a Crown D150-A Series II that I've had since they first came out. I know they suck, but I'm used to them

I also have Grado open back SR 80's, 7506's, Sennheiser 280's, Shure 440's and the Shure SRH 840's. My son (26) has listened to them all, and said when listening to the 840's that they are almost too revealing for commercially released CD's. LOL, he has a $3000 plus system in his 4 door pickup, including dual subs...he thinks the 440's are just a bit more revealing, but the 840's take it to a whole other level...even with my ancient ears, I concur

cjogo · Post by **cjogo** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:22 am

Event SP 8 and sm Apple monitors

vxboogie · Post by **vxboogie** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:17 am

Audix Nile 5 & Adcom 545

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