Great Monitors...

[Shonsteez]

Yo, im looking for some great monitors on a "ballin witha budget" price...Can anyone help???

To specify, what ones are good for real cheap basically...or is there no good ones for cheap?

 

[Fade]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...002068791/g=rec/s=headphones/content/cb/index

Many people have the Alesis M1's, they're dirt cheap. The Behringer Truth monitors I hear are pretty good too. What's your budget?

 

[ART MPC 4000]

Mackie Monitors

Check Out The Mackie He-824 These Monitors Are Great

 

[Fade]

Of course the Mackies are great, I would love to have those! You mean the HR-824's, right? But Duece is looking for something less expensive, on a budget.

 

[Formant024]

KRK is pretty good, JBL Control-1's are pretty nice too, bit cheaper too.

 

[daRk pz]

what the 1st kidd said, the alesis's are good bang for the buck... But ur monitors are 1 of the most important parts of ur equip. set up. If I was you, I'd save a little more and cop some higher end joints so ur next upgrade will be for some BANGERZ... Try and stay away from M-audioz...

 

[Shonsteez]

Fade - Im talkin cheap... Im not sure how much i wanna spend yet, but real cheap since im workin with basically nuthin here...

oh i jus noticed u said to stay away from tha m-audios...whys that? Do they blow really?

 

[Fade]

Well in that case, get the M1's at a pawn shop, I don't know how much cheaper you can get than that!

 

[Shonsteez]

man, all tha pawn shops aroun this shit hole only have things like stolen jewelry and knives and shit like that tho!

 

[Fade]

Have you checked http://www.sonicstate.com?

 

[Architect]

I use these and I like them, they've also gotten good reviews from a lot of places.

Event TR5
$299.97

Check out www.americanmusicalsupply.com

do a search for monitors and you'll find these if you have a credit card you can even get on the payment plan $99 per month.

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Deuce look if you are on a budget and really can't find any second hand monitors, go find a pair of old house speakers...I'm talking sansui or sony......the kind of speaker that are rated like 200 watts from back in tha day that probably came with a top of the line stereo system, I know several people that use those with their cool edit studios and they work better than nothing and they can cost between 50-100 for a good pair.....of course you will need the amp too

 

[Cleverwon]

You can get the Alesis Mk1's for around $300 a pair. They are the best monitors at that price range.

 

[MaximeRobin]

Try and stay away from M-audioz...

yay.
I've got some and they are decent. But if I wated a bit I could have some alessi or mackie (or even the behriger) that would be better. I don't think I'll keep them very long. Of course it's better then nothing...

 

[Loose Cannon]

The lowest costing good active (i dont use passive) monitors i seen was the Samson 50A's.

 

[God]

I don't recommend low-end monitors that then need a separate subwoofer for adequate bass-signal referernce, Duecemade...

I think that a good pair of, you guessed it, amped speakers, like Infinity, JBL offer a great reference signal for a much lower price than the lower-end monitors a lot of comapnies are trying to push these days, don't fall for it.

I would only recommend getting active monitors when really getting into your business, which would mean the 800dollar and up models which definitiely give you a nice reference signal (supposing your studio is built with that in mind). That's when the word "Genelec" becomes part of your vocabulary, lol...

Good luck.

Sincerely,
God

 

[2_nice]

events are good. deeper bass than moss other cheap monitors having accurate bass is very important for mixing hip hop. just my 2 sense. i use event 20/20s (passive) with an alesis ra-100 amp

 

[Complexxx]

If you're on a tight budget then I recommend the Event 20/20 passive monitors. They got great sound for their price range. I can't even afford a decent amp so I gotz mine hooked up to a bookshelf stereo and i'm still impresses by the sound.

 

[Copenhagen]

Interesting thread. Lately, I've been looking into the below monitors:
Alesis M1 Active
Behringer Truth B2031
Soundcraft Spirit Absolut 2
Soundcraft Spirit Absolut 0
Tapco S5

Does anybody have some good experience with these?

Also, God, would you still recommend amped speakers over these, if we're talking the same price range?

 

[Shonsteez]

yeah, im actually curious about tha tapco's??