Good, Affordable Studio Monitors...

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

lawl

good studio monitors under 150 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

i'd get

a pair of these or a pair of these

and one of these

not quite $150, but still under $4-500

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

if you want headphones get the creative fatality series headphones.

things are sick, they can creat 9 virtual speakers to make it seem like surround sound.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

Hell no fatality shit is pretty crappy. They just put his name on all there junk and high price it..There's Better shit out there for the price.

um no they are not lol.

my friend has them and brought them to school along with his brothers bose headphones. and everyone said fatlity sounded better.

please shut the **** up on something you have never heard before.

and to prove you know nothing fatality is the brand, creative is, your talking like fatality is the brand you ****ing moron.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

Any cheap pair of bookshelf two or 3 way speakers will work assuming you have something to drive them or they are powered. I use a $20 car audio two channel amp, a pair of 10+ yr old sony 3 way monitors with a 5" driver, and a 150w pc power supply. I can hear clean down to 35hz or so relatively flat with them.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Why not use the Yamaha speakers?
What kind of music are you mixing? I got the feeling it was bass/rap/dance.

Those alesis are fine, (if it all works it's a great deal) but not for bass. Like I said, you're not going to be happy with the bass output of any 6" speaker.

You have an amp, then just get the best 10"-12" passive speakers you can afford. $300 will get you something decent.

I just need something so I can tell the difference between a 35 and 40hz tone...or even be able to hear it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I can't hear shit on these built-in 1" full range speakers.

The Yamaha's are decent. I've used the in my room for gaming a few years ago. They're a little big for sitting on top of my table though; I definitely wouldn't want anything bigger.

HEADPHONES!!!!!! A decent set of cans will perform as well or better than speakers 10x the price.

Good idea. I've never been a fan of headphones, but it'll definitely be good to use in the morning so as not to wake up the wifey...and to not annoy her in the afternoon.

lawl
good studio monitors under 150 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Just need something that'll give me some bass, nothing fancy.

i'd get
a pair of these or a pair of these

and one of these

not quite $150, but still under $4-500

Still more than what I'm wiling to spend...I'm willing to buy used as well. I've been checking craigslist and I can grab some M-Audio BX8's NIB for $300. But I just really don't need something that expensive since I'm just getting started.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

HEADPHONES!!!!!! A decent set of cans will perform as well or better than speakers 10x the price.

What headphones do you suggest? I found these locally: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/1052306757.html

$200 retail, and the cheapest I can find on ebay is $115 shipped...so $75 seems like a good deal. I can probably get him down to $60.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I live in an apartment, so any decent home stereo is out of the question

You'd be surprised at what I've shoehorned in mine...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

effing lol at rashaddd's ava.

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

What headphones do you suggest? I found these locally: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/1052306757.html
$200 retail, and the cheapest I can find on ebay is $115 shipped...so $75 seems like a good deal. I can probably get him down to $60.

Sony MDR-V6. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

They have been around forever but you still can't beat em (for the price).

 

[maritoze 10+ year member]

Musicians Friend has a model of KRKs for 149.99 you cant go wront with KRK one of the best brands out there IMO

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

What headphones do you suggest? I found these locally: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/1052306757.html
$200 retail, and the cheapest I can find on ebay is $115 shipped...so $75 seems like a good deal. I can probably get him down to $60.

here's just one site for headphones. it breaks them down by application, budget, etc.

http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-budget/

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

I just need something so I can tell the difference between a 35 and 40hz tone...or even be able to hear it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I can't hear shit on these built-in 1" full range speakers.
The Yamaha's are decent. I've used the in my room for gaming a few years ago. They're a little big for sitting on top of my table though; I definitely wouldn't want anything bigger.

Good idea. I've never been a fan of headphones, but it'll definitely be good to use in the morning so as not to wake up the wifey...and to not annoy her in the afternoon.

Just need something that'll give me some bass, nothing fancy.

What headphones do you suggest? I found these locally: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/1052306757.html
$200 retail, and the cheapest I can find on ebay is $115 shipped...so $75 seems like a good deal. I can probably get him down to $60.

I'd say set up the Yamaha's and get those, or similar headphones. Sennhizers HD10's or Sony pro MDR-7506's, etc. Spend some money on them. Get new if your not sure. That way you can use the Yamaha's for normal listening and the headphones for refrence.

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

holy hell rashaddd. that it pure win

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[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I'd say set up the Yamaha's and get those, or similar headphones. Sennhizers HD10's or Sony pro MDR-7506's, etc. Spend some money on them. Get new if your not sure. That way you can use the Yamaha's for normal listening and the headphones for refrence.

Yeah, I'll probably set up the Yamaha's with a little 2 channel amp, and grab these headphones: http://cgi.ebay.com/Sennheiser-HD280-Pro-Headphones-HD-280-Black-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ270360999189QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270360999189&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

I've been reading some good reviews on them...kinda torn between them and the Denon D1001K.