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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 04:41:30 PM

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I'm looking for a pair of active studio monitors.
I already have 4 fantastic pairs in my studio but I need a low cost small
monitor to take around when I make live recordings. I will use it to listen
to the rehersals recording and make the band hear what it is like. I will
also use it to check what's on the bass frequencies because I do not want to
rely on headphones only.
I am giving a look at what is on the market. I see Spirit, Behringer,
Wharfdale, Alesis, Event, Fostex and many more....
My budget is 200-400$ used on eBay...
Any suggestion on monitors you have heard?
Thanks
F.

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 04:41:31 PM
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Federico <plokmichael@tiscali.it> wrote:
>I'm looking for a pair of active studio monitors.
>I already have 4 fantastic pairs in my studio but I need a low cost small
>monitor to take around when I make live recordings. I will use it to listen
>to the rehersals recording and make the band hear what it is like. I will
>also use it to check what's on the bass frequencies because I do not want to
>rely on headphones only.

I'd look at the SLS stuff, since you will want very narrow dispersion in
a field monitor.
--scott


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Anonymous   08-25-2005 at 08:52:57 AM
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"Federico" <plokmichael@tiscali.it> wrote in message
news:u9YOe.97915$fm.6590078@news4.tin.it...
> I'm looking for a pair of active studio monitors.
> I already have 4 fantastic pairs in my studio but I need a low cost small
> monitor to take around when I make live recordings. I will use it to
> listen
> to the rehersals recording and make the band hear what it is like. I will
> also use it to check what's on the bass frequencies because I do not want
> to
> rely on headphones only.
> I am giving a look at what is on the market. I see Spirit, Behringer,
> Wharfdale, Alesis, Event, Fostex and many more....
> My budget is 200-400$ used on eBay...
> Any suggestion on monitors you have heard?
> Thanks

Check out the KRK RP-5. Excellent monitors within your price range.

Here's a pair on Ebay you can check out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/KRK-RP5-RP-5-P [...] dZViewItem

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Anonymous   08-27-2005 at 11:33:39 PM
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In article <u9YOe.97915$fm.6590078@news4.tin.it>,
"Federico" <plokmichael@tiscali.it> wrote:

> I'm looking for a pair of active studio monitors.
> I already have 4 fantastic pairs in my studio but I need a low cost small
> monitor to take around when I make live recordings. I will use it to listen
> to the rehersals recording and make the band hear what it is like. I will
> also use it to check what's on the bass frequencies because I do not want to
> rely on headphones only.
> I am giving a look at what is on the market. I see Spirit, Behringer,
> Wharfdale, Alesis, Event, Fostex and many more....
> My budget is 200-400$ used on eBay...
> Any suggestion on monitors you have heard?
> Thanks
> F.

I got the JBL LSRP25s. Well powered, seem pretty hard to blow up, sound
pretty good and very important for carrying around: have a very strong
grill to protect the woofer and a bar protecting the tweet. Downside is
that they are pretty heavy for their size ( you can get a nice carrying
case for the pair with built in wheels). Bass isn't great as they are
small, but it's not terrible. I got the pair for $200 on ebay (one was
supposedly broken, but it took almost nothing to get it running again).


My 02c.
Edwin
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Anonymous   08-28-2005 at 08:31:01 PM
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I bought some M-audio's. They are the "8" version of what ever the
lable is - can't see them right now. There is a smaller version that is
also very good. Mine cost $299 and are worth every penny. I have quite
a few monitors and I never have liked active ones really but these are
making me happy. Try a/b ing some of these ag a GC and see what you
think before you buy anything blind.

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