Monitors/NS10s - sell/upgrade, or buy a second (cheaper) p..

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Hi,

I've inherited a set of NS10s from someone who's upgraded their setup.
They're a step up for me and my shitty hifi speakers, but the NS10s have the
obvious limitation of their bass deficiency and I mix a variety of music
that needs good representation of the low end.

I've got an additional £300 ($500) to spend on new monitors.

My question is: should I spend the £300 on monitors and keep the NS10s as
secondary speakers, or sell the NS10s (they're going for £300 on eBay) and
buy some "better" (flatter? more transparent?) monitors for the £600/$1000
I'll have in total?

Any suggestions of what models I should look out for in those price ranges
before I go down to the shop to have a listen? I have no problem with buying
used from eBay but I'd obviously like to check out the sound of an
equivalent model (ie in a shop) first.

Thanks

TJ

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"david morley" <david.morley@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> Hi TJ
> Personally, I would sell them and get something " better". I sold mine and
> haven't missed them for 1 second.
> What amp are you using? This will affect what you buy too.

Thanks for the advice. Probably a hifi amp for now, but a fairly decent hifi
amp if that makes a difference. Does it? I might be using the amp that the
previous user was using with the NS10s... a Yamaha hifi amp that seemed to
work ok and went plenty loud enough for my needs.

>
> I like these for example:
>
> http://www.millennium-music.co.uk/ [...] STUDIO+MON
>
>
> If you don't have a decent amp, consider active monitors too...

Would there be a reason to go with either active or passive monitors if it's
given that one would be using a decent amp if one were to buy the passives?

> Event make some pretty cheap decent speakers and there is a good offer
> here:
>
> http://www.musicstorekoeln.de/de/g [...] store.html
>
> I'm considering this as a "b" pair of monitors in my studio and they ship
> very economically to the UK. I have NEVER had the slightest problem with
> them as a shop.
>

I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Turnkey doing them for a similar
price; you might save on shipping. Turnkey will match Thomann's prices so
they may well do for this place.

Cheers

TJ

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>I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Turnkey doing them for a similar
>price; you might save on shipping. Turnkey will match Thomann's prices so
>they may well do for this place.
>
>Cheers
>
>TJ
>
>
>

That's £300 the pair with an amp...
Turnkey for the minute have them at £175 each (minus amp)

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TJ Hertz <tjhertz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I've got an additional £300 ($500) to spend on new monitors.
>
>My question is: should I spend the £300 on monitors and keep the NS10s as
>secondary speakers, or sell the NS10s (they're going for £300 on eBay) and
>buy some "better" (flatter? more transparent?) monitors for the £600/$1000
>I'll have in total?

While lots of people like the NS-10 as a check-mix monitor, and some people
can even mix on them exclusively, I suggest you don't learn to do this. If
yu are just starting out, I'd suggest starting on something as clean and
accurate as possible. So I'd suggest selling the NS-10s.

>Any suggestions of what models I should look out for in those price ranges
>before I go down to the shop to have a listen? I have no problem with buying
>used from eBay but I'd obviously like to check out the sound of an
>equivalent model (ie in a shop) first.

Go to your local shop and see what they have. I'd suggest giving the
Tannoy Reveal a listen before anything else in that range. The Mackies
are probably a little bit out past the end. But even the old NHT Super
One home stereo speaker is a workable monitor.
--scott

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