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monitor face off!
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:51 pm
by j-sh
evening all,
looking to purchase myself some cheap monitors just to upgrade from my crappy hifi system. by cheap im looking at around £125
i know, i know. i shoudl be looking to spend more but i really don't have the disposable income!
anyway ive narrowed it down between either
a pair of Alesis M1 active 520's
http://dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop/flypage/product_id/7820
or Fostex PM 04's
http://dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop/flypage/product_id/27866
anyone own/heard either of these?
any advice apart from 'spend more money' would be sweet
peace, Josh
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:04 pm
by legend4ry
Not heard any of those 'in action' but just a suggestion if you have a amp (guessing you don't since you're looking at active)but the Alesis Monitor Ones are 100 and they're stupidly good I'd go for them, personally ..I have a small room so I got Edirol MA-15Ds, used to have DS-30As but they was to big for my room and they sounds pretty damn good I must say - spesh as I don't really make sub-heavy stuff anymore.
I have heard more Alesis monitors than Fostex so i'd go for the M1s
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:48 pm
by j-sh
cheers for the advice,
that would be an option if i could get an amplifier on the cheap!
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:37 am
by DZA
save up more it may seem long but it will be for the better
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:44 am
by 3rdeye
ive got the Alesis 520s at home in my wee bedroom studio and they do the job fine, id recommend a little sub to go with them tho (eg Event S100 which is cheap but good). They're not a patch on the Genelecs and Mackies I use at work but my mixes transfer over pretty well... a friend of mine has lovely Focals at home and even he was impressed with the sound of the 520's. Really good for the cash i reckon!
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:45 am
by 3rdeye
edit: double post (i hate cookies)
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:46 am
by DZA
3RDEYE wrote: (i hate cookies)
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:03 am
by abZ
The_Dza88 wrote:3RDEYE wrote: (i hate cookies)
I was just about to have a couple chocolate chippers. Me love cookies
I don't have much to say on cheap monitors. Don't buy the ones I have
Beringher Lies. Really tho I have done a lot of work with them over the last shit it has been like 6 years! I guess I can't complain. You get what you pay for innit. If I had it to do over again I might save up the cash but that never works so no regrets I guess. At least I have my pimp ass cans now to check mixes on. My 2 cents.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:19 am
by 3rdeye
haha not the lovely crumbly chocolatey variety, i meant the ones that frequently prevent me from posting lol
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:17 pm
by lewisr
I own the active 520's ive never really had anything else so i cant compare them. But, they sound good and clean to me.
I'd reccomend them, well worth the money.
hope this helps
easy
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:32 pm
by Steve AC23
run a cable to the back of the head unit in ur car
put the keyboard in the car
monitor on ur bonnet
bring all the tracks down
bring up the kick, snare and bass
everything else below that
ask urself why ur mixing in the car
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:16 pm
by abZ
Depone wrote:Imo, i hate the sound of the alesis. Had them in my old college studio, and did a blind test with the samson rubicons, and samson blew them totally out of the water!
I seriously would wait for a better pair with at least 6" cone for makin dubstep (all tho its recommended to get an 8" pair).
At the end of the day... You get what you pay for. You will regret it if you buy cheap monitors now, however enticing they look. Keep savin man, every little penny helps.
I have heard good things about those Samsons. They are dirt cheap too! but like you say I wouldn't want to mess around with dubstep on anything less than an 8" woof. I'd recommend a good set of cans if you can't save up that much.
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:42 am
by Steve AC23
the ONLY way to test monitors is to goto ur local music shop
bring a load of tunes u know they meant to sound.
listen, use ur ears yo, fuck specs.
Re: monitor face off!
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:02 am
by krusadr
J-sh wrote:evening all,
looking to purchase myself some cheap monitors just to upgrade from my crappy hifi system. by cheap im looking at around £125
i know, i know. i shoudl be looking to spend more but i really don't have the disposable income!
anyway ive narrowed it down between either
a pair of Alesis M1 active 520's
http://dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop/flypage/product_id/7820
or Fostex PM 04's
http://dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop/flypage/product_id/27866
anyone own/heard either of these?
any advice apart from 'spend more money' would be sweet
peace, Josh
Look into getting some KRK Rokit's. I've got a pair of Rokit 5's they seem to do the trick and they're a fair price.
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:47 am
by 11eight
i used to have te 520's
they arent bad at all, but they dont handle the lower bass frequencies that well...they go to 56hz
no idea on the fostex's though
as ac23 said..best to go into a shop n test em out
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:21 pm
by tetris
I know theyre a diff speaker but I heard the Fostex PM05's today and they sounded pretty tight. The dude was saying the 04's are excellent monitors for the money and fostex do do a sub to much for about 200 squids so could always grab one of them a few months down the line.
All this said Ive not heard the Alesis so can't comment.
Bit of a waste of everyones time really ha!