monitors

[Gert van Santen]

Hey, Tom,

I don't have too much experience with different types of studio monitors, but I've learned 5 things in all the years that I've been mixing and mastering music:

1. Ears and mind will always be the most important parts of a good mix/master.
2. After a time you start to learn and understand the sound of your monitors. Any monitors. Even cheap ones. This means: you need to learn how to listen to them for good mixes and masters. 
3. A sub is awesome and can give you so much more information on the sound of your tracks.
4. A studio quality headphone can be of great help with any mixing and/or mastering task. Personally, I couldn't do without my high end Sennheiser.
5. Last, but not least: if in doubt, compare results with commercial recordings of your taste.

Hope this helps a bit :-)

Gert
www.gertvansanten.nl

> Op 5 jan. 2018 om 22:12 heeft tom adam <tom.adam at thebigear.be> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> I currently use a pair of Equator D8 in my studio. I'm quite happy with them.
> 
> But today I played some of my tracks on my old Adam A7's and that was kind of a shock to me. They sound completely different and there were some mid's i just don't hear on the D8's.
> 
> Unfortunately one of the Adam A7's has an issue (it drops out every now and than, no woofer any more...) and I'm not sending it back to Adam as that would be the 3th time I send that monitor back for repair...
> 
> I'm in the market for a second set of monitors, any suggestions, budget is roughly 1000€. I intend to go listen to some monitors in a couple of weeks, but need to send my list of possible contenders in advance so the shop can prep them...
> 
> Adam's out due to bad experience
> I definitely going to  listen to Mackies XR824 and Eve's SC207.
> I wasn't a fan of KRK and genelec a couple of years ago, but maybe they have some new improved stuff...
> What about Yamaha or dynaudio?
> And should i get a sub?
> 
> Thanks for your feedback!
> 
> Cheers,
> ToAd
> 
> 
> 
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