Studio Monitor Speakers

[eldarvanyar]

Hi everyone,
This one may be a bit left field but I was wondering if anyone has used near field active monitors for normal listening.

I been watching some YouTube channels and speakers like the Yamaha HS series, HS7s,
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or JBL306P series keep coming up.

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My understanding is that Studio monitoring speakers have a flat EQ curve.

If you have can you say what your experience has been and any recommendations or ones to avoid.

Thanks

Lee

[oldius]

I jave a set of Klark Teknik active monitors. Bloody expensive back in the day but absolute quality with an amp (100w) for each driver.

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[Made in 1968]

I have a pair of those Yammi's. They are ok, they weight a ton & finished very nicely.. Ive since listen to the present Mackie MR & i prefer em..

https://mackie.com/products/mr-series-studio-monitors

[Made in 1968]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjTMHi_Pkxo

[oldius]

https://www.gearsourceeurope.com/catalog/stockitem/klark-teknik-klark-acoustic-jade-one-powered-studio-monitors

Only one set for sale in Europe at 2k (Euros). They are very good.

[Pigmy Pony]

I'm sure hifilover had some JBLs like those for sale last year. Might be worth contacting him

[Pharos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjTMHi_Pkxo

What an annoying egotistical twat.

[eldarvanyar]

I have a pair of those Yammi's. They are ok, they weight a ton & finished very nicely.. Ive since listen to the present Mackie MR & i prefer em..

https://mackie.com/products/mr-series-studio-monitors

Hi,
How are you using the Mackie MR? Are you using them for near field monitoring or sitting a distance away and listening to music? How would you explain the difference between the Mackies and Yamaha ?
Thanks

[Made in 1968]

I find the yammi's a bit bright..

They are sat on a studio desk near field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vexqyg1pCg

[eldarvanyar]

What’s the view on 6” or 8” driver? Which one would be best in a two way speaker?
The only 8” speaker I had was a Monitor Audio RS but it didn’t really work in my room and I have moved now.
Am I right I thinking you lose out on the mid range but gain in the base with an 8” driver?
Thanks

[RMutt]

What an annoying egotistical twat.

He must be the most important unboxer in Britain. Who’d have thought, when we only had two TV channels, that one day in the future we would be watching someone taking something out of a box.

[Dauntless]

I thought these were quite interesting. A 3 way rather than the usual 2. A little more bass from the dedicated driver and will maybe work better in the far field. Product of the USA but are available over here. Not too expensive either.
Have a look. https://www.kaliaudio.com/independence

May get a pair myself later this year.

[Macca]

Am I right I thinking you lose out on the mid range but gain in the base with an 8” driver?
Thanks

Sometimes but depends on the rest of the speaker: the qualities of the main driver and the tweeter, the crossover, the cab design. A two way cone and dome speaker is always going to be compromised compared to a good three-way.

I think you'll need subwoofery with most of these little speakers though, none of the ones I've seen measured have any bass below 100Hz.

[Made in 1968]

Near field monitor are suppose to be use close in your face. The reason for that is you can hear more of the loudspeaker signal without the room intervening. Deep bass is not of real importance as long as you have a good idea of the signal you are monitoring. Look at a good studio you will notice Near field monitors sat directly in front of the engineer, bigger Monitor positioned further back..

[Pharos]

What’s the view on 6” or 8” driver? Which one would be best in a two way speaker?
The only 8” speaker I had was a Monitor Audio RS but it didn’t really work in my room and I have moved now.
Am I right I thinking you lose out on the mid range but gain in the base with an 8” driver?
Thanks

The universal problem with two ways is the mid/woofer's ability to deal with its two extremes; being big enough to deliver low bass and O/P power, and to be able to go high enough without serious break-up.
The speaker designers problem is dealing with these extremes. Smaller, probably a better integration with the tweeter, but not so good at the bass and power O/P, larger, and not so good at the Xover point and integration.

[Made in 1968]

You can have it all ways with speakers.

[Pharos]

??

[steve-z]

About 4 years ago I had a pair of Yamaha HS5s that I used in my second string system in the bedroom. I used it in conjunction with a Firestone Mass remote control preamp. The sound quality was pretty decent for an active speaker pair for under £250, only slight criticism I had was that it was a little midrange prominent, it’s actually shown up as a hump centred on 1khz that is quite clear on Yamaha’s own FR plot. As my music source was iTunes I just applied about 3dbs of cut at 1khz with the iTunes equaliser which got the balance dead right to my ears. I must admit that I had a hankering to try the HS7s which lose the mid hump and go deeper in the bass but alas my setup went in a different direction.


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[morpeth]

I've used a pair of passive Tannoy Reveals like this with some success. They're a bit muddy in the low midrange and perhaps lack a bit of definition at the top end, but you get used to it surprisingly quickly. It makes mixing on them much easier if you're used to listening to finished, mastered albums through them.

A lot will depend on the amp you use to drive them. If you want to use active monitors you may still need something in the signal chain to control the volume - there may not be any controls on the speakers themselves... My limited experience of passive nearfield monitors is that they're fine with a potent amplifier and much less effective if the signal is weaker.

[Shovel_Knight]

What’s the view on 6” or 8” driver? Which one would be best in a two way speaker?
The only 8” speaker I had was a Monitor Audio RS but it didn’t really work in my room and I have moved now.
Am I right I thinking you lose out on the mid range but gain in the base with an 8” driver?
Thanks

At least for the JBLs, the 8-inch model is considered to be inferior. But it's just very sloppily constructed.