Studio Monitors or Studio Headphones?

[The_Laughing_Man]

Depends how serious you are.
In any given situation I would take monitors over headphones any day.
The way the sound interacts with your ear is just so different with phones, even with the best in ears.

I`d say monitors. If you are just starting out, there are some great monitors you can get second hand from £150-£200

failing that, in ear phones are the future.

[tekboi]

What would be the cheapest option for quality studio monitors??
Best In Ear headphones for me if I go for this option??

Thanks!!!

[The_Laughing_Man]

What would be the cheapest option for quality studio monitors??
Best In Ear headphones for me if I go for this option??

Thanks!!!

Well, if you are keeping to a budget, depending on your budget I would say it isn`t worth buying anything brand new for less than 600 quid.
So my suggestion would be, decide your budget, then go to ebay and type "Studio Monitors" into the search engine.
See what is available and then do a search on http://www.soundonsound.com/ to get reviews of the monitors available.

Or pick the ones you find and link em up here and I could help advise you.

If your lucky you could pick up a great pair of good studio monitors for £100-£250

Best in ear monitors?
http://www.dv247.com/invt/47630/ pricey, but mind blowingly amazing.

http://www.dv247.com/invt/36411/ cheaper, but still blows away most sub £200 over ear phones no problem.

[loopdon]

Depends how serious you are.
In any given situation I would take monitors over headphones any day.
The way the sound interacts with your ear is just so different with phones, even with the best in ears.

I`d say monitors. If you are just starting out, there are some great monitors you can get second hand from £150-£200

failing that, in ear phones are the future.

I reckon you are totally right, Steve.
Just lately something (although rather pricey) has hit the market which
is nothing short of a revelation when it comes to headphone monitoring.
It's this one and i haven't read one bad word about it:

SPL Phonitor



http://www.soundperformancelab.com/index.php?id=357&L=1

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