Budget monitors

[Jay Pace]

Save up and buy mackies

You are unlikely to ever need another speaker, plus you can't put a value on not going deaf.

[jk_scowling]

Save up and buy mackies

You are unlikely to ever need another speaker, plus you can't put a value on not going deaf.

2nd that!

[BloodStar]

Save up and buy mackies

You are unlikely to ever need another speaker, plus you can't put a value on not going deaf.

Yep, Mackies are quite highly rated by people in techno, but tbh I didnt hear too good words on them from other musicians. As I read many articles and compares of Adam, Dynaudio and Mackie,. Mackie was not going out as winner. :confused..

[dirty_bass]

Yep, Mackies are quite highly rated by people in techno, but tbh I didnt hear too good words on them from other musicians. As I read many articles and compares of Adam, Dynaudio and Mackie,. Mackie was not going out as winner. :confused..

Adams out of the choice of all 3 for me, their accoustic research and high end stuff is the bizz, and I think it translates down to their lower priced stuff.

I`ve never been a huge fan of the mackies, they are good, but I think a lot of people use them because they are just told to, and don`t really know what to listen for. I don`t find them versatile enough, and in my opinion they are a little too tight in some areas.

It`s all down to personal taste though.
Get your speakers on demo loan or go and use some at other peoples places.

All our opinions here are based on personal preference, so really you should ignore us all and try yourself.

[dirty_bass]

Just to throw a spanner in the works I¬ve heard some very good reports from some studio engineer mates of mine, of the Yamaha HS80M actives.
They are guys used to the old Ns10, but they swear by these new babies as being really accurate reference monitors.

[dan the acid man]

they're not as harsh as the ns10's are they?

[BloodStar]

Cheers, Steve. I am mainly thinking about the Adam A7. As you said, their hiend stuff is the biz, and from what I've heard, these "low-end" monitors should be also great. At the moment there is a very good offer on these A7 in one shop in Prague, I think they are 450quid/pair. Problem is that I cant go to Prague just to listen to them.
I have a chance to listen to the Mackies, Dynaudios, and probly also to these new Yamaha HS80M here in Brno. but it can be always very tricky to listen to the speakers in the shop with toally different acoustics than you have in the studio.

[dirty_bass]

It`s definitely worth listening to the adams mate.
Their midfield and main monitors are total sex for the ears, very accurate even at stupid volumes.
I`ve heard great reports of the smaller adams, but most of it comes out of real studio talk, rather than project and home studio reports, which is why you don`t hear so much about them.
Really great speakers.
Those tweaters are great.