If it starts with a "K" it should be Klipsch.
Good luck with the new gear, Joe.
Good luck with the new gear, Joe.
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Monitor advice please. Where to purchase, too...
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If it starts with a "K" it should be Klipsch.
The KRK I've heard are "ok" for what they cost given there's also an integrated amp, and the EQ options. Can't recall if they had that small-box clear bass vibe you described.
In NYC there should be someplace you can A/B monitors in your price range?
Good luck with the new gear.
The KRK I've heard are "ok" for what they cost given there's also an integrated amp, and the EQ options. Can't recall if they had that small-box clear bass vibe you described.
In NYC there should be someplace you can A/B monitors in your price range?
Good luck with the new gear.
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If you're not worried about accuracy the KRKs should be fine. When i see "25 eq presets" on something that is not a digital equalizer of some sort i think "25 ways for me not to know what it actually sounds like."
Do they use them in these studios because they are mixing music for people who listen on “less than high quality” systems - smartphones, Bluetooth speaker systems, AirPods or Beats headphones and the like? Or do they use them because they are actually the best solution for a discerning listener?
That's what I've been using for a couple of years. They are awesome in my humble opinion.
BUT: like someone pointed out, room room room. Can't stress that enough. Whichever monitors you go for, expensive or not, the room treatment prevails on everything. Neutralize the room and get used to whatever monitors you get. And you don't need to spend thousands for room treatment: if you're handy with a few tools you'll get the job done fast, for cheap..
My 0.02 cents.
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And once again that awesome new inability to edit our posts after an hour has left this thread up, which I would have edited once I made my decision :/ .
Anyhow, I spent some more time researching yesterday and I'm still happy with the choice I made. If I had perfect hearing and was looking to make perfect recordings I'd feel differently - but doing that is virtually impossible for me at this stage in the game. I'm looking to make GOOD demos, as well as be able to record the best sounding bass possible for other people's recordings. I've been doing that a lot lately, and its become a challenge on the current 3" monitors I'm using. Which I'm not even sure are monitors
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I get that people's favorite monitors are usually the ones that are flatest and color tones the lease, but that isn't my goal. Listening to this video helped assure me I made the right decision. If I were a studio engineer, I'd feel I should have went with something else.
Anyhow, I spent some more time researching yesterday and I'm still happy with the choice I made. If I had perfect hearing and was looking to make perfect recordings I'd feel differently - but doing that is virtually impossible for me at this stage in the game. I'm looking to make GOOD demos, as well as be able to record the best sounding bass possible for other people's recordings. I've been doing that a lot lately, and its become a challenge on the current 3" monitors I'm using. Which I'm not even sure are monitors
.I get that people's favorite monitors are usually the ones that are flatest and color tones the lease, but that isn't my goal. Listening to this video helped assure me I made the right decision. If I were a studio engineer, I'd feel I should have went with something else.
The guy who developped them had the goal to make them different from previous generation budget KRKs that were famous for being not neutral at all.
This is from the developper:
"The New G4 is definitely not colored. They are very flat. We have a reputation for being scooped. My goal with these was to end that. I am a professional mix engineer myself, and I agree with a lot of the things that people say about KRK but there have been many great KRKs in the past and I set out to bring that back and goi forward into the future. Up Next am working on revamping and bringing the Expose line back to the market.
The following isn’t a marketing number, we have a return rate of literally less than 1%. KRK are very reliable. We had one issue over 10 years ago and we jumped right on it and corrected it.
As to Gibson, they were very hands off. Well, except for the Les Paul monitors. Under the new managementIt has been great, they love us, and are very supportive of our plans. The future is super bright."
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This is from the developper:
"The New G4 is definitely not colored. They are very flat. We have a reputation for being scooped. My goal with these was to end that. I am a professional mix engineer myself, and I agree with a lot of the things that people say about KRK but there have been many great KRKs in the past and I set out to bring that back and goi forward into the future. Up Next am working on revamping and bringing the Expose line back to the market.
The following isn’t a marketing number, we have a return rate of literally less than 1%. KRK are very reliable. We had one issue over 10 years ago and we jumped right on it and corrected it.
As to Gibson, they were very hands off. Well, except for the Les Paul monitors.
Under the new managementIt has been great, they love us, and are very supportive of our plans. The future is super bright."Invalid Link Removed
I mean vs no speakers at all the KRKs are infintely better! 
they seem perfect for your goals and they also have the added bonus of looking cool.
they seem perfect for your goals and they also have the added bonus of looking cool.
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HOLY CRAP!!!!
Put my order in with Musiciansfriend 11:30AM yesterday. Was told they were out of stock and I wouldn't be getting them until the end of November.
1PM my bell rang. My monitors are here!
They came from Guitar Center, so I guess that had something to do with it...
OK. Awesome. If I can carve some space into the day I'll get them set up and let yas know how I feel about this.
I'll add that I'm a little miffed, lol. I'm in NY. MF usually ships from California. I never even got a tracking number as quickly as these were delivered .
Yay.
Put my order in with Musiciansfriend 11:30AM yesterday. Was told they were out of stock and I wouldn't be getting them until the end of November.
1PM my bell rang. My monitors are here!
They came from Guitar Center, so I guess that had something to do with it...
OK. Awesome. If I can carve some space into the day I'll get them set up and let yas know how I feel about this.
I'll add that I'm a little miffed, lol. I'm in NY. MF usually ships from California. I never even got a tracking number as quickly as these were delivered
.Yay.
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UPDATE:
I AM BEYOND RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY!
These are giving me what I've been looking for now for decades!
I AM BEYOND RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY!
These are giving me what I've been looking for now for decades!
Monitors with a flat response won't give you that pulsating bass like closed headphones, but you will be able to pick it out when you hear it....
to give me clear bass tones, as well as good separation of frequencies/instruments (the ones I can hear, at least
...the ability to hear clear bass notes when learning tunes...
Maybe you never thought of it, but maybe a Pleasureboard would help you and spare your ears as an addition to the speakers. Let your body be your ears or part of it (true for bass anyway).
I own one since years and they work. As a lazy guy I have a Fender barstool on top of it and sit most of the times...
I own one since years and they work. As a lazy guy I have a Fender barstool on top of it and sit most of the times...
Been there, did that, was going to cost me around $4000... wound up taking a $400 hit instead after a 90 day trial of trying to work them out.
No matter how much I tweaked them with the audiologist, they didn't help a whole lot. They made things crisp, tinny, and weird sounding. I was told after all the effort that hearing aids work best for those with serious hearing loss. I was hoping to use them in a similar way that corrective lenses work for eyesight - to restore what I had lost, but I was assured that wasn't going to happen. At least not in the way I hoped.
Maybe one day in future I'll give them a go again, but I've gotten pretty used to my loss and I'm comfortable with close captioning on the TV
I found the best prices at Costco. I hated them at first, now I hate it when I don’t have them in. That tinny sound is all the high frequency stuff you can’t hear on your own anymore. The Costco folks adjusted mine to minimize the hf at first and we brought it in gradually over a few weeks. They were very good to work with.
