Best Studio Monitors For 400$?

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2014/07/26 09:04:07 (permalink)

Best Studio Monitors For 400$?

Hi all.

I'm looking for the best Studio Monitors for around 400$(For both monitors).

I intend to plug them to my audio interface so I'm in need of active ones right?

I deal with a wide range of genres so I don't have a very specific request. I do jazz/rock/electronic etc. recording mostly MIDI from a digital piano and also guitars/vox from time to time.

What would you suggest? a friend of mine suggested the Yamaha HS5 but I'm open for anything else.

Thx, ZBBZ.

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    bluzdog
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    Re: Best Studio Monitors For 400$? 2014/07/26 15:15:00 (permalink)
    Check out Bat's thread: http://forum.cakewalk.com/new-monitors-JBL-LSR305-m3052165.aspx and his tunes.
     
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    zoobooboozoo
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    Re: Best Studio Monitors For 400$? 2014/07/27 11:00:58 (permalink)
    Thanks for the reply
    My friend is currently traveling in Barcelona and he has a chance of grabbing a Yamaha pair(he couldn't find a JBL or Equator over there). the price there is much lower than the price where we live.

    So should he get the
    Yamaha HS7 for 177Euros each
    or
    Yamaha HS5 for 155Euros each

    They we'll be used in his bedroom. I understand that the 5s lacks in low range. would the 7s have enough? or maybe too much for a room that's not that big? would it be muddy?

    Thx for the help !
    post edited by zoobooboozoo - 2014/07/27 11:03:47

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    TomHelvey
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    Re: Best Studio Monitors For 400$? 2014/07/27 13:36:38 (permalink)
    HS7s are anything but muddy. I A/B'd the HS7s with a bunch of monitors in the store before choosing them. I thought they sounded clearer and more detailed than anything else in their price range. They have a nice tight bottom end, I thought the JBLs were a bit too flappy. Once I got them home I ran my RTA on them and they're nice and flat in the room I'm using them in.
    I'm pretty happy with mine, they're probably the best you can get for the money.
     

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    Re: Best Studio Monitors For 400$? 2014/07/27 15:36:24 (permalink)
    You may have to spend a little more.
     
    https://soundcloud.com/sonic-sense-pro-audio/sets/studio-monitors
     
    Try the JBL 305s or the 308s perhaps.
    Of course ears vary or else all sounds would be perfect to everyone.
     

     
     
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