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Dec 20 2012, 05:22 PM
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JBL NEAR FIELD STUDIO MONITORS (Home Studio Use) Model Number LSR2325P 5" Two-Way Bi-Amplified Powered Studio Monitor Frequency Range : 43 Hz - 20 kHz There are always folks looking for their first pair of "Studio Monitors". Choosing a decent pair can be quite a challenge. Budget is usually the limiting factor. I recently spent some time with the "Budget/Starter/Intro" (insert your fav adjective) line of JBL "Near Field Monitors" (Near Field roughly means monitors that you keep close to your head, not BIG ones mounted in the wall like in a big studio). I was IMPRESSED with the quality. They are not intended for use in situations where you have more than 1,000 EURO to spend. These are for situtations where you are looking to spend 100-200 Euro per speaker. Having dealt with the first dozen responses in advance, let's proceed  MY EXPERIENCE MIXING ON THESE I've tried WADS of speakers in this price range. The KRK 5 and 6 come to mind. I compared these against the Alesis and KRK during the testing. So in short... *They sound good!! *They are accurate enough for home studio use *The bass cuts off around 40hz meaning they are best paired with a Sub Woofer if possible (Same with the KRK and Alesis) For the money, these are a fine pair of speaker and worth considering for any home studio. Here is a link to the JBL site with more info. http://www.jblpro.com/catalog/general/Prod...d=280&MId=5  |
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Jan 7 2013, 04:35 PM
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You can use a pair of headphones to check the mix though it's not ideal as it can, for instance, present an unrealistic idea of the stereo. To be honest though a sub can introduce other issues so that isn't necessarily ideal either. Try to become as familiar as you can with your monitors and headphones by playing lots of pre-recorded commercial cds on them and listen carefully to how they reproduce the audio. As you get more and more familiar you can to some extent compensate for some of their issues.
Also, be careful with the quoted rating as what counts are the corner frequency where the headphones start to roll off the low end and how steep that slope is. The 'phones may well be bale to produce som measureable bass at 15Hz but that doesn't necessarily mean that they present bass frequencies accurately down to 15Hz. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jan 8 2013, 12:37 AM
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Cool. Thanks Tony.
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Jan 11 2013, 06:10 AM
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Believe it or not, they do make "High End" ear buds. Which are really just very nice in ear headphones. But the prices get crazy pretty quick
Here are some nice SHURE "Ear Buds" that are $500 a set!!!!http://shop-us.shure.com/p/se535-sound-iso...pp=25&pp=25  But lotsa folks will just have the set that came with ipod or what not (can't blame em, free is free) so you almost have to take that in to consideration during a mix. Giving a mix a "Crappy Earbuds Pass" can be very informative. Export it as a crap mp3 ( no lossless formats) and do the cheap earbud test. Sad truth is, most folks will hear your stuff compressed to MP3 and on poor quality phones/speakers so these days it's important to take it in to account. Drives me a bit batty but such is life eh Todd QUOTE (vonhotch @ Jan 8 2013, 04:26 PM)  We can start a new line of "studio monitoring ear buds"
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Jan 11 2013, 11:45 AM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Jan 11 2013, 05:10 AM) ... But lotsa folks will just have the set that came with ipod or what not (can't blame em, free is free) so you almost have to take that in to consideration during a mix. Giving a mix a "Crappy Earbuds Pass" can be very informative. Export it as a crap mp3 ( no lossless formats) and do the cheap earbud test. Sad truth is, most folks will hear your stuff compressed to MP3 and on poor quality phones/speakers so these days it's important to take it in to account. Drives me a bit batty but such is life eh Todd Very true Todd, which is a major reason why mastering engineers worry about and allow for translation and end use. (Mastering engneers are also aware of and make allowance for mp3 conversion, not just in terms of intersampling distortion but also which encoder is used for which encoding formatis used and how it affects the audio quality.) Headphones present a mix differently to a home hi fi set up for stereo. The needs of radio broadcast are different to film, clubs and home listening. Arguably nowadays very, very few people hear music in stereo at all and usually they only listen on relatively cheap home hifi playback systems. To some extent this precedes mp3s etc though. It wasn't that long ago when most studios used an auratone cube to check mono and grotbox compatability - some still do. Similarly the much revered Yamaha NS10s were well known to have issues which had to be compensated for either at mixing or mastering. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jan 11 2013, 01:46 PM
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Great topic, Todd. For sure the JBL's sound great and are certainly a great option for mixing monitors.
Off-topic - is this your room ? So many cables, man!!!!! |
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Jan 11 2013, 02:50 PM
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Cool! Thanks for sharing mate. I have to buy a new pair of monitors for working at home and these ones are a good deal. I was thinking on KRK, but I hope to be able to try the jbl.
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Jan 11 2013, 07:14 PM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Jan 11 2013, 05:10 AM) Believe it or not, they do make "High End" ear buds. Which are really just very nice in ear headphones. But the prices get crazy pretty quick Here are some nice SHURE "Ear Buds" that are $500 a set!!!!http://shop-us.shure.com/p/se535-sound-iso...pp=25&pp=25 But lotsa folks will just have the set that came with ipod or what not (can't blame em, free is free) so you almost have to take that in to consideration during a mix. Giving a mix a "Crappy Earbuds Pass" can be very informative. Export it as a crap mp3 ( no lossless formats) and do the cheap earbud test. Sad truth is, most folks will hear your stuff compressed to MP3 and on poor quality phones/speakers so these days it's important to take it in to account. Drives me a bit batty but such is life eh Todd  That's a lot of money for ear buds. And I can't say much as I am currently just using a pair of free headphones that came with a T-shirt my son got.
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Feb 2 2013, 09:09 AM
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I've got some cheap Wharfedale monitors that I've had for years, work great
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