I just ordered Monitors!! What do you think?
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Posted on Feb 26, 2003 05:19 pm
Jason
Member Since: Feb 17, 2003
I got a pair of the Carvin SRS6.5A Active Powered Monitors. They were pretty expensive (220.00) a piece. The link to them is www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Is...S65A&P1=MON
Tell me what you think they will be like.
Thanks
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 26, 2003 09:19 pm I wouldnt have a clue. The specs look fairly good. But the ear is the only true way to tell if they indeed aree good. I personally would not buy referance moniters without hearing them first. But that is my choice. And at $220.00 each I would definately want to hear them first. That is a pretty good price for Bi-amped moniters, they can get realy spendy.
stupeMember
Since: Apr 03, 2002
Feb 27, 2003 02:24 am wow a post like that definately shows some early signs of post purchase anxiety. just remember if you dont like them, then ebay. holla if you hear me.
FunkDadyPNo Commercial Appeal.Member
Since: Jan 09, 2003
Feb 27, 2003 08:52 am word stupe! probably should have posted BEFORE you bought 450 worth of stuff. These guys will tell you all you need to know. But if it is just for monitoring and you won't be recording out of them then it isn't that big of a deal i don't think.
FunkDadyPNo Commercial Appeal.Member
Since: Jan 09, 2003
Feb 27, 2003 08:55 am here's another monitor question.
When I record onto my computer, and I want to hear it later, am I going to have to listen to the mix through my computer speakers (which suck), headphones (from computer or mixer), or back through my PA's? I assume headphones would be the best way, but should I run everything back through the mixer or can I just listen straight off the soundcard?
JasonMember
Since: Feb 17, 2003
Feb 27, 2003 11:57 am do you guys think that they will not be good for home recording or what?
JasonMember
Since: Feb 17, 2003
Feb 27, 2003 11:58 am i hope that they are good considering that the m-audios that everyone likes are cheaper. i dont know. i just hope that they are good for a home recording studio.
JasonMember
Since: Feb 17, 2003
Feb 27, 2003 12:03 pm if you look at them on the carvin web site, the list price for a single monitor is $479 or $998 for the pair. according to the price, they should kick some major butt. what do you think?
Feb 27, 2003 12:00 pm Jason, they look like they will be very nice. There's just none of us here who have actually heard them before. From what I can tell from the specs, they should be very good. You should expect a little bit of an adjustment period to get used to them though. I'm not sure what you've been using for monitors up until now, but if it's been computer speakers or stereo speakers, you're in for a change! A change for the better in the end, but it might take a few weeks to get used to the flat frequency response of your new monitors. And please let us know how they sound!
JasonMember
Since: Feb 17, 2003
Feb 27, 2003 12:18 pm This is actually the first pair of monitors that i have owned. I am new to home recording, so it all will be new to me. I have done some generic recordings with my guitar and factory audio card, but thats it.
By the way, i ordered the M-Audio Delta 44 also.
Thanks
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 27, 2003 06:33 pm Yes, on paper the Carvins have some very good specs. So your ears will be the judge, and it is just a matter of training them to listen to the moniters you buy. The Delta is something we can all or most of us give ya the ups on. There are quite a few of us here who use their stuff, and I for one have been very happy for years with their gear. I have used M-Audio interffaces for years and have not had one lick of trouble with any of it.
stupeMember
Since: Apr 03, 2002
Feb 28, 2003 02:07 am i think the main thing with monitors is just to get used to them. for example i use event 20/20's powered through a alesis ra-100. i know my monitors dont show bass that well because in my old days i used to pop in a mix that sounded cool on my monitors in my car cd player and it sounded so bassy it made me SICK!
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Feb 28, 2003 02:55 am f you don't have a pair of studio monitors you are going to want to monitor through headphones preferably headphones that are coming out of your mixer. This way you can tweak the EQ and stuff on your board.
As far as those carvins go:
I don't really know how they're going to sound but I don't think they're going to sound terrible. Carvin I've heard makes some good stuff.
Feb 28, 2003 05:02 am if Carvin monitors are anything like Carvin guitars, they're gonna RAWK!
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Mar 01, 2003 09:50 am Yes, Carvin has been around for a while and probably makes a fine speaker. The two charistics you are looking for is a flat frequency response and ultra directional broadcast, or maybe narrowcast. Home stereo speakers color the sound to please the majority of listeners and atempt to fill a room offering a good stereo image to everyone in a room. In mixing we create the sound balance and the stereo balance so we want a very flat uncolored frequency response and a very directional sound patern so we can understand exactly where and how the instruments are being mixed. Headphones are a great "microscope" for detailed tweeking of sound, but are extreamly rough for setting stereo image. They exagerate the stereo image in comparison to a speaker.
Now having said all of that. We all have different hearing, emphisizing and de-emphisizing frequencies in the audio spectrum. We all have different sensitivity to the direction of sound. The best advice is to listen to monitors if possible prior to purchasing and take your best shot! Once they are home, it's a process of listening to them and your mixes on other speaker systems to "learn" your interaction to the speaker system.
Mar 01, 2003 01:24 pm Very nicely put Walt!
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Mar 01, 2003 04:30 pm Bows, tips had, Thanks audiance.
We all have our moments.
Thanks Blue for noticing one!
Mar 02, 2003 07:39 am To FunkDadyP,
Listening to playback through headphones is ok, but you don't really want to mix using headphones.When you put on head phones, the speakers are pressed against your ears. In real life you rarely have any sound source like that and our ears are designed to use the outer ear and head to get all the sound.Also headphones don't allow sound from one channel to reach the other ear which rarely happens in real life. Headphones are great for listening to detail; especially when editing.I use both headphones and monitors during mixdown.Mostly the monitors. Headphones to start and to hear details but the monitors for the final mix that I'm going to burn.Afterall, most time my recordings are going to be listened to on someones cd player in a room or a car so I want the mix that will sound the best in those types of playing conditions and using monitors helps me achieve that.
