I found that my 20/20bas were masking too much LF and were too
strong on HF, so when I checked my mixes, they were bottom heavy with not as much top end as I mixed in....
Two years back I bought Dynaudio BM6As and my mixes improved and translated almost immediately. If you can spring another $300
or so, I would at least try the Dyns out...
YMMV and WILL vary with the resonances in your control room....

Were your 20/20's passive or active and were they V2's? I have the active V2's and I get almost perfect low end and really they seem to translate perfect. probably a difference in control rooms, funny how a room can make good monitors bad.

I have the same Alesis amp. I was gonna get the Event20/20's but opted for the Mackie HR824's. They are a little bit more than you were looking to spend, but I like them.
Before I had these, I used the Yamaha NS10's. I'm glad to be rid of those.

Ultimeately, bigger, better speakers may be best, but, could you borrow or otherwise try a higher-powered amp for your speakers? Assuming the RA "150" amp is 75 watts per channel, maybe it's not quite enough to give you the bass the speakers may be capable of - bass is power hungry..? 'Course, you don't want to blow the little cones out of the boxes either...

Just a thought...

TG

The Yamaha MSP5As are great for mixing and they are inexpensive (I got my pair for $425). I own a pair of the Mackie HR824's too but I've been getting a lot more mileage from the MSPs recently.

Hi. The "bas" versions are biamped and don't need a power amp, I thought. It seems you have the 20/20P, no? If so they may very well be underpowered with the Alesis amp...the room is a HUGE deal as well. Has it been calibrated?

mckay

OP,

Here's what I would do with my money in your situation:

INSTEAD of buying new monitors <$1000 - I'm assuming you mean
for BOTH - which is almost too cheap for decent actives - and which will have a
new learning curve, if the others are still in good working
order, I would
(FYI: if you don't know about their condition, have your amp &
monitors tested at a repair shop that uses Audio Precision test
gear http://www.audioprecision.com , they can give you printouts
of all the tested specs and a frequency response graph )

1) Add acoustical treatment and bass trapping to the room.
Visit http://www.auralex.com and check out the interactive and personalized calculators.
Also check out http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html
and contact Auralex or Ethan if you need more advice.

2) BUY A SUB to add to my setup!!!
Add a Subwoofer to your monitoring setup!!
Check out subs by Velodyne for excellent price/performance
http://www.velodyne.com

3) Takea good amount of time (a few hours at least) to experiment
with the best physical positioning of your monitors & sub and
settings combinations for your room. Double check everything with
a Spectrum Analyzer and calibrated mic(s).

That's it.
You'll notice a world of difference without the new monitors.

KJ
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Kyro Studios

For the sake of not making a new post i am new and used the search bar. What would be a good power amp to buy for my event20/20p since a possible lack of watts may make the sound suffer?

thank you

what might be the problem is not the speakers but your mixing process. having big speakers is a luxury and mixing on big speakers is really not the thing to do. you need nearfields that will work. your events, although not the greatest, are no different than any other monitor say the yamaha's mackies, etc...... you need to get real with your speakers. as you say that when you playback with subs they are out of control, what does that tell you?????
that in your mixing process your applying too much bass on your little events thus killing your subs. little speakers are LITTLE speakers and they will only deploy a certain amount of low end. you need to listen to the kick and bass in your speakers and not apply a shitload of bass to compensate for the freq's that your little speakers wont ever reproduce. i use dynaudio BM15 with a 500 watt amp and a velodyne sub. but i also mix with JBL lsr25p's which are 5 1/4" 2way speakers and i never have an issue with bass being out of control anywhere i place the music.
you may also need some bass trapping in the back of and sides of your room as you may be dealing with a null point right where you sit when mixing,(it happens!!)

Everyone talking about treating your room first is 10000% correct. Buying new stuff still does not solve the problem you are having. And yes, Ethan Winer breaks it down for you so go to his site. If you treat your room and just get a really nice power amp for your speakers you will be alot happier