What speaker monitors do you use maily in your studio ?

Audio Note AN/E SEC together with Audio Note BARANSU amplifiers connected with silver cables.



Name yours! :D

What do you use?

20/20's are very good, ONLY if you get the bi amplified ones. the passive versions arent that great tho.

Dunlavy scIIIa's with a Bryston 14b amp, & 10guage copper speaker wire. $.35 ft down on canal st NYC 8-)

Ed

Samson Resolv 65a with the Samson 120a sub



I like how they sound. They're not crystal clear and airy, but I can make a fairly decent mix on them.



I'm probably the only person on this forum with the samson monitors I suspect :?

Tannoy pbm 6.5 mk II with crown dc300



I NEED TO UPGRADE !!! :-)

Yamaha Ns-10

Event 20/20 Bass

Genelec 1037B

Yamaha NS10Ms, Tannoy DMTII, System12's .. Auratones .. The NS10's and the Auratones are powered by their own Haffler P3000. The Tannoys each have their own Haffler P3000 bridged to run 300 watts RMS. It's all connected using 12 and 10 guage copper wire.. nothing special ... just good copper wire. (I don't believe in all that "audiofool" wire nonsense) The Tannoys are bi wired.

Alon IVs driven by a Bryston 4B and Benchmark DAC-1

Event 20/20bas

Why are you guys running 3/4 different monitors... Won't that just cause mix issues. Just curious.



I can see having a second set for mid range / close range difference... but 3 or 4?

Big Genelecs for mains, NS10s for reference monitors, KRKs or Mackie HR624/824s for near-midfield monitors, and little Auratones for an alternate reference.



Phil

Duntech Princess, on 1200 Lb concrete Plinths. Spectral Amplification.



I used to run Sherwood Sax Mono Tubes (bi-amped), but had to let them go. If anyone wants some amazing tube monoblocks (not cheap), let me know.

Wilson Sophia speakers

Crown Studio Reference I amps

MIT cables

I used to run Sherwood Sax Mono Tubes (bi-amped), but had to let them go.

Why...?

My room is going surround, and It would be impossible to find another 6 Sherwood amps. They haven't been made in years, and anyone who has them, hangs on to them. Besides, 10 tube sets!!!!

It's an exceptional amp. It has destroyed my ability to listen to anything else, at any price. I cannot even guess how many amps I listened to until I settled on the Spectral.

Now the Spectral...I giggled the first time I listened to it. Speed forever plus the detail of my old Sherwood's. And they mate well with my speakers.

markwilder wrote: It's an exceptional amp. It has destroyed my ability to listen to anything else, at any price. I cannot even guess how many amps I listened to until I settled on the Spectral.

Did you also listen to the Pass Labs X-250. I have only heard great things about this amp. How does it stand up to your joices?

Ed

My room is going surround, and It would be impossible to find another 6 Sherwood amps. They haven't been made in years, and anyone who has them, hangs on to them. Besides, 10 tube sets!!!!

It's an exceptional amp. It has destroyed my ability to listen to anything else, at any price. I cannot even guess how many amps I listened to until I settled on the Spectral.

Now the Spectral...I giggled the first time I listened to it. Speed forever plus the detail of my old Sherwood's. And they mate well with my speakers.

Sad sad story... :cry:

10 tube sets!!! :shock:

My BARANSU's only use 3 sets.



Best Regards,

I did not listen to the Pass Audio. I did listen to Chord, Bryston, Halcro, Classe (2 different models), Mark Levinson, Krell, Cello. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

Dunlavy SC-V's with Cello Performance II amps.

I bought everything used, I'm not that wealthy or insane.

I did not listen to the Pass Audio. I did listen to Chord, Bryston, Halcro, Classe (2 different models), Mark Levinson, Krell, Cello. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

...sounds like you made a good choice! :D

Ammitsboel wrote: ...sounds like you made a good choice! :D

I believe so. It's just a hair underpowered which forces me to work a little harder to fill out the soundstage. I must admit my end result has benefited a bit from less amplification.

B&W 800 Series M-802-S3's with Bryston amplification.

B&W 601 s3 with NAD C320BEE amplification. I'm not rich and I don't do any mastering. I am very satisfied with my mixes though.

Eggleston Works Savoy monitors

A pair of class A Krell 300cx amplifiers

Straight Wire speaker cables

Monitor Audio S10 $1k EA

Monitor Audio sub FB212 $1900 EA

About $4k total for the transducers stereo. Not including amps etc...

Monitor Audio is known to be fast and detailed. Some say they are similar in sound to the Genelec 1031. Not buttery or smoothing but have very revealing detail.

Of course once we get to this level of transducers the most important issue is the room.

IMHO, I believe these transducers to be the best investment I have made yet.

Greg Alcorn

Alcorn Studios

KRK ST6, a great pair for the money.

Mastering Side:

NHT 2.5i's with Rotel Amplification

Paradigm Monitor 20 (v3) with Crown Amplification



Monitoring Side:

KRK ST6

NHT Pro M-20

Infinity RS 2000.3

Crown Amplification