As you can tell by the title, I have no idea what FLAT monitors are. Th word FLAT brings up images of pancakes, LCD monitors, and boobless strippers. Please, oh please help me understand this term.

hey guys, while reading my audio technology magazine, i happened across an ad for new studio monitors by samson that have ribbon tweeters, and are in the sub $500 price range.

I am thinking of getting some new monitors to replace my Genelec 1029+sub and I am looking for suggestions.

My room is 11Wx12L x10H and i have a moderate amount of bass trapping ie: 4inch rockwool in the corners where it allows.

I like the Genelecs to a certain extent but the bass is always boomy and wooly sounding.

cheers
chris

Hello all,

I'm in the market for new monitors... I'd like to get powered monitors this time around. I currently use Event 20/20 passives with an Alesis RA150 poweramp.

The Events have pretty flat bass response... i know that is generally desirable, but I'm doing dance music and I'm finding that when I bounce down out of Pro Tools my subs are out of control.

Im looking for monitors for around $500-$800, Ive seen the following

Event TR8 XL
Dynaudio BM5
Alesis Prolinear 720 DSP
Yamaha MSP5

Mainly for Rock-Pop music, if anyone recommends the Dynaudio's, what Amp would you put on these?

Thanks.

Had fun today, here's what I did. Finished mixing a song a couple of days ago and i had borrowed one Auratone speaker from my neighbouring studio for mono-vintage-radiobroadcast-midrange-sounding monitoring. I usually do that to finetune mixes, tells right away if something sticks out too much. Returned the Auratone and missed it right away.

what do you guys think about using a home stereo for monitors?
I'm broke as hell so I can't afford monitors, what should I do?
any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance

Mark,

i as now proceeding to get the best possible monitors pair for my home studio up to 1200$ priced, and i ve been suggested for Genelec 1029A pair.
on the websites price is between 1100$ and 1200$.
what i would look in the monitors features basically will be dynamics at low and high volumes. bass, treble and mid response.

I can get hold of a pair of Peak Audio PSM-250A active monitors for $AUS399 (100WRMS, 6.5" + 1", claimed 35Hz-20kHz)...

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with these monitors or whether they are a waste of time? They look fine on paper, but I won't have a chance to hear them before I buy.

I'm going off to Stockholm to study after the summer vacation, so I plan on buying a decent laptop, a small MIDI controller and a pair of more portable monitors than the ones I have at home (15 kilos per speaker).