what are good recording monitors?

[garygutentage]

can anyone tell me what monitors to get that will do the mixing and wont cost me a leg?!

[pawel]

Some UK music magazine rated Tannoy Reveal 5a quite highly in the lower price range.

[jb4674]

B&W 602's.

[Epicus Furor]

I've got Edirol MA-7A's. There great quality and very transparent. very good for the price, i think £70/80 from dolphins music

[jemaholic]

I've had KRK's, Behringers, Tannoys, Mackie's, Yamaha's.....but I've been very happy with M-Audio BX-5's. These are powered near-field monitors with seperate power amps for both woofers and tweeders. About $300/pair. Huge sweet spot and don't take up alot of room. Raw-silk tweeders and oil-filled woofers. Tremendous range. I've beaten the hell out of mine for 2 years straight and they are still strong.

-jemaholic

[mccabekyle]

I have a pair of bi-amped Alesis M1 Active's. They were the best value I could find!

[Sabre]

Originally Posted by jemaholic

I've had KRK's, Behringers, Tannoys, Mackie's, Yamaha's.....but I've been very happy with M-Audio BX-5's. These are powered near-field monitors with seperate power amps for both woofers and tweeders. About $300/pair. Huge sweet spot and don't take up alot of room. Raw-silk tweeders and oil-filled woofers. Tremendous range. I've beaten the hell out of mine for 2 years straight and they are still strong.

-jemaholic

Thanks for that advice, I'm after some myself.

[Drew]

I can't give you good A/B comparisons, but for the price the Behringer's I'm using are pretty damned good. I could have spent more, I figure, but they were a substantial improvement over what I was working on, and the $3-500 I saved I figured would make more of a difference spent on quality mics.

[Wolfram]

I have just bought a pair of the the Yamaha HS-50M's and I am very happy with these.

[Abhijeet]

Hi All,

The Sound On Sound(UK) January issue has rated Event ALP5 quite high. They also recommend the following active sound monitors:
M-Audio BX5A
KRK RP5
Samson Rubicon R5a

I'm planning to buy a pair of monitors within a week, would appreciate any suggestion on the above &/or others.

Cheers!!

P.S: My budget is $300 for a pair.

[Abhijeet]

Just heard the Alesis M1 Active & 620. They are quite nice, good bass, seemed a little eq'ed though!!