On Jan 5, 5:16*pm, Cyberserf wrote:
On Jan 5, 3:26*pm, "coreybenson" wrote:
"panfilero" wrote in message
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone could give me any suggestions on how
to select the right speakers and amplifier for my set up.
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I'm assuming I will need to buy 2 things, a set of speakers and then
some kind of amplifier...
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If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd much appreciate
it...
I'm looking to stay less than $500.... around $200 would be good....
KRK Rockit 5's. $300 (or less) for a set, just about anywhere. You can get
them at a Best Buy with a musical instrument area (not all of them have it
yet), Guitar Center, or from Musicians Friend online.
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com...Powered-5-Gene...
They're not the best speakers in the world, but they're solid for the money.
I use a set as my B-Mix speakers in the studio. There're a lot of options,
but you'll do well if you start mixing on the KRK's.
These are powered speakers. You don't need to buy an amp... Oh, and get a
different (BETTER) sound card at the same time you buy the speakers. An
M-Audio Audiophile 2496 or 192 will do the job (the 192's a better, newer
piece of gear).
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navig...audiophile&st=
(three options at that link)
Good luck, and have fun!
--
Corey Benson
Radio by dogs, for dogs:http://www.HenryAndBuster.com/
http://www.curbsideproductions.com/
I second the RP5's...for that size room, anything bigger would be
overkill, and for the price KRK is hard to beat. So long as you
properly reference them (with known mixes) they should be solid
monitors (I've supplemented mine with a 10 'cuz I tend to mix bass
heavy and this keeps me in line)...my room is 10 by 14 with lots of
gear providing tons of deflection.
HTH, CS
Thanks for the feedback, those KRK RP5 monitors have really good
reviews everywhere I look, I think I will go with those. Does anyone
know if these can be mounted on a wall? Or will stands be better?
"Oh, and get a
different (BETTER) sound card at the same time you buy the speakers. An
M-Audio Audiophile 2496 or 192 will do the job (the 192's a better, newer
piece of gear). "
I hadn't thought of soundcard... I've got an old pentium 4 dell
computer with whatever it came with from the factory... are the
external firewire modules with the jacks also soundcards?
Much Thanks!