OT: New Edit suite – Recomended Audio Monitors?

[Walter Biscardi]

KRK Rokit 5’s are what we use.

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[David Roth weiss]

The one’s I like are the popular self-powered audio monitors by M-Audio called BX5a. Many like Walter also use KRK Rokit 5’s, however in a side by side audition I think you will find that the M-Audio speakers have greater dynamic range. But, every set of ears is different.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

Two of these will bring the house down:

Speakers

[Michael Gissing]

Not sure why you would avoid an amp. They can be very useful. For example you can have the monitor outputs from various decks or cameras and use the amp switching to check both FCP and the machines directly. Very handy if you just want to check audio on a tape without having to use capture to monitor back via the card. Your amp may have a radio to listen to during interminable rendering. It might also have a Dolby decoder to check your DVDs. Most modern amps even allow you to have video follow audio either via composite or S-video inputs & outputs. They can also allow you to have multiple outputs of video & audio if you are recording a VHS & DVD whilst doing a playout to digi beta. In fact, I can’t think of a reason to only have self powered speakers in an edit suite.

Also if you have the computer in the same room, a pair of headphones is the cheapest way to have quality monitoring and exclude noise and bad acoustics.

[Daniel Stonehouse]

Our workflow is almost completely digital and we have as little to do with tape formats as possible. We are also likely to have a separate consumer grade surround speaker system in place for clients playing guitar hero, checking dvds etc. So the flexibility of an amp is kind of redundant – I’m assuming here that a good pair of active speakers is going to be better than/cost about the same as a mediocre amp and speaker combo.

We have numerous pairs of sennheiser HD25 headphones which are pretty good for reference.

The audio that really matters will invariably be going through a sound house. I’m looking for a pair of speakers that will give good performance relatively cheaply – something that can be relied upon to give an accurate portrayal of the audio and not sound too bad at the same time.

[Tom Meegan]

I like the Genelec 8030a. A little more expensive than the other two options mentioned above, but worth a listen if they are in your price range.

Best,

Tom Meegan

[Walter Biscardi]

[Tom Meegan] “I like the Genelec 8030a. A little more expensive than the other two options mentioned above, but worth a listen if they are in your price range. “

Pretty much the entire Genelec line is awesome. A little pricey for me for multiple suites, but if we get our new sound design room going, it will probably be some Genelecs going in there.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Nate Stephens]

Jeremy, Are you referring to the wind-up thingy or the curly hair thingy ??

Could I demo two of the curly hair version, please….. recent model please 😉

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[Jeremy Garchow]

;-D Nice one.

[Stuart Simpson]

We use these:

https://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D2317%252526CTID%25253D560744,00.html

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