Forums - Music techology
Subject: wharfedales as monitors..advice
Original Message 1/12 18-Mar-04 @ 10:41 PM - wharfedales as monitors..advice
However they are now farting like a trooper, so its time to buy some more monitors. I'm quite happy with the sound that these have pumped out, and have got used to mixing using these. Its such a gamble choosing monitors. I've mixed through my hi-fi speakers before (B&W) and its sounded shite even though they were £400 a pair.
So, I've seen online Wharfedale Diamond 8.2 Bookshelf Speakers going for around £100. But I'm not sure whether they will do the job even though the spec's look good.
Does anyone know whether these are ok for use for monitoring. The hi fi reviews look promising, but thats just for listening to pre recorded music.
Any opinions, advice or alternatives that anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Oh and its a run of the mill samson 100w per channel amp I'm using, desk is a soundtracs topaz 24:8:2. Dunno if that helps.
Cheers guys.
Message 2/12 18-Mar-04 @ 11:03 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
Message 3/12 18-Mar-04 @ 11:54 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
any suggestions then ?
Message 4/12 19-Mar-04 @ 12:15 AM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
blu
Message 5/12 19-Mar-04 @ 12:22 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
show me the charts.
whats the most popular nearfeild in the world?
NS10 - a hi-fi speaker
IF, 'monitor' speakers do not add or take-away from the sound, and are 'flat' - then when you switch between them in a studio shop they will all sound the same or at least close isn't it? - but the truth is, they all sound radicaly different don't they?
how can this be if they are 'flat' and reproduce the freq' spectrum of the same piece of audio without adding peaks or troughs in the output feq' range?
this is something I've never seen answered convincingly.
have a go
Message 6/12 19-Mar-04 @ 12:33 PM Edit: 19-Mar-04 | 12:37 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
blu
Message 7/12 19-Mar-04 @ 12:47 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
but did you ever go and listen to your DAT on 400-500 priced 'flat' hi-fi speakers?
Interestingly also is the type of trend in studio 'monitor' speakers. Nowadays the trend is for more bass-end, and less mid, but back in the 60's/70's hendrix, the who, the stones etc, there was more mid in the sound, so you dont REALLY hear Hendrix the way he heard it in the studio when listening with modern monitors.
I still think dual concentric 12" Tannoys are the best ever (sadly I dont own some tho) - they have amazing stereo definition which blows ANY monitor away due to the tweeter-in-driver dual-concentric design which gives the best stereo imaging and a wider sweet spot - you dont need to sit exactly in the middle to get the stereo like with normal speakers - they have slightly more pronounced midrange than a contemporary 'monitor' and bass-end to die for.
I'm sure someone like Orbital or Leftfield use them.
anyways - until you've heard a pair you aint lived trust me.
Message 8/12 19-Mar-04 @ 12:50 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
Message 9/12 19-Mar-04 @ 03:53 PM Edit: 19-Mar-04 | 04:05 PM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
I usually burn a CD with my stuff and listen on various systems, and it always sounded fine, from headphones to car.
Message 10/12 20-Mar-04 @ 02:13 AM - RE: wharfedales as monitors..advice
Pages: 1 2
There are 12 total messages for this topic
Reply to Thread
You need to register/login to use the forum.
Click here to Signup or Login !
[you'll be brought right back to this point after signing up]
Back to Forum