Powered speakers that can double as studio monitors?

thehootman

Hi all,
I am in the market for both some good studio monitors and a some powered speakers for my GNX4 to go through.

I am wondering if there are any powered speakers (big enough to compete big loud band) that are neutral enough to be used as nearfield monitors?

Thanks.

jester700

Not that I've ever seen, because they have different design goals. There USED to be studi omonitors by JBL, Urei, & others that had 15\" woofers & horn loaded tweeters that MIGHT have worked, but they were passive and I dunno about any modern gear I'd use for both.

Really. Split the cost & buy both pairs. Maybe get passive speakers and one amp to share? Maybe that'd be more cost effective.

thehootman

Ok thanks.

I am looking at the Behringer truth monitors. Has anyone had any experience with these? Are they accurate and good-sounding?

Thanks

WOGS858

hootman
I'm using jbleon's w/ 15\" s and they are working well with the band--dono if theyd be enough for you ---but they are great monitors too.

zap

Disclaimer: I purchased a $1500 dollar B-52 Matrix 2000 for $200 at an auction and the 300 W multi-trapezoidal speakers are powered via speakon cords from the bottom of the 600 W subwoofer on wheels. The 1200 W 3 CH amp has direct outs for the larger main PA when you can simply use the system for your amp/monitor. The unit is sprayed with truckbed type tough coat since many companies no longer glue vinyl or carpet to save labor. These are showing up used as more saturate the marketplace. If I turn it up a little maybe you can hear it down under. 8)

See other reviews of those paying $1500 at GC/MF or http://www.b-52pro.com/

jt93

\thehootman\ wrote:

Ok thanks.

I am looking at the Behringer truth monitors. Has anyone had any experience with these? Are they accurate and good-sounding?

Thanks

in general, behringer is the yugo of audio gear. also avoid the tanoy reveal monitors. i can very much recommend a set of roland ds-90's.


good luck

and you will still need a mixer of some sort to run thru before the monitors. you could run spdif i guess, but monitors only have trims, no real level adjustment.

thehootman

yeah i have a 24 input mixer attached to all my audio gear and soundcard.

Umm, when you say yugo, i suppose you mean built-to-a-price sort of thing.
I have a fairly tight budget, and here in Australia everything audio costs far more relative to one's income, because i suppose we only have 20 million people and we are far away.......

guitar3456

I have the 2031A's and 2092A sub to boot. Comparable to our mackies and other units well above that price range. Spec for spec, it's nearly the same. behringer now offers exchange programs for service. Inquire at your dealer. Try em out, if they are less than expected send them back. If you like them.. later on, add the 2092A sub..

For Live usage Eon's and other units are good but near field monitors will not work for Live applications.. for that you need Full range capability or simply use a small SS PA amp with a 2x12 or 4x12 capable of the amp's power.

SPDIF is not avail on GNX4.

grathan

\guitar3456\ wrote:

I have the 2031A's and 2092A sub to boot. Comparable to our mackies and other units well above that price range. .

Mackies, especailly the higher priced HR824 are an industry standard for wide flat-response nearfield powered monitors. You will hear things in these that you will never notice with a cheap Berringer monitor. But then again if your looking for something to jam with a band through i doubt anyone would wanna risk blowing them up.

thehootman

Thanks for the replies.

I have found behringer good that way. They make great products for the price, and for a hobbyist like me that is excellent because i dont have to shell out my life savings to get a certain tool.
Accuracy is my main aim here. I dont have the finances to pay thousands of dollars on ANY individual piece of audio equipment.
At the moment i amp running o poweramp into a quad for my live setup, and i, where i can, run direct into the PA, so i suppose i'll just to the hard yakka and tweak one set of patches for my quad, the other for neutal-response speakers.

guitar3456

Notice I said comparable..... Hr824's . there are many options of monitors to suit your needs.

KRK's, Resounds, Behr, Maudio, Alesis are in the bracket of most users preferred budgets here and have high enough quality including sub expansion capability if so desired. Roland DS units are nice too.. but pricey.

grathan

There is no comparison. If you were talking about the Event sp8's maybe then there would be things in common other than the fact they are both powered monitors.