Reply To: Help With Monitors

Tnx for your answer!

I only need a pair of small budget self powered monitors (anything that goes flat down to 50/55 cycles would be fine). What could also do it are KRK Rokits (5″). Same problem, again – I could use vxt6 and 8 a couple of times and they’re good and way above my budget. And even Rokits (which I again never used) are more expensive than M audio bx5.

Now, about NS 10’s (I guess you though of them when you said:”The Myth…” (or not, maybe I’m wrong)). I know a lot of people hate them and a lot of them love them. I happen to love them. Do they really sound like crap? Might be (reference monitors are not supposed to sound good, anyway). One thing for sure – if one can squeeze a good mix out of them it will translate.

Cons? Lots of them. For sure not a good pair of monitors for people who didn’t use to mix on them or good first pair of monitors for a newb. Anyway, it’s already hard to find a pair in the good condition. Sooner or later everybody will blow the tweeters out (believe it or not), and the replacement parts might be a little tricky to find in the future. I really enjoyed reading this:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep08/articles/yamahans10.htm

Cheers, Alex