Studio Monitors

Hey guys,

Looking for some advice from fellow AudioJungle members – been thinking of getting a new set of monitors to replace my Tannoy Reveal 6a’s now that I’ve got my studio acoustically treated. I was thinking maybe Rokit 8’s but what I can’t decide first is, would it be better to go for a pair of full range monitors, or smaller 6 inch nearfields with a sub as well. Any strong opinions on this one?

Hi, there was a thread on this a while back which maybe of some help. I use the KRK ’s and i have to say i have been very happy with them.

Hope this helps, i’m not sure about the sub thing. The Krk’s have plenty of bass (the 8’s that is) depends on what your gonna be doing really. As you know bass is always one of the hardest things to get right, room shape etc.

I’m not sure if I can answer the original question because I’m currently only working with nearfields. At a guess, it might make sense to go for a pair of really nice nearfields (a few of which are mentioned in that thread simaudio pointed to) and then upgrade to a nice sub later on once you’ve recovered from the first cash depletion. A lot of people will be listening on smaller speakers or headphones anyway, so it might be good to be able to reference with only the 5-7” monitors and then step back and turn on the sub.

Again, just a guess – better to listen to someone else who has a setup with a sub .

BTW I put another post at the end of that thread to follow up on my monitor purchase…

I have the tapco s-8 in my studio and the m-audio bx5a in mt studio. Although the bx5 sounded great, a bigger speaker will give you more pleasure! Go for bigger speakers if you can stretch the budget!

Definitely go for bigger speakers then smaller ones + sub.

I am using Rokit 8’s and they are fine. Adam A7 are also very good.

From what I have gathered Rokit are a bit better for synths/drums/modern production and Adam for orchestra/acoustic instruments.

I love my rokit KRK 5 ’s, great quality at a reasonable price. Haven’t really felt the need to buy a sub but I’ll probably end up with the krk sub