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E-MU PM5 Precision MonitorBy Michael Cooper The market for active close-field monitors in the under-$700 price range has become increasingly competitive over the last year and a half, with well... |
KRK SYSTEMS V8 and RP10SBy Eli Crews With so many high-quality and affordable studio monitors available, choosing a pair can be difficult. Although personal preference can be a guide, the... |
GENELEC 8030ABy Rusty Cutchin In 2004, Genelec launched its 8000 MDE Series, a line of midprice powered monitors designed to complement the company's 7000-series subwoofers and to... |
BAG ENDBy Eli Crews Bag End's passive M-6 monitors ($596 each) are aimed at the personal- and project-studio market. About the same size as the ubiquitous Yamaha NS-10s,... |
Trident Loudspeaker Company LS-101By Mike Levine Electronic Musician’s review of the Trident Loudspeaker Company’s LS-101 passive monitors. The speakers feature two 5-inch drivers and a 1-inch neodymium tweeter.... |
BLUE SKY ProDesk 2.1By Nick Batzdorf The SAT 5 satellite monitor is a biamped two-way speaker with a 5¼-inch woofer and ¾-inch tweeter powered by individual 60W amps. Blue Sky made the cabinet as narrow as possible while still accommodating the abbreviated woofer frame; narrow cabinets are often used to maximize a speaker's horizontal dispersion.... |
Auralex Acoustics MoPadsBy Michael Cooper Auralex MoPads decouple your vibrating speakers from the furniture that they sit on so you can hear the true sound of your monitors without extraneous resonances.... |
SOUND JUDGMENTBy Larry the O Over the years, EM has done several comparison reviews of lower-end, studio reference monitors, covering both powered and unpowered models. Now that powered... |
WHY POWERED MONITORS?Stephen Webber Should you trade in your unpowered monitors for powered ones? Well, the perception of sound is a rather subjective experience, so powered monitors might... |
MACKIE HR624By Rob Shrock Mackie's HR624 powered studio monitors build on the success of the company's HR824 monitors, which were immediately successful due to their accurate response,... |
KRK V-4 Studio MonitorsBy Michael Cooper Size matters, especially when you're short on space hence the appeal of compact close-field monitors. The problem, though, is that small monitors tend... |
Truth Audio TA-1P Passive MonitorsBy Rob Shrock In an era when powered near-field monitors have become commonplace, Truth Audio demonstrates its faith in your discretion in amplifiers by introducing... |
GOOD REFERENCESBrian Knave To ensure your recordings are the best possible, you need highly accurate reference monitors—or do you? Some producers swear by speakers with well-known faults, while others use only the most pristine monitors. We resolve the conflicting viewpoints, discuss the vagaries of studio-monitor design, explain the most common specifications, and walk you through the process of choosing close-field monitors.... |
Monitor SpeakerELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF Hafler M5 Hafler's stunning TRM8 powered monitor was an Editors' Choice award winner in 1998; this past year, Hafler found the sweet spot again with the... |
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