Yash94
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- May 3, 2018
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Hey guys.
I am pretty much new to the whole mixing, engineering side of things, and by no means have great ears, but using upgrading from the Shure SRH440 to the SRH840s gave me a whole new perspective of sound. Everything is much clearer and I'm hearing instruments more separately, actually listening to what the bass guitar is playing in most tracks, and just noticing so many little details that I had never heard before.
And finally, I've decided to get myself a pair of speakers. I would love to get some studio monitors or they can be some "bookshelf speakers". And, watching videos on YouTube and reading on the internet confused me even more, on what I do want to get. Do I get active studio monitors? Do I get some bookshelf speakers? Do I get some Amp or DAC or receiver then into the bookshelf speakers or monitors? Or is my PreSonus Audiobox good enough? All this audio stuff is too confusing!
Currently, I'm considering getting the iLoud Micro Monitors. But, do I need those or will I be better off getting some cheaper speakers? I would like something in a smaller form factor. Should I go 2.0 or 2.1 with a sub? My budget is around, $100-200, or I can stretch it to 300 but that's the max I can go.
Here's what I'll be using them for (in order of most frequent to rare use scenarios) I would actually weigh in the first three equally, as that's 90% of what I do.
- Enjoy listening to music. I love heavy metal and subgenres. Some of my favourite bands would be Megadeth, Trivium, Children of Bodom, Bullet For My Valentine, Death, Metallica, Opeth, Exodus... You get the idea....
- Enjoying watching videos and TV shows
- Playing guitar through amp sims (I use the PreSonus AudioBox iTwo and Amplitube, currently, play only through the headphones, finally wanna lessen that and be able to play through real speakers and be louder!)
- Playing some dialogue audio files for my day job (teaching English to Russians, so just some people talking to each other)
- Watching movies and getting immersed.
The room is kinda small (17 metres square) and more or less empty-ish with little furniture, but enough to not echo, in no way is it acoustically treated, and won't be getting any acoustic treatment as it's a place I've rented. And, I don't want anything too loud but that can always be tamed.
Give me suggestions, ask me questions. Any help shall be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am pretty much new to the whole mixing, engineering side of things, and by no means have great ears, but using upgrading from the Shure SRH440 to the SRH840s gave me a whole new perspective of sound. Everything is much clearer and I'm hearing instruments more separately, actually listening to what the bass guitar is playing in most tracks, and just noticing so many little details that I had never heard before.
And finally, I've decided to get myself a pair of speakers. I would love to get some studio monitors or they can be some "bookshelf speakers". And, watching videos on YouTube and reading on the internet confused me even more, on what I do want to get. Do I get active studio monitors? Do I get some bookshelf speakers? Do I get some Amp or DAC or receiver then into the bookshelf speakers or monitors? Or is my PreSonus Audiobox good enough? All this audio stuff is too confusing!
Currently, I'm considering getting the iLoud Micro Monitors. But, do I need those or will I be better off getting some cheaper speakers? I would like something in a smaller form factor. Should I go 2.0 or 2.1 with a sub? My budget is around, $100-200, or I can stretch it to 300 but that's the max I can go.
Here's what I'll be using them for (in order of most frequent to rare use scenarios) I would actually weigh in the first three equally, as that's 90% of what I do.
- Enjoy listening to music. I love heavy metal and subgenres. Some of my favourite bands would be Megadeth, Trivium, Children of Bodom, Bullet For My Valentine, Death, Metallica, Opeth, Exodus... You get the idea....
- Enjoying watching videos and TV shows
- Playing guitar through amp sims (I use the PreSonus AudioBox iTwo and Amplitube, currently, play only through the headphones, finally wanna lessen that and be able to play through real speakers and be louder!)
- Playing some dialogue audio files for my day job (teaching English to Russians, so just some people talking to each other)
- Watching movies and getting immersed.
The room is kinda small (17 metres square) and more or less empty-ish with little furniture, but enough to not echo, in no way is it acoustically treated, and won't be getting any acoustic treatment as it's a place I've rented. And, I don't want anything too loud but that can always be tamed.
Give me suggestions, ask me questions. Any help shall be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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