TheEnigma13
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Hello! First post here.
I currently live in a small apartment. I have a medium sizing living room with pretty poor acoustics. I'm after a pair of speakers to serve the following purposes:
1) Monitors to be used while home-DJ'ing. For this they will be run straight from an Allen+Heath PX5 mixer. For this activity I'll be listening pretty close - around 1m from the speakers. I mix relatively fast electronic music - trance, psy, techno etc. So I need a decent amount of low-end but without being bloated and a fast response.
2) Watching movies. For this I'll be be listening from around 3m distance.
3) General music listening / entertaining. Key thing here is that people may not be in the sweet spot so I need a decent level of dispersion.
I will not be doing any actual mastering or pro-audio work so complete accuracy is not necessarily a top priority.
I am currently using a pair of EV ZLP-12 for this purpose (leftover from party days), which work in a punch, but don't give much low extension at low volumes.
Key things I'm looking for:
- Decent dispersion. I don't want a super tight sweet spot if possible
- Decent level of low-end (but without bloat), especially at lower volumes. I don't seem to get much below 60Hz with the EVs.
- Ability to work at mid range distance for movies.
- On-board EQ settings so I can nudge the bass down at unsociable hours.
- Low levels of his if possible
I'm looking to spend up to about £1000 for the pair.
Options I was looking at:
www.andertons.co.uk
www.andertons.co.uk
www.andertons.co.uk
Any thoughts?
Please let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree going down the studio monitor route. Generally avoiding Hi-Fi as I don't want to mess around with separate amps etc at this stage.
Thanks!
I currently live in a small apartment. I have a medium sizing living room with pretty poor acoustics. I'm after a pair of speakers to serve the following purposes:
1) Monitors to be used while home-DJ'ing. For this they will be run straight from an Allen+Heath PX5 mixer. For this activity I'll be listening pretty close - around 1m from the speakers. I mix relatively fast electronic music - trance, psy, techno etc. So I need a decent amount of low-end but without being bloated and a fast response.
2) Watching movies. For this I'll be be listening from around 3m distance.
3) General music listening / entertaining. Key thing here is that people may not be in the sweet spot so I need a decent level of dispersion.
I will not be doing any actual mastering or pro-audio work so complete accuracy is not necessarily a top priority.
I am currently using a pair of EV ZLP-12 for this purpose (leftover from party days), which work in a punch, but don't give much low extension at low volumes.
Key things I'm looking for:
- Decent dispersion. I don't want a super tight sweet spot if possible
- Decent level of low-end (but without bloat), especially at lower volumes. I don't seem to get much below 60Hz with the EVs.
- Ability to work at mid range distance for movies.
- On-board EQ settings so I can nudge the bass down at unsociable hours.
- Low levels of his if possible
I'm looking to spend up to about £1000 for the pair.
Options I was looking at:
Kali Audio IN8 v2

Kali Audio IN8 8 3-way Monitor Speaker V2
Get the Kali Audio IN8 8 3-way Monitor Speaker V2 at Andertons Music Company today!
Eve Audio SC208 or SC207

Eve Audio SC208 2-Way 8" Active Monitor Studio Speaker
Get your Eve Audio 2-Way 8 Inch active Nearfield Midfield Studio Monitor at Andertons Music today!
Focal Alpha Evo 80

Focal Alpha 80 EVO Active Studio Monitor - EACH
Get the Focal Alpha 80 EVO Active Studio Monitor - EACH at Andertons Music Company today!
Any thoughts?
Please let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree going down the studio monitor route. Generally avoiding Hi-Fi as I don't want to mess around with separate amps etc at this stage.
Thanks!