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  • March 17, 2015 at 9:02 pm #2157551
    DJ Vintage
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    What kind of budget did you have in mind?

    March 17, 2015 at 10:04 pm #2157611
    Gary Barton
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    About £450 but can go a little more

    Thanks dj vintage

    March 18, 2015 at 9:24 am #2158051
    Terry_42
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    At that price I would look into the KRK range of monitors.

    March 18, 2015 at 11:49 am #2158171
    Russell Meixsel
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    Why are the KRK monitors so grand? I have Yamaha HS8s and was wondering how they compare. Thanks in advance.

    March 18, 2015 at 2:25 pm #2158231
    DJ Vintage
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    8s in my opinion are a tad big for a small to medium practice room. I have 5s now (KRK) and those are slightly lacking in the low end. My next set will be KRK6s, albeit not the Rokits anymore but the VXT-series.

    If you need more oomph with the 6s, the 10″ sub is a good addition.

    The Yamaha’s are fine speakers. When it comes to practicing, the quality of studio monitors is, imho, unnecessary and to reproduce the “club feel” you’d be better off with a pair of good small PA-speakers (8 or 10 inch). Monitor speakers are made to be as flat as possible and as a result are tiring to listen to long time. Also studio monitors are not really made to play at high volume levels for a long time (most engineers listen to their monitors at 80dB average!). So, unless you are a producer needing the actual studio monitor quality, other options can serve you well.

    The KRKs have made some compromises as a result of the budget price which causes them to be less than flat. But that actually makes them a bit better for long term listening without the fatigue that can come from flat monitors.

    March 18, 2015 at 3:52 pm #2158291
    Anonymous
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    Pioneer S-DJ50X (perfect size), or any higher (60,80)
    The Pioneer speakers are so good, I enjoy the looks even more than the KRK (especially the white ones) because they have lights that light up under the tweeter which looks amazing.

    Speakers

    This is what they look like..

    http://i.imgur.com/ej08lex.jpg

    March 18, 2015 at 3:55 pm #2158321
    Anonymous
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    Honestly I think you shouldn’t ever go higher than 80dB without protection. Ever. I damaged my ears with this and it comes with lifelong problems mate.

    March 19, 2015 at 9:14 am #2158851
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Actually the KRK have logo lights which look pretty badass too 😉
    I am actually not that fond of the Pioneer.
    While the Rockit KRKs have some sacrifice which actually is good for DJs (for production I use higher end adams, but love the KRK for DJ practice). The Pioneer make a similar sacrifice, but IMHO sacrifice too much in the mid range and leave a gap, not unlike their headphones (which I also do not like).

    March 19, 2015 at 10:34 am #2158911
    Gary Barton
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    Thanks for the rest to my post

    Anyone use jbl control 5? Of used and upgraded

    I’ve been looking at the JBL LSR308. As the 5s have been great for years

    March 19, 2015 at 11:50 am #2158991
    DJ Vintage
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    Frankly, I have been in sound engineering a long time as well as DJ-ing. And not too many places where I find JBL monitors (of any kind). It’s either a set of Yamaha’s (for those old NX10 lovers), KRKs for low end work but mostly the higher end stuff like Focal, Adams, Genelec, etx. Out of most DJs price range (certainly outside mine).

    March 19, 2015 at 12:06 pm #2159041
    Gary Barton
    Participant

    Thanks

    think I need to demo a few sets in music room to really know, may see what Amazon have as there returns system is so easy

    March 19, 2015 at 7:35 pm #2159291
    Mat
    Participant

    I had the pioneers sdj80x and thought they were fantastic, I had krk rokit 5s before that.

    However they are huge, in a shop you don’t notice how big they really are.

    So maybe try the 6s in either krk or pioneer, I can’t compare the pioneers to the krk as they were differnt sizes and obviously the pioneers had more bass due to size, but both sound great.

    Sound quality is brilliant (I don’t produce, only dj) so was great for making mixes in ableton, traktor etc.

    March 20, 2015 at 9:22 am #2159461
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Yes the KRK 6s are A LOT more low end than the 5s. The difference between the 6s and 8s is not that big then (but still noticeable), so that I am sticking with 6s for DJ training.

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