Behringer Truth.

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Now, I'm not the kind of guy to be the first one to jump in bashing a product someone else is using, and I have nothing against the brand (I do use some of their stuff every now and then and some of their products are pretty nice for the price), but I absolutely hate the Behringer 2031's. I've fiddled around with them quite a bit, since my previous school had them. The listening environment was decent and I took time to adjust them, but still found them pretty much waste of the money. The low-end is boomy as hell and very untight, and the upper range has a nasty, harsh peak which I found way too fatiguing for my ears. I considered getting a pair, but had to give up hope on them and blindly order a pair of smaller Event ALP5's. I'm fucking glad I did, for the size and price they're pretty incredible and translate a lot better I don't mean to bash anyone with this, it might be just my ears, and different stuff work for different people, but that's just how they sound to me.

 

[ApolloSpeed]

yeah but for $170.....I couldn't turn them down......not when I'm using Logitech 2.1 computer speakers!! hahaha

 

[nwright]

I'm still using the 2030P's...Not real happy, but not real rich, either

They had Event ASP8's for 700 a pair at the GC Labor day sale (normally 1300 a pair)...Wished I could have bought those.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

yeah but for $170.....I couldn't turn them down......not when I'm using Logitech 2.1 computer speakers!! hahaha

Sure, it's a good deal and I would probably have bought them myself for that price, even if just for reference

 

[everybody's x]

In that price range the fostex PM's are very good
the events are good
and the m-audios are ok

 

[AudioPhile777]

I wouldn't have a problem with waiting, but my band would. We are pretty anxious to get a demo recorded so I really want to pull some gear together kind of quick. Anyway, whenever I get my decent monitors, i'll probably want to keep the ones I buy now for A/Bing and that...

Tell your ass-faced band to help you buy the shit to record...

I originally started getting into recording for the same reason, but had to buy everything myself...

Tell them to either help you buy the stuff to do it or tell them to pitch in for studio time... at least them pitching in to buy stuff will reward you next time you go to record... you'll still have it.

 

[everybody's x]

fuckin ass-faced bands!

 

[Kazrog]

I'm getting some M-audio BX 8a's this weekend, after checking them out and liking them better than my Event PS8s. I'll post my thoughts on these after I spend some time with them.

 

[cobhc]

A statement like seeing the name Behringer on your desk is just silly though... Look at Andys gear list and you will see quite a bit of Behringer stuff.........

Which gear list are you looking on? On Andy's site, there is no mention of any Behringer stuff.

 

[nwright]

^COB, Ether posted that 2 years ago. I'd imagine some gear has changed.

 

[cobhc]

^COB, Ether posted that 2 years ago. I'd imagine some gear has changed.

Jeez! Didn't realise how old this thread was. Forget my comment then lol.

 

[ApolloSpeed]

well I hooked up my 2031a's today.....and WOW. Sound's great!!! Well, when your coming from Logitech computer speakers, I'm sure any studio monitor sounds great.:Smug:

Anyways, I'm very happy with them right now. I can hear soooo much more articulation. I think I will probably get a Behringer or M-audio sub though. I kinda miss that low end that my computer speakers and sub had.

And i'm not sure what I'm gonna do about controling the volume.....as my Firepods are in my tracking room and I just have a long firewire going from there into my control room.

 

[Torniojaws]

There's probably a volume control in the Firepod mixer application. If not, you could always try the regular volume controls of your OS.

 

[ApolloSpeed]

There's probably a volume control in the Firepod mixer application. If not, you could always try the regular volume controls of your OS.

yeah but I just love buttons or knobs to control the volume......maybe I could get a keyboard with a volume knob and control it from there???

 

[Torniojaws]

Yeah, but I don't think there are any with knobs. Just buttons, and they don't always work depending on what sort of applications you use. Sometimes they don't work when you are watching a movie in full screen, or playing a game.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Unfortunately the Firepod hasn't got a mixer application of it's own AFAIK :/ BTW, why aren't your Firepods in the control room? That sounds a little inconvinient, and I've been told that long firewire runs aren't a good thing. Don't know if it's bollocks, but that's what they keep saying

 

[Torniojaws]

Unfortunately the Firepod hasn't got a mixer application of it's own AFAIK :/ BTW, why aren't your Firepods in the control room? That sounds a little inconvinient, and I've been told that long firewire runs aren't a good thing. Don't know if it's bollocks, but that's what they keep saying

Well, a single cable can only be 4,5 meters, but with active repeaters you can use up to 16 cables in a daisy chain, allowing you 72 meters of Firewire fun and games

Oh and FW800 has capability for up to 100 meters without repeaters, though I don't think it's implemented yet.

 

[ApolloSpeed]

Yeah I run two firewire cables with a repeater box.....it's cheaper than buying a 16 channel snake or 16 XLR cables to go from room to room.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Oh, wasn't aware of that so I stand corrected

 

[Kazrog]

Got the M-Audio BX 8a's today and WOW! Amazing speakers... will post a thread about them.