Best budget Nearfield Monitors

[atoragon]

Hello! I was looking for a new couple of nearfield monitors in the 250€ price range (around 300$).
Knowing that at this price it's impossible to ask a monitor the perfect representation of the sound, which model is in your opinion the best for mixing and mastering, with the most realistic representation of the final result?

yamaha hs50m?
Samson resolv a6?
krk rokit 5?
any other suggestion?

thanks in advance!

 

[AntonioPetrole]

Equator D5's

 

[bryan_kilco]

Equator D5's

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[Nuno Filipe]

D5 are almost the double that he wants to spend.

 

[atoragon]

thanks for the ideas, but which one is the best in your opinion among the three I wrote?

 

[~BURNY~]

HS50m no doubt about it.

Maybe wait for the newer version that will come out soon.

 

[Salvation 13]

Don't go with the Rokits. Those are closer to home stereo speakers in terms of sound. Which is not bad if you mostly use them for that purpose. But not very accurate in terms of low end. (I had a pair of Rokit5 G2's for about 2 years).

Behringer Truths get pretty good reviews in that price range:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep04/articles/behringerb2030a.htm

 

[atoragon]

thanks everybody for the suggestions, I think I'm gonna go for the yamaha. where did you read about the new model incoming?

btw, which is better, yamaha hs 50 m or yamaha msp 3? i've heard the hs serie is more similar to the ns 10, while the msp serie is more like the genelec type, very flat (consider that i'm a bedroom producer, i don't need much volume). do you think that its 4" is decent enough for mixing and mastering?

 

[~BURNY~]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...tion-yamaha-hs-speaker-series-musikmesse.html

MSP's are horrible. Just my personal opinion. Also Genelec aren't the flattest sounding monitor like you seem to believe.

 

[atoragon]

I've just heard that the yamaha ns and the hs serie are more mid oriented to help mixing, while the genelec and msp style monitors are more balanced, and reproduce the sound more similar to how it would be played by normal devices (which is not a bad thing if you use them also for mastering). am I wrong?

 

[arv_foh]

D5 are almost the double that he wants to spend.

No, they are 400 new and you can get refurbs direct from Equator for 350.

OP, the D5 blow away all the monitors you mentioned and your mixes will thank you

http://www.equatoraudio.com/Factory-Refurbished-D5-Studio-Monitors-with-DSP-p/d5-b.htm

 

[Salvation 13]

No, they are 400 new and you can get refurbs direct from Equator for 350.

OP, the D5 blow away all the monitors you mentioned and your mixes will thank you

http://www.equatoraudio.com/Factory-Refurbished-D5-Studio-Monitors-with-DSP-p/d5-b.htm

That's the US price, op is in Europe. A D5 pair is 489 euros here, his budget is 250 euros.

 

[atoragon]

I confirm that in italy equator speakers costs twice the price. :/

 

[3tuxedo]

Behringer Truths get pretty good reviews in that price range:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep04/articles/behringerb2030a.htm

I have Behringer Truths and love em, I bought them for like 320.

 

[atoragon]

my experience with behringer is that most of their stuff broke after a very short time due to very poor materials and assembly, so i don't trust the brand.

 

[bryan_kilco]

my experience with behringer is that most of their stuff broke after a very short time due to very poor materials and assembly, so i don't trust the brand.

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