Buying some Monitors...

[NathanSoulfracture]

Im going to be buying an Edirol FA101 in a few weeks and im probably going to buy some monitors too, on the back of the Edirol unit is 2 outputs L+R the sockets of the outputs are the 1/4" type, just like a Guitar Amps input, now what i want to know is what kind of connectors would the monitors have? would they be the 1/4" kind so i can plug straight into the unit or would i have to buy something to plug into the Edirol then plug the monitors into that so it kind of acts like an adapter?

bit of a daft question probably, but ive never wired studio monitors before or anything so i dont want to have to waste my time buying something which wont be needed.

thanks.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Depends on if you get passive or powered monitors. If you get powered ones, use a 1/4" instrument cable. If you get passive monitors, you need an amp and therefore speaker wire, usually 1/4" but sometimes those funny looking 2 pronged ones. HTH

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

are powered monitors also known as active? or are they completely different?

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

same thing passive = active just like andy sneap = metal

 

[Impy]

Same thing...

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

same thing passive = active just like andy sneap = metal

you mean powered = active?

 

[Impy]

same thing passive = active

You should probably edit that

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

thats what i meant my bad haha

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

haha thanks i got confused then, cheers for the help.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I'll leave it and see if I can start a riot online.

 

[Ermz]

Self-powered = Active
Powered by external amplifier = Passive

I can't recommend the Mann PMA6 pair of monitors enough. I paid $300 AUD and I was blown away by their quality because they were matching up to the Genelecs in the store.

 

[Impy]

Which Genelec's did they match?

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I can't recommend the Mann PMA6 pair of monitors enough. I paid $300 AUD and I was blown away by their quality because they were matching up to the Genelecs in the store.

I'm searching for them online to get more info but haven't had any luck...did you spell Mann PMA6 right?

 

[Ermz]

Yeah, I did, you probably won't have much luck finding them on the net. They're a slightly obscure new Chinese manufacturer. Your best bets are store catalogues and such. I think on the thread I created a few days ago about monitors a person managed to find them in some UK catalogue or something.

Definately a worthy find though. It's an amazing saving on a great set of speakers.

 

[~BURNY~]

Self-powered = Active
Powered by external amplifier = Passive

I can't recommend the Mann PMA6 pair of monitors enough. I paid $300 AUD and I was blown away by their quality because they were matching up to the Genelecs in the store.

Err, just some air splitting, sorry about being such a jerk, but: :Smug:
Passive= power amp---->Filter---->Cones
Active= Filter----->Power ampS--->Cones
Many active monitors are self powered but not every active monitors....
Self powered doesn't mean active.
Active is just about filtering before power stage.
I hope it's not confusing...

 

[Ermz]

Ah k, sorry. My bad.