Monitors, Worth There Different Price Tags?

[Jaz]

Browsing monitors lately, wondering how much bullshit or truth are they feeding us...

I mean these are $699 Truths: http://www.storedj.com.au/products/BEH-B1031A

And these are $299 Truths: http://www.storedj.com.au/products/BEH-B2030P

2.5 times the price, are they 2.5 times the speaker?

besides the obvious 2" size different the rest of the specs arent to far off each other....same wattage, Frequency responses arent to far off

opinions? recommendations?

[Funky_Steve]

Um. Isn't one pair active and the other passive??

Hence the price difference (that and the size diff of 8" over 6")

[Jaz]

ahh shit your right, i could have sworn i read they were active, i must have been in a different link i meen passive wouldnt be much of a problem, already got a big amp, but then everytime i get a mobile gig id have to steal it from my monitors + its way to powerful for them

what a topic killer, new topic then, thoughts on these? http://www.storedj.com.au/products/BEH-B1030A

[ChevChelios]

5.25" is a pretty odd size for a monitor, and behringer are shit house for actual sound monitoring.

What do you want them for?

[Jaz]

Will only be using them for production, ableton, mpk49, laptop,monitors thats it

open to suggestiong

[tubby]

Not sure on the 103x range but the 203x models have always been well regarded for the price. Seen the 1030a for under 300 a pair.

But if you go a bit higher than the 203X, $7-800 you'll find abstep up in quality. Yamaha hs80, mackies etc

Remember that monitors sit very close to you, an 8 inch model may be too loud in that setting and create bass issues I'm a small, untreated room

Head to a store with a few CDs you know well and demo them all. Djwarehouse has a decent room setup just for this

[ChevChelios]

Yep, 8" is generally to big for most peoples bedrooms. Id recommend hsm50s, extremely flat frequency response, which is ideal once you get used to them.

Behringers are... meh, in my opinion, but you wont really get anything better.

[tubby]

Just gone poking after this thread, 3030a for $470 at djcity seems worth a look

[Jaz]

thanks lads, will check the 1's uve mention out, yeh computer room is probly smaller then an average bedroom, looking to spend around $300-$400 for now

thanks for the search Tubby but i refuse to buy from or support DJcity, lets just say they have fucked me before....hard

[Jaz]

just had a brain wave though tubby, StoreDJ would probly match price if i was to go for them

[tubby]

worth a try. make sure if you go into a store you test them, everyone likes and hears something different. also, take tracks you know well so you can hear the differences over different speakers.

[ill_spector]

get a soundcard too

[Gandy]

i wish i got some 15" 8" just dont seem loud enough for my room

[Jaz]

15's LOL you'd be sitting with them 1 meter away n going deff...+ i think 15's are mainly for volume and sound spread/project-ability rather then audio quality...

[Gandy]

my bedroom is 8x8

the 8' just dont seem loud enough :S.

[Gandy]

i dunno such a letdown after playing in clubs then come home to my two shitty setup

[Jaz]

Question

If i needed say a touch more bass from my system because the 5.2's arent delivering enough, how would i go about wiring in my Hifi systems sub?

and would it be worth it?

[andyman]

I wish I knew what everyone was talking about.

I still live in the world of Logitech.

[Jaz]

Logitech is a cheap world with surprisingly good quality though

[DJAdumbration]

DJaz is right - I have a pair of Logtiech USB speakers which would be no more than 3" but the bass these things put out is bloody awesome (for their size). My folks have a Logitech 2.1 setup and this setup totally blows me away everytime I hear it. Of course, they have nothing on a proper setup but for the size/money, Logitech make some really good shit.