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The Monitors

No, this type of monitor doesn't show DVDs or Windows Vista and you can't have Xzibit put them on the back of the headrests of your 2014 Cadillac CTSWTFLOL on 35 inch rims. In the audio community, professional grade speakers are called studio monitors. Why? I don't know, maybe because they monitor the sound of your studio. Their look is distinctly different from your stock PC speakers in that it's as if looking at a speaker's smooth exo-skeleton. These rectangular smooth bodied boxes are what allows you to hear your material the ways it's supposed to be heard, meaning they let sound out that covers a enormous range of what your material will sound like to your consumer. This is why it is absolutely essential you have monitors that do not "flavor" or "color" your original mix. I'm not saying have em' too dead, but what I am getting at is whatever your monitors are great at "bass", "high spectrum", you can be sure that is the precise area where you mix is weak. This is because the monitor's flavoring has allowed you to let that "bass heavy" sound go unchecked, so when you pop it in your deck you'll be saying, "Hey, Where the hell did my bass go?". If it specialized in the upper high-end spectrum you'll say "Hey, why does it sound so f**kin' dull?". Then you'll scratch your head trying your best to fix the mix over and over again until you wind up in a mental hospital bitter from failure, toothless from fatal teeth grinding and balding from constant hair pulling. And to think it was all because you had faulty monitors. How sad.

Pro-quality studio monitors are priced from $200 to $1000+ depending on the brand and quality. Many times, studio monitors are sold as singles and not pairs, so watch out for that snag when you look at the price. Another quality that studio monitors have are the ability to be active or passive. Active means that they have a source of power, Passive means that they will need a source of power. This means that although active studio monitors generally cost more, buying passive studio monitors and then a power source may be more costly in the long run.


RECOMMENDED STUDIO MONITORS (Sorted by price, lowest to highest)


Edirol MA-I5D Digital Stereo Micro Monitors (pair)
Price: $179.99


M-Audio Studiophile BX5a 70-watt Bi-Amplified Studio Monitors (pair)
Price: $199.99


Behringer TRUTH B2037A Active Monitors (pair)
Price: $339.99


Event Tuned Reference 8 TR8 Active Monitors (pair)
Price: $499.99

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