Recommendations For Speakers For Recording

[Marty]

Hi there,

I have an iMac and record with Logic Pro X can anyone recommend a good quality set of speakers to use with this. I'm realizing my twenty year old altec speakers are just not up to the job.

Thanks very much, Martyn

[funsongs]

Hi, Martyn;
Reference & play-back speakers/monitors, or mix-friendly monitors? Do you care which, or both?

[Ted]

Martyn,

Up until a year ago I was using my Mac/Logic Pro X with a desktop speaker/subwoofer set that I'd bought at ALDI for like $30 several years ago. Haha. ( To be fair, for consumer speakers, the ALDI speakers sounded great) Last April or so I finally got a set of actual monitors-- a pair of Kali LP-6 speakers. I can't speak to super high end monitors, but getting these was such a massive step up compared to what I was using. I think they were about $300 a pair. My brother also bought a pair for his studio setup-- which is nice because I don't have to lug my monitors back and forth. All of the ones on Telefunkin's list are good options for starter monitors, from what I've heard and read.

In addition to using these speakers for recording, I'm always playing my guitars through amp-sim software like Amplitube 5/Guitar Rig 6 instead of using real amps/cabinets. So I like having speakers like these to play my guitars through. I find they work well for that.

My current room is unfortunately pretty small, but I recently got some room correction software (ARC3) and it's working nicely with my monitor setup to give me consistent accuracy when mixing. I would at least budget some money into room treatment and/or correction software.

Cheers,

Ted

[cosmicdolphin]

Whatever you buy remember you'll get a good 10 years it of them so invest in the best you can afford

[Marty]

Thanks very much, I appreciate your responses.

Martyn

[Kolstad]

Genelec and Adam are good brands. Listen to them beforehand. You need to love the sound, as it will feed back to you and encourage you to perform better.