hoochiecoochie777 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I am currently setting up a small studio at home running an iMac and logic studio. I have a couple of JVC Hi-fi speakers that I am planning on using (for the short term) as monitors. Can someone suggest a good little power amp that is cheap that I can plug these into as they are not powered. Any suggestions welcome. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Alcock Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Darren, Depends largely on your budget. If you're serious about the studio setup, it's probably worth spending a reasonable amount on the amp, then replace the speakers for something more accurate when you can. If you've no budget to speak of, get an old Hifi amp. If you've got around £200 then one of these is a proven solution: Behringer A500. After that, the sky's the limit. (Google Bryston). More info will yield more specific replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Pratt Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 As Pete says, it depends on your budget and the level of work you are aspiring to. More important to spend money on decent speakers I'd say. For edit suite monitoring, I usually use a Cambridge Audio A1, about £75 from Richer Sounds as I recall, but usually driving some fairly decent old BBC spec near field speakers, such as LS3/5 or BC1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 When using home hifi speakers for studio monitoring, be careful as they have tweeters that are scaled for "normal" audio content. Soloing things, particularly synths, can melt a hifi tweeter rather quickly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoochiecoochie777 Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Thanks for that guys. Budget is as low as possible at the moment but will look to upgrade in the future. have looked at using the Behringer Ms20 monitors and forgetting about using the hi-fi ones I currently have. what do you guys think of those? Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Alcock Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 To my mind they're bit small and weedy, and I think you'd be disappointed fairly quickly. You'd almost be better off sticking with your JVC Hifi speakers if they're a good size and you know how commercially recorded stuff sounds on them. Mixing is all about making balance decisions, and if you mix on a pair of bedroom speakers you been listening to for 10 years, you'd probably get better results (simply through familiarity), than by suddenly changing to something like the MS20 which are going to be pretty limited in the bass end. If you can beg steal or borrow £200 more, the Behringer 2031A are proper monitors, widely respected (see Harmony Central Reviews) and you will hear things in tracks you never knew existed before. I doubt you'll get better value for money than these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoochiecoochie777 Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Thanks for that Pete. I will have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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