Studio speakers and soundcard

depend of your expectations on a long term... is it better to buy a cheaper system waiting for a good one? For me I would prefer buying 2 good speakers and later 2 others and a sub, during this time, I'll have 2 good speakers for my work.

To produce, it's the better solution. But finally it depends what you need... if you prefer watching movies... ;)

as monitor's i'm using cheapo behringer truth's actives. they do the trick for me but i have no experience with pro stuff to compare.

for the soundcard, it really depends on what you need. pci/usb/firewire, number of i/o's, mic pre's, etc. i use a MOTU 828mk2 which is absolutely fantastic but way over your budget. a bit smaller is the UltraLite, but still more expensive.

Well, for about exactly 500€ you can buy my setup, of which I'm very pleased. I have the Alesis M1 MK2 active monitors (you can buy them the cheapest on mrgooddeal.be). For soundcard I have the terratec phase 28 (24/96, asio2, 8 jack outs, 2 jack ins, digital outs, midi in/out) for 160€.

Originally posted by : bandarlog

Well, for about exactly 500€ you can buy my setup, of which I'm very pleased. I have the Alesis M1 MK2 active monitors (you can buy them the cheapest on mrgooddeal.be). For soundcard I have the terratec phase 28 (24/96, asio2, 8 jack outs, 2 jack ins, digital outs, midi in/out) for 160€. That seems like a good start. Thanx everybody for the info :D

Originally posted by : Carbura

Hi folks,

I'm planning to get myself some new speakers and audiocard for my studio. Currently i'm working with a 5.1 system from creative. Very nice speakers to watch movies and stuff but I've noticed that they aren't that good for producing.

Don't forget that out of itself, any 5.1 speaker set is just that, a good stereo set for movies and all. I coupled it a few years back with a Hercules external sound card; Set me back about 300 euro, but the sound was crispy-clear with everything I did, including live recordings. But of course if you have money to burn then I'd buy real recording material as stated above.

I myself use the Fostex NF-1 , but they aren't in production anymore... They are as good as the big line from Mackie,I must admit I bought them at a good price (650 euros ), because I knew the vendor at the store ( normally they were 1300 euros, pretty much for passive monitors)

In the lower price range I can recommend KRK's budget monitors...

except for a laptop, buy a pci card!! lill active monitors, bandarlog solution is not bad!! my soundsystem dont cost more than 500 i think, and im very pleased ! DONT EVER BUY FUKING 5.1 CREATIVE SHIT , the worst thing u can do, it is NOT what a producer need. Often best prices are in Deutchland. a good shop : www.musicstore.de

there are many offers and opportunity, so be shure to chek different shops, sometimes prices may change a lot! good luck too :D

Indeed, do not buy creative... and again indeed, check our german friends for sharp prices... active or passive is a long discussion, just take a cd with music you know very well and listen to several boxes, then make your choice...

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Perhaps for speakers you could have a mixer or something like that linked to your pc and then add some decent "normal" speakers from, say, JBL or something? Because I don't quite trust the "direct to pc" speaker systems that exist nowadays.

JBL is renowned to produce high-quality sound, but only the genuine orange label ofcourse!!!

Oh by the way I have (cheap) creative gear so shoot me! I'm planning to get rid of the speakers at least though because they're fucked up. Gotte save up some money first though :)

yeah, i'm also looking for moni's+soundcard, and what i have on my wishlist for the moment are KRK rp8 and a Terratec Phase 88 rack. for the soundcard i'd take the pci-version, since i read the topic's about firewire<=>pci here on the forums. in total it'll cost about 1100-1200 euro....so all the money i 'll work for in september will be flushed with one click on my homebank :p but i'd rather buy a more expensive set with which i'm save for years then a cheap <500euro that is good for only a few years (i'm studying for audio-engineer so that requires higher standards already 8( ?( 8( )

btw: i've read many good things about that terratec, anyone has experience with it?