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Ahoj,

I was speaking with someone yesterday about their intensions of setting up a small recording studio in his home. It’s nothing super extravagant but I think it will come together nicely.

He is looking to pick up a set of speakers to use as studio monitors without breaking the bank. I naturally suggested the M2’s as they appear to have a nice flat freq. response, won’t take up too much space and should be accurate enough to expose any recording issues that he will need to hear.

What are your thoughts on the matter? The M3 is doable price-wise but the lower end bass-hump is what makes me think that the M2 would be better.

Any other speaker manufacturers come to mind in this price range (~300 CDN)?

I look forward to your responses,

J

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For recording he might want to go with a monitor that is made for recording, like the behringer truth series, and I personally like self powered studio monitors. But I haven't been able to compare them to Axioms yet, my M22s ase suposed to arive on monday.

But with the 30 day in home trial you can't go wrong with trying the Axioms, and you might be able to convince the guys at Mothers music to let you do an in home comparison of Axioms vs Behringer.

Hope this helps

Ryan


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GuitarGuy #140047 05/27/06 06:41 PM
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Hey GuitarGuy:
I'd love to hear the results of your comparison. I've been debating a pair of M3s VS. Mackie 824s for awhile now.

There's the argument that tells me I can't go wrong with the Mackies.... and another that tells me the Axiom M2s would be a bit more accurate than the M3s. But the truth is, I've heard so many great things for so long about the M3s that I'm just dying to get a pair to have around the house!


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Jordan #140048 05/27/06 07:16 PM
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In my limited experience, and since my Axioms haven't arived yet I would say that the Mackies are most likely better for sound up close to the speakers. I also know that some of the studio monitors with the active controlls like the Mackies have a time delay built in so that the sound from the woofer and tweeter reach your ears at the same time. I think htat this woiuld be most useful for when you are very close to the speakers, but the M3 doesn't ahve a crossover on the woofer which makes me think that the xover for the tweeter would impose a phase delay which could in theory create the same effect since the time delay for 5 inches is such a short delay.

But I am most likely over thinking this (the curse of being an electronics engineer). But the Mackie monitors might sound better because there is an amp designed specifically for each of the drivers, but then again I have heard rumors that Axiom is going to start making an amp for their speakers.

I will be comparing my M22s with some monitors that a few friends of mine have to see what difference if any there is.


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GuitarGuy #140049 05/28/06 03:11 AM
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Agreed, the oilers should keep going. 12 more minutes without a goal and they will move forward. I hope I hope ...

Back to my post, I should also mention that the studio monitors will have to pull double duty as they will be used for some DVD, music and Video game playback.

J

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How can you be posting messages with such an exciting game going on?? Bring on the Finals, the Oil are ready

I still think that the best way to see which will work better is to do an A B comparison with some raw recordings, CDs, and DVDs. And get the one that works best for the primary application the speakers will be used for. I have seen from other posts that there are quite a few people in Winnipeg on these forums that have Axioms. So it might be easy to see how they sound, and then compare them to studio monitors.


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GuitarGuy #140051 05/28/06 02:14 PM
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No more waiting indeed! The Oilers are moving on to the finals! Rad.

I think that an A-B test might do the trick. I'm sure he will be up for it.

Cheers,

Jordan

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I would have to go with M3s after A/B-ing them. I found the M3s to be very accurate, and the bass hump is relatively mild compared to most small speakers. As long as they are mounted away from the walls a bit you barely notice the hump.

If you need to place the speakers right in the corners then you probably will notice the bump with M3s, and maybe M22s would be a better choice.

M2s just don't go deep enough to let you do a decent job mixing the low frequencies IMO.

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bridgman #140053 05/28/06 08:30 PM
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Quote:

M2s just don't go deep enough to let you do a decent job mixing the low frequencies IMO.




And if combined with a sub? Would you then choose the M2s?


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MarkSJohnson #140054 05/28/06 09:47 PM
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I doubt that he will be getting a sub. The M3's don't really cost much more than the M2's so price is not a problem there. M22's outside the budget at the moment.

We were just worried about the bass hump being an issue. Now it seems like a bit of a trade-off. M3's with more low end but a slight hump or the M2's with a ruler flat Freq response but less low end.

Tough call,

J

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