Studio Monitor Tier List

[2GooD Productions]

 

[Iron Keys]

Always hate when it's some generic rock type person. I'm always like, who even makes or listens to that music these days? Feels like such an irrelevant aesthetic and mindset.

 

[Iron Keys]

Hate when the speakers images pop up i keep thinking it's an ad and trying to close it

 

[2GooD Productions]

Always hate when it's some generic rock type person. I'm always like, who even makes or listens to that music these days? Feels like such an irrelevant aesthetic and mindset.

I'm past genre specificities now, I just see mixing as mixing these days, while genres have their methods, I see mixing as just one artform now. Its just making what you have to work with sound as good as it can.
I used to disregard so much mixing advice because it came from a different genre and thought I needed very specific genre defined advice. The biggest difference with mixing Rock or live music in general is the way you mix drums because you arent working with individual separated drums, like with hip hop, dance or drum machines, you have overheads, room and drum bleed to worry about. To each their own, I no longer judge people for their musical tastes, unless they like drill, fuck those guys. Just kidding.

 

[Iron Keys]

Shout out Kali tho --- I'm actually considering pulling the trigger on the Kali IN-5s... I know you @2GooD Productions have the IN-8s.

Apparently there really isn't much difference between them, I like the idea of having the 8s, and it's only a small amount more for them. But I'm tempted to just go with the 5s. Reviews everywhere i see say they're way above their pricepoint, compete with speakers about just under double that.

Kali have released new speakers, similar to the IN series, Santa Monica "SM". But they're like double the price.

Might just wrap up these IN5s and get cracking --- oh I actually spoke with Kali themselves in5 vs in8, they basically said not much difference, the 8s may give a little more, but the 5s give good bass.

 

[2GooD Productions]

Shout out Kali tho --- I'm actually considering pulling the trigger on the Kali IN-5s... I know you @2GooD Productions have the IN-8s.

Apparently there really isn't much difference between them, I like the idea of having the 8s, and it's only a small amount more for them. But I'm tempted to just go with the 5s. Reviews everywhere i see say they're way above their pricepoint, compete with speakers about just under double that.

Kali have released new speakers, similar to the IN series, Santa Monica "SM". But they're like double the price.

Might just wrap up these IN5s and get cracking --- oh I actually spoke with Kali themselves in5 vs in8, they basically said not much difference, the 8s may give a little more, but the 5s give good bass.

Room size was my consideration when I went with the 8's, my room is a reasonable size so wanted to move the extra air. Still ended up getting a focal sub one to get a good idea of what was going on in the low end, I think the IN-5's and a sub would be great

 

[Iron Keys]

Room size was my consideration when I went with the 8's, my room is a reasonable size so wanted to move the extra air. Still ended up getting a focal sub one to get a good idea of what was going on in the low end, I think the IN-5's and a sub would be great

Yeah, I don't always like taking the room size thing into consideration, but kinda willing with the 5s as they reportedly get enough bass. On paper the spec is only 2hz shy of the 8s.

What sub you got? The Kali sub cost like more than the speakers lol

 

[2GooD Productions]

Tempted to eventually complement my Kalis with the avantone mixcube, been hearing very good things about them for around 15-20 years

 

[2GooD Productions]

The focal sub one cost about 660.
A fucking lot. But I'm more than happy I made that investment, saved me having to go to the studio to test my really low end, which I always over cooked.

 

[Iron Keys]

Tempted to eventually complement my Kalis with the avantone mixcube, been hearing very good things about them for around 15-20 years

im laughing because i been thinking the same thing for about a million years