Which monitors do you use?

Thanks Tony!! Welcome anytime. But a short visit in my studio would be more than enough, I promise. Instead I'd recommend the unbelievably beautiful archipelag on the east coast outside Stockholm, and also back packing way up north in the summer with the midnight sun and all. One of the more exotic things you can do here.

Is "the shit that killed Elvis" good or bad... LOL??? 

IPL transmission line speakers


I get on great with these guys. Powered with a Bryston power amp. I've worked with several of their speakers: I like how they sound, they translate well. Accurate but not flattering. The transmission line bottom end makes more sense to me than the subwoofers I've listened to.

Haha....oh its good man....really good.

FWIW, those old KRKs are Focal drivers and design.

PMCs and ATCs have both always struck me as being a bit dark.

I heard the really cheap Airmotiv 6s just last week...and didn't think they sounded that great. Keep in mind, though, those are probably marketed to compete with m-audio and Sampson...so, how do you judge that? I had nothing to compare them to either. I've heard the stealth line sounds really good. I wouldn't doubt it for a second. I've been impressed with a lot of their products. That DC-1 DAC is an incredible value. I think I've finally decided that the Apogee is more true, but the dc-1 sounds fantastic.

I really hate KRK speakers.  I bash them all the time and people seem to love them, but I find that folks who use KRK usually haven't heard better speakers.  

I have this theory that KRK speakers are made super scooped so that the low-end-gear folks hear something more lively from their gear, which sells more speakers to others once the "glowing" reviews come out on internet forums..

I've always found that hearing higher-end monitors for the first time leaves the listener with the impression that they are "darker" and more "tight" sounding.  The fact is that they are normal sounding while the KRK are "shrill" and "flabby", which gives the illusion of detail and smears the low end so that you can't hear all the distortions.

Anyway, I'm glad you have experienced good monitors and hope your mixes are tons better now.

I think I've come up with these ideas because I've dealt with a lot of artists who attempt recording their own stuff, and typically use the cheapest KRK monitors from GC.. But they always complain about their mix sounding good on their monitors but sounding dull on everything else.. (The hallmark of a scooped system IMHO..) and when they hear my monitors they always mention how dull they sound, partly because when they tracked they based their settings on the KRK sound which dulls down the track some, and then my monitors being flat too, which makes it even more dull sounding. It's a hard thing to work around too, mainly because artists seem to have this perception that they'll get radio-quality sound right away and that things will "mix themselves" if they only get good tones. It's like they read too much Purple Site(TM) or something..

I just recently talked with an artist who is dead set on recording themselves. They came into a few dollars and wanted to buy some gear. They asked me what mic or preamp to buy.. So naturally I told them they should buy monitors, because what mic and preamp they buy doesn't matter if they can't hear what's going on. I could tell they weren't sure how to take my reply, but ultimately they started asking what monitors to buy.. Higher end KRK than what they had, or something else.. While I suggested a few things, I think they ultimately found a set of Yammy MSP5 for a decent deal.

KRK is no longer the same company at all.

You. Need. More. Speakers.

Haha