Monitors / Monitoring

Achieving the right balance between quality, size, practicality and price is no easy task, but HHB have hit the nail squarely on the head with their Circle 3 Active monitors. 

Paul White tries out a compact monitor from a new British company to see if it can rival the established names.

Roland have moved into the active monitor market with a product which offers digital inputs and a 'Speaker Modelling Function' courtesy of their V-series recorders and mixers. Technology overkill or a studio necessity? Hugh Robjohns finds out...

As the car ad says, "size matters!" and AVI have proved the point with their biggest loudspeakers yet, the Gravitrons. AVI say they're built 'without compromise' and 'regardless of cost'. Hugh Robjohns will see about that...

'Digital loudspeakers' have been available in the hi-fi world for many years, but Genelec have now brought the technology to the home studio market. Hugh Robjohns tries out their new small active monitors and subwoofer.

The Hafler brand name has been around since the '70s but isn't yet well known in the UK project studio market. All that could be about to change, courtesy of the TRM range of nearfield active monitors and subwoofers. Hugh Robjohns mixes and matches.

We check out Tannoy's contender in the low-cost active studio monitor stakes.

The Circle 3 nearfield monitors are the latest fruits of the collaboration between HHB and Harbeth. Hugh Robjohns tries them out.

The cost-effective M1 Active nearfield monitors are the first active speakers Alesis have produced. Paul White puts them to the test.

JBL's latest active two-way reference loudspeaker system has been derived from their impressive LSR32 range-topper.

Paul White is all ears as he puts AVI's latest two-way monitor loudspeaker to the test.

Paul White tests Yamaha's latest super-compact powered monitor.

HHB and Harbeth have collaborated to produce a high quality active studio monitor at an attractive price. Paul White listens in.

Paul White tests ATC's smallest and least expensive monitors to date, and finds that they still have the pedigree family sound.

Although not very common in semi-pro environments, Quested is a well respected name in professional music studios. The conpany's new F11 active nearfield monitors are likely to bridge that gap and introduce the Quested name to a much wider audience. Hugh Robjohns lends them his ears...

JBL's new studio monitor system, the LS32, represents a radical departure in their approach to the design and technology of loudspeakers. Hugh Robjohns lends them his ears...

Paul White cranks up his laser gramophone and takes the new KRK V8s for a spin.

Paul White tests Sony's diminutive powered monitor designed for desktop music and multimedia work. Can such a small box deliver the goods, and is the performance worth the price?

Paul White finds out whether Tannoy's new Reveals have anything to hide...

The AE200S use metal-coned drivers throughout, but does this technology offer any advantages over more conventional designs? Paul White investigates.

Paul White discovers that it is possible for a compact monitor to deliver a sound that is both accurate and tonally well-balanced.