Monitors / Monitoring

Speaker design has come a long way since the ‘70s. Is there still room on the market (and in your studio!) for an old-school main monitor?

Miktek have launched a brace of headphone amps that can feed four sets of headphones, or two. The decision is yours...

The Footprint 01 is Barefoot’s most affordable monitor yet. Does it give away much in terms of performance?

Focal’s latest speaker design isn’t just pretty — it’s the culmination of years of R&D...

Why is it that reverb is so much more audible on good headphones than good speakers? Is it to do with the ambient noise or reflections in the room?

AKG’s new flagship headphone design offers the benefits of open-backed ‘phones in a closed-back format.

The DMSD 60 Pro looks very simple yet stylish, comprising eight small circular platforms, four intended for each speaker in a stereo setup.

We put leading IEM specialists Etymotic Research’s new flagship design to the test.

The culmination of years of R&D, these revolutionary new speakers offer performance way beyond what you’d expect from their size.

UA’s updated Apollo Twin packs in more DSP power and improved audio performance.

For those who like a ribbon-based tweeter, PreSonus’ stylish monitors offer an alternative to the usual suspects.

Mackie’s HR824 set a benchmark for project studio monitoring when it was first released two decades ago — and now the concept has been made even more accessible.

When we looked at Pioneer’s flagship monitor last year, we were hugely impressed. Does its smaller sibling have the same charm?

Manger’s unique approach to driver design yields a monitor with exceptional time-domain performance — but it comes at a cost.

HEDD may be a new venture, but the man behind it is no neophyte — as the company’s debut design proves!

Active monitors may be the de facto standard in the studio, but this stylish Finnish design makes a powerful case for the alternative!

With its enhanced LF response and effortless SPL delivery, Unity’s new active bass extender is seriously hot stuff. Schwing!

KRK’s established V-series monitors have long been popular in the project studio, and now they’ve been given a major overhaul.

I have heard somewhere that you should avoid having your tweeters centred vertically in the room — is there some truth in it?

Yes, Kii Audio’s flagship monitors are expensive — but then they might just be the best loudspeakers in the world...

For their first-ever headphone design, Avantone have seen fit to include some unusual — and useful — extra features.