Monitors / Monitoring

Monitor speakers affect nearly all the descisions we make when recording and mixing — yet most of us know very little about how they are designed, and why they sound the way they do. In the first of a new series, Phil Ward explains what goes into the design of typical passive nearfields, and the effects they can have on what we record.

Paul White road-tests the KRK V6 monitors to see whether quality has been sacrificed to meet an attractive price point.