Monitors / Monitoring

HEDD’s impressive Mk2‑series speakers let you choose between ported and unported formats. Which works best?

Trinnov’s pioneering range of room‑correction systems now has a dedicated monitor controller.

Genelec’s high‑tech The Ones series has a new flagship model. We fire it up...

Focal’s revised Alpha‑series speakers offer serious studio monitoring at an entry‑level price.

SPL combine their acclaimed headphone amps with monitor control facilities and USB audio interfacing.

With their impressive sound quality and adjustable attenuation, these off‑the‑peg earplugs give even custom‑moulded designs a run for their money.

Struggling to drive multiple set of cans? DACS have an amp for that...

Despite its decades‑old design, the Rogers LS5/9 can still compete with some of the best monitors around today. We put this faithful recreation to the test.

We put AA’s new open-backed mixing and mastering headphones to the test.

Mackie’s latest cans prove themselves to be serious monitoring tools.

Almost half a century after its initial release, Yamaha’s classic three‑way monitor remains an impressive speaker, and it pioneered the use of diaphragm materials that are still considered cutting‑edge today.

Detroit microphone maker Deni Mesanovic applies his considerable knowledge of transducers to produce an impressive debut studio speaker.

So far, monitor and headphone calibration systems have targeted music makers exclusively. Sonarworks’ SoundID aims to solve the problem of mix translation from the consumer end too.

Focal’s revised flagship studio cans raise the bar yet again.

What can the dynamic convolution experts bring to the world of headphone monitoring?

Kali’s latest nearfield design offers an unprecedented amount of monitor for the money.

OS Acoustics have followed up their impressive DB7 with an even more capable twin‑woofer design. We put the new DBS8 to the test.

Embody offer a unique way to tailor their room‑simulation system to the individual user.

The physics of loudspeakers have hardly changed in a century — but DSP and material science have come a long way, and the Pulsar takes full advantage.

We put Mackie’s diminutive multimedia speakers to the test.

We check out Grace’s compact, mastering‑quality solution for monitoring on the move.