Monitors / Monitoring

Fluid Audio’s studio monitors have consistently impressed us with their price-to-performance ratio. So how does their new subwoofer fare?

Loudspeakers have been with us for a long time — but there’s still room for innovation, as these exemplary new Geithain models prove!

With Sennheiser’s pedigree in transducer design, it’s no surprise that their premium earbuds offer impressive performance.

Fostex have been making planar magnetic headphones since before they were cool. How do their latest models fare?

Tascam’s updated nearfield monitor offers commendable performance for a very low price. What’s not to like?

Eve have taken the technology from their existing monitors and shrunk it down to produce these diminutive desktop speakers.

Digital technology has helped PMC’s monitors go from strength to strength — and now they’re using it in their subwoofers, too!

When does one need a headphone amp? I have some Shure 1840s, which are great, but I’ve read about headphone amps and want to be sure I am getting the most from the cans.

I have a Casio PX310 digital piano. When jacks are inserted into the (quarter-inch) line out sockets, the onboard speakers are not muted. They are muted when headphones (or a jack) are inserted...

Does TC’s latest post-production tool have anything to offer the music-making market?

Barefoot’s newest monitor may be their most affordable to date, but the company’s meticulous design ethos is evident throughout.

Prodipe are best known for their affordable microphones and studio monitors, but they also offer headphones.

Les Paul was truly one of the pioneers of recording technology. Do Gibson’s first ever monitors live up to his illustrious name?

For these premium headphones, Audeze have revived an old but under-used driver technology — and the results are astonishing.

French speaker makers Focal continue their campaign of innovation, with this classy new three–way monitor design.

Can musicians be trusted to mix their own monitors? If the system they’re using is as intuitive as this one, the answer might be ‘yes’.

Following his success with the Egg 150 monitors, Andy Munro is back with a new, compact design. Can they beat the competition?

Neumann are known for producing outstanding microphones, and their new flagship monitors are no less impressive!

A–T’s new flagship headphones are also the company’s first ever open–backed design. We put them to the test.

Genelec take an unusual approach to speaker design for this distinctive three–way monitor.

When I sit at my listening position, at the apex of an equilateral triangle with my monitors, everything sounds OK. When I shift my head things that were panned centrally move immediately to the side, and seem to come just out of that one speaker. Is this the way it’s supposed to be?