Monitors / Monitoring

Dynaudio’s Lyd series of nearfield monitors has been a great success — and now the range has a new three-way flagship model.

Drawmer’s latest monitor controller puts the same impressive audio quality as their MC2.1 into a new desktop format.

The LS6 combines old-school BBC-style monitor design with modern driver technology to deliver a very classy loudspeaker indeed.

There are countless 500-series mic preamps, equalisers, dynamics processors, reverbs, and even delays, bitcrushers and A-D...

Genelec have never shied away from technological innovation, as these classy, DSP-equipped monitors demonstrate!

ATC’s ‘artisanal’ approach to monitor design pays off handsomely with this classy new speaker and amplifier combo.

Audeze have managed to shrink their planar magnetic driver technology into a pair of in-ear monitors — with impressive results!

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...

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.

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

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

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!