Monitors / Monitoring

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!

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.

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

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

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

Fender’s foray into the world of pro live sound continues, with these premium IEMs.

Can I use the headphone output (Output 9-10) on an RME Fireface 800 audio interface to feed a click track to an IEM (In-ear Monitor) transmitter for a drummer?

The latest incarnation of Fluid's unusual FPX7 monitor combines the bold, concentric-ribbon design of the earlier version with an altogether more satisfying tonality.

Whether you’re on a budget or have cash to splash, Audio-Technica’s new range of IEMs has something for you.