Monitors / Monitoring

I have all the acoustic treatment I can fit into my home studio already, and have a decent amp and good–quality (PMC)...

Despite being aimed at the budget-conscious home-studio user, these speakers boast a ribbon tweeter.

 We take a look at few different models on the market.

I’m a sound engineer planning to have a surround-sound setup. The problem is, I already have a pair of Yamaha MSP5s so, can I have Yamaha HS5s for the centre and rear speakers.

Focal speakers have long been coveted for their performance, but have traditionally come with ‘professional’ price tags attached — until now...

Formerly sold under the SE brand, these Andy Munro–designed Egg speakers have been given a major update. So what’s new?

Three-way speakers tend to reside at the higher-priced end of the market — can Prodipe succeed with a budget-friendly option?

These cans aim to provide maximum isolation from outside sources, and could prove ideal for foldback when playing loud instruments.

What does this stylish-looking passive monitor controller offer that its competitors don’t?

Unity revive some unusual ideas about speaker design to come up with this innovative and effective monitor system.

Blue are known for their innovative mic designs, and now they’ve applied that originality to their first set of studio headphones.

Few compact wedges can boast the same quality, versatility and robustness as this uncompromising speaker from Dynacord.

In their new PX series of monitors, Fostex have chosen to use DSP to provide a range of useful configuration options.

Polish speaker company Sveda might be new kids on the block, but their Dapo monitors can hang tough with the established competition.

M-Audio's latest budget monitors punch way above their weight.

If you need serious bass, and you've got the control room to handle it, Eve's flagship monitors might be just the ticket.

Fender apply their 'suitcase speaker' paradigm to studio monitors — with impressive results, thanks to an unlikely collaboration with Focal.

If you're shelling out serious money for a monitor controller, you expect perfection — is that what the M905 offers?

Presonus' assault on the monitor market continues, with these impressive coaxial speakers.

Nearfield monitors are usually a compromise — but not in the case of these impressive three-ways from Barefoot Sound.

Tannoy Reveals have long been popular with home-studio owners on a budget. Do these latest iterations retain the qualities that made their forebears so successful?