Monitors / Monitoring

Tannoy’s Reveal monitors have long been popular among home‑studio owners on a budget. How does the baby of the new range compare with the competition?

These compact monitors from Swiss company PSI incorporate some very clever technology, including ‘Class‑G’ amplification, that helps put them in a class of their own!

I currently have a Yamaha P300 piano, which has built-in speakers and amplification and is ideal for me. However, I'm thinking...

Before you can call your computer a studio, you need at least two things: a means of getting audio into your computer, and some way of listening back to it. Enter the Samson Studio GT!

The original BM5A monitor speakers proved very popular in project studios, and Dynaudio claim to have made significant improvements in their successors.

My left monitor appears to be buzzing somewhere in the high/mid-frequency range. When I pan the same material to the right...

The original VS2108 design was a real success for Quested — so when they said they'd improved it, we thought we'd better test that claim...

I recently built my own home studio by converting an old garage into a well‑isolated music room of 410 x 215 x 275cm...

KRK are well established in the world of studio monitors. Now they're expaning into the headphone market.

These nearfield ribbon monitors deliver a less fatiguing sound than some - but does smoothness come at a cost?

Acoustic Energy look to strengthen their foothold in the studio monitoring market with this impressive nearfield system.

Paul White checks out a solution to those studios limited on space (and finances) in need of a good set of monitors.

They may have the familiar Genelec appearance and family sound, but these big beasts bring some new ideas to the table.

This interesting monitor system uses the natural roll-off of the satellite speakers to provide the crossover with the subwoofer.

Building to a price inevitably entails compromises. The art is in choosing the right ones...

I want to get a pair of active monitors to do a bit of home recording and try my hand at producing. I'm not after professional...

Sometimes, a dose of old-fashioned good engineering delivers something well worth listening to...

Their A7 nearfield monitors received many plaudits, not least in the pages of SOS, but manufacturer Adam thought there was room for improvement.

PMC broke new ground a decade ago with their TB2 monitors, but the competition have been catching up. Does PMCs new activated design nudge them back to the front of the pack?