Monitors / Monitoring

We check out Sennheiser's flagship open-backed headphones, compensated to make them sound more like speakers.

Finally the HR824 has a little brother and, like most little brothers, this one has both attitude and confidence!

We test two pairs of high-quality closed-back headphones for discerning studio users.

This active nearfield monitor offers stunning audio performance from its extremely compact cabinet dimensions.

These Sennheiser headphones combine high sound quality with comfortable design.

If your monitoring isn't up to scratch, your whole production will suffer, so here are some tips on setting up your room so that your mixes always sound their best.

Does this affordable powered speaker from Yamaha have what it takes to handle project studio mixing?

M-Audio's first foray into active nearfield monitors is certainly extremely affordable, but could it be a false economy for the home recordist?

There's a lot more to 5.1 surround sound production than stereo with extra channels — new, bewildering terms and concepts abound. This month, we explain Metadata, Upmixing, Downmixing, and look at what that centre speaker actually does...

Can these unconventional plastic-bodied speakers possibly be suitable for studio work?

SOS's guide to the world of surround sound comes right up to date with the first of two looks at the modern 5.1 standard, and its use with DVD Video and DVD Audio discs.

Can a compact system offer true reference monitor performance?

Though a commercial failure in the 1970s, the Ambisonics surround sound system was technically flawless, and survives to...

EMES have developed the first studio monitor to use a patented new single-point stereo speaker technology. Hugh Robjohns tests the Owl System and compares it with the conventional Violett HR on which it is based.

Hugh Robjohns continues SOS's series on surround sound with a detailed look at Dolby Pro Logic, the widely used surround system originally developed for use in the cinema, and considers how you might adapt your home recording setup to allow mixing in this format.

Hugh Robjohns tests the AML1, and discovers that PMC can actually get a quart from a pint pot.

Surround sound in one form or another has been a part of the film industry for many years, but the emergence of affordable digital technology has now pushed it into the domestic mainstream. Hugh Robjohns begins SOS's definitive guide to surround and its implications for the hi-tech musician.

It is a good general rule that miniature monitors are rarely of reference quality, but Leema Acoustics claim to have created an exception.

Hugh Robjohns tests an innovative full-range speaker system, which somehow manages to get 12 separate drivers working in harmony.

A new high-specification VIFA speaker cone makes its debut in AVI's latest compact monitors. Paul White puts them to the test.

Paul White evaluates a new active monitor designed to deliver professional studio accuracy at a home-studio price.