Monitors / Monitoring

Adam make the leap to a three-way speaker design that seems to pay dividends in clarity and separation.

The jobs done by DACS latest high-quality problem solver are essential, if not glamorous. Could the HeadMaster take charge of your studio?

JBL have a reputation for clinically precise monitors, but this time theyve come up with something a little smoother...

Coaxially-mounted speakers may seem a bit old-school, but theres nothing wrong with the theory — and a touch of DSP can make them very modern indeed!

Built-in DSP extends the flexibility and usefulness of these capable speakers.

Events new owners make some extravagant claims for these new high-end monitors, whose design is said to put quality first. Do they live up to the hype?

There's a lot said on discussion fora about the need to use studio monitors instead of hi‑fi speakers, although there are some...

I've recently started learning to mix, and my current setup is an Apple Mac with an Echo Audiofire 2 interface. My monitors...

Samsons new low-cost nearfields can produce a big sound, but do they measure up for serious mixing? We find out.

Ribbon tweeters can yield a smooth sound, while still capably reproducing transient detail — and the Pro Ribbon range promises to do so for an attractive price.

There are studio monitors, and there are multimedia monitors, but can one speaker perform both tasks? Genelec think it can.

Focal control everything from design to manufacture in their factory in France — and this approach appears to be paying off.

This neat new hybrid product appears to be defining its own market niche, but can it really be all things to all people?

This hardware-based room correction system includes an audio interface and monitor controller. Is it the answer to your acoustics nightmares, or just too good to be true?

Getting the balance right between the benefits and disadvantages of ported and non-ported speaker designs is a tricky job, and K+H do it better than most with this ported model.

This is a first outing in SOS for Polish speaker manufacturers APS, but they're already impressing us.

Adam have gained a strong reputation for the quality and value for money of their larger reference monitors, but have they had to make any compromises in their smallest model?

These monitors may look like their more expensive siblings, but do they also share the family sound?

No matter how 'in the box' you go, you still need easy, transparent control over your monitoring setup, and this little box claims to do it all for a good price.

Genelec have earned a reputation for good-sounding small monitor speakers, but can their DSP system make them sound even better?

I'm looking for a new monitor speaker, a single one for mono. Ideally I was hoping for something self-powered, with its own...