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Monitor speakers are a crucial part of any studio, from the bedroom to top-flight facilities. Here are the best 7 monitors for producers on a budget - all of these come in at under €500 per pair.
Our friends at Thomann have a sale on the KRK V Series monitors: Grab the 4-inch V4S4, the 6.5-inch V6S4 or the 8-inch V8S4 at a considerable discount.
ADAM Audio introduced an EUR 299 8-inch monitor that goes down to 33Hz. You can grab it from Thomann for EUR 269 on pre-order!
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Like its brethren, the Eris E7 XT features a custom Eliptically Boundary Modeled waveguide which is designed for a 100-degree wide "sweet spot" - and it's attractively priced, too.
Kali Audio has released the WS-12 powered subwoofer. The company claims that the WS-12 not only works well with studio monitors, but is also suitable for live sound applications.
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Barefoot Sound has announced the Footprint02 active monitor speakers. A smaller sibling of the Footprint01, the Footprint02 shares much of the same technology in a smaller, more affordable package.
Kali Audio is moving onto the next price segment with the newly announced Project Independence speakers. First to arrive is the IN-8, which is a 3-way design with co-axial mid-range and tweeter.
Thomann has some great discounts on various models of Gibson monitor speakers. If you’d like to add these beauties to your studio, hurry up: They're going fast!
Studio monitor royalty Genelec introduced new products in its "The Ones" series. These are the 8351B and 8361A three-way monitors and the W371A Adaptive Woofer System.
The Eris XT updated specs include an entirely new elliptical waveguide design and larger enclosures, all meant to improve audio reproduction. Prices start at USD 150 a piece.
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Pro audio manufacturer PMC has launched its new IB2S-AII range of active studio monitors. It covers the single cabinet IB2S-AII; and the IB2S XBD-AII twin cabinet reference monitors. With both analog and ...
The new Focals have 5-inch midrange drivers, 10-inch subs, and pure beryllium inverted dome tweeters. So these are three-way monitors which probably live better inside spacious studio facilities.
At NAMM 2019, manufacturer Avantone debuted an active version of its Chris Lord-Alge endorsed Yamaha NS10 replica, the CLA-10a. Interesting enough, the difference doesn't conclude with the addition of a Class ...
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Prices for these promising and unabashedly modern speakers start at GBP 160 for the 5-inch woofer version, representing up-to-date monitoring at its most affordable. Good sports, those KRK lads!
Undaunted by a crowded market, Sterling Audio has launched a new range of budget monitors in 3", 5" and 8" flavours, the MX series. But can they take some market share from bigger established brands?
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Project Lone Pine speakers will start at USD 150 for the 6.5" model and have a unique set of properties in their price class, with front-firing ports and selectable boundary EQs.
