studio monitor?

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Neil Groves

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I have just started building electronic sound effect modules and need something to plug them into in order to listen to the outputs, after much searching i decided the guitar amps were too big and powerful for what i need, then found these:

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Can i use this set up to plug in my (syntom in this case) to monitor it's output and also use it for similar circuits?

i thought about hifi amps but then i would need to buy speakers and i would end up spending quite a bit of cash.

since the monitor linked to above has a ¼" jack input i can simply plug the output from my circuit into this with a jack to jack lead can't i?

Neil.
 
Powered monitors (monitors with inbuilt amps) are pretty common now, probably the best bet would be to read a heap of reviews and see what is in your price range.

Alternatively you could check the local second hand store for an older hifi amp with speakers, people buy these new crappy plastic things and sell off really nice quality 80's brand-name amps and speakers for peanuts...
 
You can hear down to 20Hz and you can feel the waves down to 5hz. Synths can go down low. You may want to spend some money to hear the outputs of your sound effect modules in full life.
 
I found a 40Hz test signal online and it sounds awesome on the computer speakers that have a subwoofer rated down to 31Hz, would i hear it the same way on a speaker rated down to 49Hz?

Neil.
 
No you would not. A 40hz tone would become distorted on speakers rated at 49Hz.
 
What kind of music are you making? 50Hz is probably plenty for small near-field monitors unless you are specialising in dance music.
 
Mr RB said:
What kind of music are you making? 50Hz is probably plenty for small near-field monitors unless you are specialising in dance music.
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RB; Its synthesized music as per the 1st post. Synthesized music can go down low.
 
Your amazon link doesn't work so we cannot see the spec's for the powered speaker.
Usually the spec's for a cheap speaker say, "frequency response 31Hz to 18kHz" which means nothing because it does not say how much the level varies.
It might produce nearly nothing below 100Hz but since it produces a tiny distorted level then it is responding. A good variation is plus and minus 3dB or less.

A cheap speaker doubles the frequency at low frequencies. Feed it 30Hz and it produces 60Hz. Feed it 40Hz and it produces 80Hz. It is responding so its frequency response is a bunch of lies.
 
I ended up buying another identical set of computer speakers since i know they respond well to low frequency with the subwoofer rated at 31Hz, the 40Hz test signal sounds really sweet.

here's a link that audiophiles may find useful.

https://mdf1.tripod.com/test-tones.html

thanks guys

Neil.
 
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Really nice and a steal at the price when i compared them to a single studio monitor speaker!

I understand studio monitors are supposedly of the highest quality and show EVERY flaw when mixing music but for what i need these computer speakers are great, i have a REALLY small workshop (spare bedroom) lol

Neil.
 
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Your computer speakers are much better (and much more expensive) than mine.
 
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