Best speakers with S4

[Tobywong]

I am looking for any advice on the best active dj/monitor speakers in the£200- £400 budget range for use with NI's S4. Bedroom use ideally. Not looking for something that's going to annoy the neighbours but has the capability ! I play Techno/house so want a pair that pack a bass punch. I am thinking of doing a spot of producing too, so ideally I'm looking for all round audio honesty as well. Been looking at Yamaha HS 80/50 m's as well as JBL 5's. Any other models I should be considering/ what would you use? All advice welcome. Thank you in advance...

[BleepsnBreaks]

I use a pair of M-Audio Bx5as. They deliver FAR more volume than I could need for my small studio.
I had some Bx8as previously aswell and they were even more powerful, delivered a good clear sound over a whole range, but then Im not a major bass head.

[photojojo]

http://store.djtechtools.com/krk-rokit-5.html

[BleepsnBreaks]

Same speakers
The KrKs are M-Audios with slightly different housings.
Great speakers....

[photojojo]

Same speakers
The KrKs are M-Audios with slightly different housings.
Great speakers....

There' some other slight differences, but both would be good for the OP.

bx5a's

• Frequency response: 56Hz-22kHz
• Crossover frequency: 3kHz
• Low-frequency amplifier power: 40 watts
• High-frequency amplifier power: 30 watts
• Signal-to-noise: >100dB (typical A-weighted)
• Input impedance: 20k Ohms balanced, 10k ohms unbalanced
• Input sensitivity: 85 mV pink noise input produces 90dBA output SPL at one meter with volume control at maximum

Rokit 5's

• Woofer: 5" Glass Aramid Composite Woofer
• Tweeter: 1" Neodymium Soft Dome Tweeter with Ferro Fluid
• Input: XLR (3-pin), RCA & 1/4" TRS - 10k Ohm, Balanced / Unbalanced
• Amplification: 75 Watt Bi-amp Dynamic Power, 18 dB Octave Filters
• Frequency Response: 53Hz - 20kHz
  

[Emmett]

Hi Toby,

Welcome to the forums

Your question really is one of personal taste. My recommendation would be to take some tracks you know very well into a store and do some comparisons. Take your time, try to find the 'sweet spot' for each set (equilateral triangle with your ears in line with the tweeters) and don't be shy to ask the store attendant to switch between monitors multiple times. Yes I am aware they will sound different in your home environment, but it is still an exercise worth undertaking in my opinion ...

To reinforce the point of trusting your own judgement, I personally don't like KRK Rokit or current release JBL monitors whereas many DJs and hip hop producers think the KRKs are great.

If you CNBF and are simply looking for internet opinion I have a pair of Yamaha MSP5's and (don't laugh) Behringer 2031As. FYI the Behringer's were purchased after the Yamaha's and, in my opinion, are 'nice' to listen to with electronic music and terrible for guitar driven music. As a rule of thumb with studio monitors, the 'nicer' they make things sound, the worse your mix/production will be.

Although the MSP5's are only a mid-tier production unit I will never, ever sell them. In fact, if anything ever happened to them I would not consider replacing them with anything else. I find the sound from them so pleasing (when connected to a warm sounding preamp with well produced music) I have hooked them up to a A&H Xone 22 and use them in my living room for non-DJ purposes. If your mixing is sloppy, or the production is bad these monitors will let you know; they are absolutely brutal.

Hope that helps!

[Fabiio]

Krk's!

[trancezombie]

i use the jbl eons 515 xt. they sound awesome! everything sounds clean and havent had any complaints. they can be a bit costly but def worth the money spent.