A good pair of Studio Monitors?

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A good pair of Studio Monitors?

Hi there,

I have been mixing/mastering with my studio monitor speakers and now am willing to purchace a pair of studio monitor headphones?

My Question is: What brand and typer would you suggest to purchase? Budget $100-$200 AUD

Thanks :slight_smile:

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You’ve confused me with if you want reference headphones or actual studio monitors? None the less i’ll give you 2 of my recommendations for what I might add small budget (dont take offence to that).

Headphones: https://www.storedj.com.au/products/AUD-ATHM50?gclid=CID6kcHerrYCFQhjpQoduVUAIQ
I promise you that you won’t find better headphones in your budget range for studio referencing headphones aswell. I own myself a pair and use them for both djing and studio use. I will never buy another pair of headphones after using these and highly swear by these. I’m sure if you google or ask a few member here they will tell you the same.

Studio Monitors: https://www.storedj.com.au/products/ALE-520M1USB
They are a little over your budget but to be honest you arnt going to get really anything in the range of $100-$200 for studio monitors. I’ve heard good things about these for a budgeters range and you wont really beat the specs you get vs the price of them. They have a good frequency range and seem to be built pretty well.

Good luck mate!

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Studio Headphones, I would recommend AKG K240 MKII Pro, I have a pair, they’re great and they’re $179.00 from SoundCorp (an Australian company).

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This. Yes. I Agree. 100%. The K240’s are as good as they come, and they are a steal for what they are listed at.

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I agree to, have those also!

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Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro

Easily the cleanest reference headphones I’ve ever used. Highly recommended by most of my professional engineering buddies.
Fits right inside your budget.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DT990Pro/

(I don’t recommend mixing on headphones though, best used as a reference check).

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Have a pair of 990’s myself, best part about them is there is no ear fatigue

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I wish their was a place to check out all of these headphones, I’d like to have a look at some 990s, the frequency range is ridiculous.

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I have the AKG’s also there real good, you should also listen to the BD’s because they are both different but both real good and the 2 best available in that pricerange imo

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Agree, the 990’s and the AKG 240 are my favorites, one is closed the other open, i should try both of hem and see witch one you like best, the 990 has more bass imo

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The 990s are 20 years old or something.

As Liam1985 said, the Audio Technica ATH-50s.

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A good pair of Studio Monitors?

I’m dumb and didn’t read OP well enough. Never mind me.

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Beyerdynamic headphones are excellent. I use the DT880 32ohm. Cost me 300 at the time, but well worth it.

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Get BX8a’s. I got a pair of them from Guitar Center for $200 three or four years ago during a sale and they are still incredible. They actually got run over by a jeep repeatedly last weekend after a show I did where I used them as monitors. I asked a friend to put them in his car and instead he just put them next to it. It was dark and I assumed he had done what I told him so I just got in the car and didn’t think anything of it. We had definitely run over both speakers multiple times before inferring that we weren’t just dealing with a “really rocky driveway”. The front paneling is crack on one of them and they are covered in mud, but the sound quality is still great.

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They are back on sale for 399$ new at GC.

I suggest them HEAVILY!

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Only ever tried the AKG’s but I love them. Fidelity is sweet. Only issue is that you need to be careful not to break the connector between the cans and the band.