Considering you’ve used an inappropriate adjective for speaker descriptions, I’ll consider you’re opinion moot.
Also for other people wondering, I’ll present some facts for you to judge by yourself.
*KRK monitors - most don’t handle/have over 100 watts
*floor speakers - most home audio floor speakers start at 100-150 watts
*KRK monitors - self powered at the above stated power
*floor speakers - powered by home audio amps, or any other amp you can find. Generally, home audio component amps start in the 300-400 watt range. Also, they process the sound and offer choice for types of processing.
Disclaimer - if you want flat production sound at lower wattage when DJing and not doing production, it’s understandable how KRK’s would sound a lot better.
Thank you. You’re right. I used an inappropriate term…except that badly designed crossovers, lousy coils, and lousy cones do alter the the signal in a way that is mathematically identical to adding something other than the intended signal to what you perceive, which I choose to call it noise, since its the correct term for that type of effect.
Perhaps you’d like to educate me by suggesting a set of speakers and an amp I can look at that sound better than RP5s at the same volume for similar money.
Wattage doesn’t mean anything.
i would only buy studio monitors if you want to PRODUCE your own sound in your studio.
if you only want to LISTEN to already finished and mastered sound, i would recommend a HIFI or a PA speaker.
if you live with neighboors where it’s not possible to hear your djing on a PA (its the nearest you can get with the sound to your live-conditions) the only choice you have are good hifi speakers.
if you don’t want to spend too much money i would suggest a: LD Systems Dave 8 XS – Thomann Österreich
its a rebuilt of the old Syrincs M3-230 which aren’t build anymore and sound really good and powerfull for these small speakers and the small budget.
hint: by judging and comparing the specs of speakers don’t forget to mention what your ear is actually capable of receiving. spending more money to have speakers which can get up to 30000 hz is really senseless if you are a human and no bat ^^
Brief question why doesn’t anybody on here ever use decent monitors???
I’d have started backpedaling at this point as well if I were you. Smart move, kid.
So you can get a 250 watt system to crank as loud as a 500 watt system? You have a bright future in engineering. Stop wasting your time on message boards, bud.
Stop spreading all that logical sense around.
Actually yes you can quite easily if not many times more. Wattage is all marketing and it depends on the sensitivity of the driver. 100w through a bill fitzmaurice system is comparable to 400w+ if not more out of most powered speakers.
Every driver has a different db/wattage ratio so just comparing wattage doesn’t mean anything. Who doesn’t know what they’re talking about again?
Because they’re expensive. The cheap nearfield monitors that a lot of us are recommending are basically self-powered bookshelf speakers that eschew a lot of the processing hifi systems use to further screw up the music you’re trying to play. They’re loud, easy to manage, easy to set up, and they sound better than any comparably priced hifi system.
There are a couple guys on here who have Events, and there are a few of us who’ve used Genelecs. There are probably a couple who’ve heard a real main monitoring system of some kind. But none of us would spend that much to listen to us DJ in our bedrooms. That’s dumb.
I’d have started reading by this point if I were you. Oh well.
But, don’t bother answering me. I won’t see any of your posts again.
I was going with a bit of cynicism, but obviously missed. lol. Bottom line is I have old school floor speakers hooked up to a 200 watt amp in my studio for DJing. They do now, and have always sounded better for that purpose when compared to any of the KRK line that I have heard at a few different places. They are just as clear, closer sounding to a club system, and louder. I did that for the same price as KRK Rockit 5. Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I got lucky. Let me put it this way…
When I spin at home, I can play as loud as I want. I’ve spent the money on a place that lets me crank it up as loud as possible… louder than studio monitors can ever go. I want to shake the room a little. Floor speakers do that. Do that with monitors, and you blow out the expensive equipment.
Honestly, it’s a bit surprising people are so ready to argue this. The whole time, I’m trying to get the point across that studio monitors just aren’t the right route to play music at high volumes. While they can go loud, they aren’t meant to go as loud as component speakers for a component stereo system. Also, monitors are made to have a flat sound… the others are not.