Monitors for Voyager. Small & expensive or large & cheaper?

[fantastic_apparatus]

Get the sub. I've got that SBX10 in my studio (paired with some adam A7's) and the low end is magic with the voyager. You would be doing yourself an injustice missing out on the insane moog low end without a sub. Quality headphones and a "bass shaker" transducer for your chair might work as well if volume is an issue.

[MBlom]

Get a decent pair of 8" active monitors. Then later you can add a sub. I'm using Mackie HR824's which I picked up for $800 used plus a Blue Sky 12" sub that was $400 new.

Congrats on the GF upgrade... Does she have a sister?

Stephen




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He he. Actually she does, though they're under aged. I just barely made it

[MBlom]

Get the sub. I've got that SBX10 in my studio (paired with some adam A7's) and the low end is magic with the voyager. You would be doing yourself an injustice missing out on the insane moog low end without a sub. Quality headphones and a "bass shaker" transducer for your chair might work as well if volume is an issue.

Good to hear! I'm just gonna try some other speakers first to make sure I don't miss out on too much high frequencies with my AV 40s. Borrowed a pair of Dynaudio from the music store, but they're XLR in and I don't have that cord at home. Bummer! A/B testing tomorrow then, so for now it's just play play play fun fun fun!

[MBlom]

Tried a Dynaudio BM5A MkII next to one of my AV40 today and there was as expected a difference in clarity but not that obvious, to my ears at least. So I'll be allright with my small monitors together with the SBX10 sub for quite a while and then if I feel the need I'll get a pair of expensive small monitors. Glad I tried another set of monitors so I know how my monitors are compared to some one or two steps up the ladder.

[MBlom]

Got the SBX10 today and it delivered bass allright. Unfortunately waaay too much. I could only use the volume control up to 5%. I didn't realise a sub would give that much power. Should've taken the 240W spec more into account. Think I'll try to return it tomorrow. Or exchange for a pair of 6-7" monitors. Bummer. Really thought this sub would be great, but it's just too much. And I won't enjoy playing if I too easily will worry about disturbing the neighbours.

[Vsyevolod]

You have -30db to +6db adjustable gain on that sucker. Did you try turning it down? Just trying to save you from an obvious mistake...

Stephen




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[MBlom]

Yes, I brought it all the way down and then up about 5%. Can't imagine the windows being intact if I'd pushed it all the way up.

But thanks for mentioning. I would've kicked myself in the head if I'd missed that and returned it.

[Vsyevolod]

There is also the possibility that you have some room resonances affecting certain bass frequencies. Try moving the sub to different places in the room. Sometimes just moving the sub a foot or two will dramatically change the sound.

Stephen




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[MBlom]

Got a pair of M-Audio BX8 D2 today. Much more maneageable and still some solid bass. Now I'm pleased!

[Vsyevolod]

Ahhhh, fantastic. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

Stephen




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[MBlom]

Gotta say, for that price... It's a lot of Moogbass bang for the buck. I'd much rather spend my money on instruments when you can get monitors like these for $400