Any comments on Krk rokit rp5?

[Hydesg]

let say i have a budget of 500 for a pair of active monitors
what do you guys recommend?

 

[fibredrive]

rp5's are good for their price range. think its the best in that price range in fact. the others hovering in that range could be your yamaha MSP3, M-Audio BX5, Samson Resolvs. But having heard all, think the RP5 still above the competition. MSP3 actually a close second, but i find it has a tad too much high end. imho la. cheers

 

[bernardgoh]

i've one pair in my studio but imho, i think is good for tv mix. i just find that the low end is uncontrollable. but overall, $500+ for a pair of actice monitor. good deals...

 

[veganbleu]

Hmmm what's your definition for good for tv mix? You mean it's good to mix for tv on these speakers?

 

[Hydesg]

what about mixing bass n guitars?
n drums etc?
ahaha

by the way

i plugged my distortion pedal straight into my sound card
it doesnt sound nice
i think it clips badly
do i need a DI box?

 

[bernardgoh]

Hmmm what's your definition for good for tv mix? You mean it's good to mix for tv on these speakers?

Yeah, IMO, i think is a great monitoe to mix for TV programs.

 

[fibredrive]

what about mixing bass n guitars?
n drums etc?
ahaha

by the way

i plugged my distortion pedal straight into my sound card
it doesnt sound nice
i think it clips badly
do i need a DI box?

rp5 seems to have a little less definition on the low end. seems floppy to me. but anyways, any monitors u buy, be it KRK or Genelecs, you gotta "learn" your monitors. keep listening to ur cds on it, and soon u'll get the hang of it. guess for "good" monitors, u can hear subtleties alot better. but i guess alot of factors come into play, including ur room acoustics etc.
currently, i am using headphones to mix. sony 7506. good enuff. my mixes aren't pro, but they ain't that bad either. listenable. keke.
i came close to buyign the rp5, but decided against it in the end.

if clip badly, then ya, maybe DI will help. what soundcard u have? i used to record thru a creative live! value card. hehe. worked for me for awhile at least. till it died.

 

[Hydesg]

im using a emu 1212m sound card
haha

it has TRS balanced inputs and outputs though

it doesnt work with my current speakers despite using an adaptor
30dollars creative speakers
haha
so i was wondering what monitors should i get to compliment this great sound card
after all it doesnt really justify it uses playing a 30 dollars speaker thru a 300 dollars sound card

i have a budget for 500

by the way is behringer DI box usable?
heard bad things about the brand though

i saw this DI box retailing at 55 dollars

 

[bernardgoh]

very true, you need to learn your monitor no matter what. room acoustic and all other things play a big part too. NS10 is my official ear tuned monitor. use to the sound on that monitor. genelec is good but when i mix rock music, prefer to stick with my NS10m. can't go way wrong on that pairs of yamaha sweeties.

 

[fibredrive]

hey bernard, regarding the NS10M, must be old pair? out of production? legendary stuff tho. heard some put a single ply tissue covering the tweeter to reduce the highs, that true?

emu1212M, good stuff. using the digidesign ad/da apparently? that true too? cool. wanted to get those but stuck with echo mia midi. heh.
anyways, behringer DI - usable. like i tell some folks, behringer products is a "heng sway" thing. u heng, ur product will last u a while lor.

for $500, get the RP5's, top up another $5 and get ur DI. ta dah. ur ready to rock bro. dun forget to post up some good stuff..

 

[Hydesg]

question
when i record sitting close to the monitor

with the distortion pedal plugged direct into the soundcard

the guitar picks up noise frm the monitor


would the DI box reduce this hum/noise?

 

[fibredrive]

don't think so.

with single coils, the hum is louder. with humbuckers, its much better. what you do is angle ur body/guitar in a certain way to get rid of the hum. you gotta find the "sweet spot". thash what i did.

dun think there's anything u can do about it. for me, i just turn 180 deg away whenever i hit the record button..keke.

 

[ChanMin]

hmmm i got myself a set of dimarzio noiseless single coils.. its completely silent ... but the lace sensor holygrail was really by far the quietest pickups..but output was very low.