Hardware Compare top rated Studio Monitor Speakers equipment for your home recording studio

You write and perform GREAT music. You've gotta record it and get it out there.

• Budget: M-Audio Studiophile AV30 Professional Reference Speakers

• Quality: Alesis M1ACTIVE520PAIR Alesis Pair 50W Active 2 Way Monitors

• Top: KRK Rokit G2 RP8 Bi-Amplified 8 140 Watt Active Powered Studio Monitor - Single

What's wrong with using the speakers in your home system? Nothing, if you only use them to check your mixes after they've been made. For the mixing process itself, you will need proper monitors. Home speakers tend to flatter the sound with equalization settings hardwired in. Using monitors with flat frequency response will give you a more accurate sound to mix.

Monitors can be near-field for setups where you will be listening at close range, or far-field for larger spaces. They may be full range speakers, or have separate tweeter and woofer units. Choose the appropriate type for the room you have and pay attention to the sound quality specifications of response and sensitivity, power rating.

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Features:
        * 3" composite woofers
        * 3/4 ferrofluid-cooled silk dome tweeters
        * OptImage III tweeter wave guides for superior imaging
        * 15-watt-per-channel amplifier with architecture
        * Magnetic shielding

Description: The Studiophile AV 30 compact powered speakers make it easy to enjoy full, rich sound even when space is limited. The Studiophile AV 30 speakers deliver clear, crisp highs and deep lows, along with superior clarity and imaging. Designed for a variety of mobile and desktop applications where space is at a premium, the speakers include audiophile-grade amplifier architecture as well as RCA and 1/8-inch mini inputs, making them compatible with practically all professional and consumer audio products.

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The Music Zone for $100

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Features:
        * 5" low frequency woofer for clear bass and midrange, 3/4" tweeter for smooth, detailed highs without harshness
        * Top mounted, integrated power switch/clip light bar
        * Bi-amplified design: 25W to the tweeter and 50W to the woofer ensure extremely accurate studio mixing and monitoring
        * Magnetically shielded for placement near TV and computer monitors
        * XLR and 1/4" TRS input connectors with volume control, hi, mid and low frequency EQ boost switches and rear port design for deep bass extension and increased SPL
        * XLR and 1/4" TRS input connectors with volume control, hi, mid and low frequency EQ boost switches
        * Rear port design for deep bass extension and increased SPL

The Alesis M1 Active 520 is a newly designed, high-precision active reference monitor with Bass Density control and EQ. The M1 Active series offers incredible definition and flat frequency response from the high-precision drivers and a professionally crafted crossover. The cabinet and drivers have been redesigned for a bold new look and even greater sonic clarity

Buy and love the Quality: Alesis M1ACTIVE520PAIR Alesis Pair 50W Active 2 Way Monitors from:

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The Music Zone for $170-190

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Features:
        * Radically curved front plate design virtually eliminates diffraction distortion
        * Waveguide design provides amazing detail and imaging
        * Front-firing port provides low freq extension without boundary coupling
        * New speaker voicing for even more accurate frequency response
        * 1-inch Neodymium soft dome tweeter
KRK has designed a superior tweeter wave guide for the Rokit that provides optimal high frequency pattern control and focuses the sound outward, away from the cabinet. You'll find plenty of input options with your Rokit, sure to accommodate any studio environment. So if it's RCA, Quarter-Inch (balanced/unbalanced) or XLR inputs you require, Rokit has got you covered. Front-firing bass port, soft-domed tweeter, glass aramid composite yellow cone are still there, but the G2 Rokit's feature refined voicing and a new curved baffle that looks great, reduces diffraction and provides even better monitoring accuracy.

Buy and love the Top: KRK Rokit G2 RP8 Bi-Amplified 8 140 Watt Active Powered Studio Monitor - Single from:

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The Music Zone for $249

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