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Hello, i'm looking to buy some nice new or used monitors. Mostly for listening to music. Some video and vidya.
I really like 50s 60s 70s music, which is mastered very differently than newer stuff, so hopefully both would sound good.
I dont really care about bass nor listen to much electronic music and hip hop.
Later I plan to get some annoyingly bright studio monitors for mastering sound, but I'd hope for these to not be fatiguing for long term listening
I dont know too much about speakers. My friends dad used to have a garage full of vtg speakers, 100s of pairs. I'd give him $40 or some pills and he'd hook me up with some big wonderful speakers I would play to death over a few months. I do know that its possible to get large speakers, than can be played at low volume but still be able to hear everything, and wont give you a headache after listening for 8 hours straight. If it makes a difference I would probably be 2-4ft away from the speakers most of the time. I remember big speakers were better than any headphones for counter strike noise detection.
I also do not have any amp, just a Mac Pro, so I could get something cheap on craigslist, or maybe decent amps are affordable these days, Google play integration might be cool?
I'm researching but if anyone has some advice or other sites/forums to search, would be appreciated.
I really like 50s 60s 70s music, which is mastered very differently than newer stuff, so hopefully both would sound good.
I dont really care about bass nor listen to much electronic music and hip hop.
Later I plan to get some annoyingly bright studio monitors for mastering sound, but I'd hope for these to not be fatiguing for long term listening
I dont know too much about speakers. My friends dad used to have a garage full of vtg speakers, 100s of pairs. I'd give him $40 or some pills and he'd hook me up with some big wonderful speakers I would play to death over a few months. I do know that its possible to get large speakers, than can be played at low volume but still be able to hear everything, and wont give you a headache after listening for 8 hours straight. If it makes a difference I would probably be 2-4ft away from the speakers most of the time. I remember big speakers were better than any headphones for counter strike noise detection.
I also do not have any amp, just a Mac Pro, so I could get something cheap on craigslist, or maybe decent amps are affordable these days, Google play integration might be cool?
I'm researching but if anyone has some advice or other sites/forums to search, would be appreciated.