Need Monitors

So, I’ve been looking around at monitors lately cause since my move here I haven’t had any which kinda sucks cause trying to mix in headphones is a joke. Essentially there are only two pairs which I would consider at the moment, the Dynaudio BM15A and the ADAM S3A.

Generally speaking the Adam’s sound a bit sharper with both more definition on the top and bottom end but that isn’t to say the Dynaudio’s are lacking, they just aren’t really in the same class. Hence the enormous price difference, a pair of Dynaudio BM15A’s will set me back around €2500.00 whereas the ADAM S3A’s will set me back around about €4000.00. Funny too cause I think they’re made in Berlin so you’d think a small discount would be possible but not a chance. Prices are so screwed in Euro anyhow, essentially whan you’re paying in Euro your paying the same dollar price as they do in the States, it’s just the Euro is more powerful so in actual fact we are paying more for items than just about anyone (apart from the UK that is!!). With taxes going up by 3% next year it ain’t helping things either.

After this purchase I then need to consider getting a soundcard, cause since selling my ProTools box last year in Sydney I haven’t purchased another one. I was innitially going to get either an RME Fireface 800 or a Metric Halo 2882 I/O but in the meantime Apogee came out with their Ensemble. This is a perfect choice since it has been designed with Logic in mind which I am now predominantly working with (R.I.P ProTools). The only problem I have with this decision so far is that everyone is having some kind of problem (driver related) which I definitely don’t want to deal with if I am investing around about €2000.00.

I therefore came to the decision that the best option with the lowest latency would be, rather than a specific sound card, an AD/DA converter. When considering investing €2000.00+ it would be silly to experience stupid driver problems whilst at the same time experiencing lower quality conversion. So the logical choice is the Lynx Aurora 8, this is a 24bit 192kHz 8 input 8 output AD/DA converter. Much has been said about this converter and I have yet to read anything negative. It is a massive jump in sound quality from the sound cards previously mentioned and will essentially only cost around about €200-€500 more. Anyways, check it out!!