A friend of mine has the K271 (Golden coloured sides), they're fine for doing light work.
On the other hand: I don't think I'd mix an album on headphones, especially if you intend to pan anything (ie: you're working in stereo)
Fact is that the brain response *very* differently to sounds near the ears (headphones) or where your stereo speakers normally are.
Also: Beware of KRK Rokits, do some googling for "broken krk rokit 5", read some forums. I've seen the speakers fail, and don't trust them. Mackie MR5's are an alternative to the Yamaha HS50, I like the way they sound, very "clean" "precise" sound if I was to describe it.
I've Tapco S8's here, they're very nice for heavy basslines with the 8 inch woofer you just get that bit more low end. Supposedly they're quite favoured by hip hop artists for good hip hop kick drum rep.
I'd have bought Genelec / Adam if I had lots of cash... but the price to performance of the Tapco S8 is phenomenal compared to the A3X (which was what I was looking at)
Good luck & let us know what you decide on! -Harry
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Artem Vakhitov
<temcat@mail.ru> wrote:
On 21.10.2011 17:37, Jostein Chr. Andersen wrote:
fredagen den 21 oktober 2011 16.39.16 skrev Artem Vakhitov:
For monitors at that price level? Probably not much, except if you are lucky
and get some used good ones.
For headphones it's much easier. I recommend the closed AKG K271 MKII which is
both inexpensive and used by many professionals.
In my opinion: If a mix sounds good in them, then it will sounds good
everywhere and you can easily spot details and problems with them.
AKG K271 MKII are on my watch list. The price is right and the reviews seem to be positive.
Regards,
Artem Vakhitov