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M-Audio AV 30

Active Monitor from M-Audio belonging to the Studiophile series

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«  Multimedia? Yes. Monitoring? No! »

Published on 03/15/11 at 18:44
Best value: Excellent
Bossant as sound engineer, when I decided to ride my little studio in my power to work a bit at home, they seemed to me good value for money! I did not exceed 200 € and for working to correct this price we all know that there's nothing wrong! Except this pair of M-Audio seemed, with critics generally pretty good and a price that suited me I thought it might do the trick of my personal station.
But for the chance to compare it be said: quality multimedia speakers? yes! The nearfield monitoring? No. (Distribution systems of new cars are even much higher quality!)

SOUNDS

With regard to description and technical, see below, everything is there.

Wanting to monitor, the speakers handle especially at low and high frequencies, but in addition to the hurt they really forget to be midrange yet put forward during the reading of the draft on the speakers lounge!

The high frequencies are still relatively good, we can distinguish without too much difficulty the problems of these frequencies and thus can be treated accordingly.

For low cons ... The speakers are equipped with a switchable bass boost on the back that nobody has ever had to use so they send low! Except that enough is enough, that a balance is difficult to find and for good reason, that dynamic does not meet the true frequencies of a kick or bass but slightly above.
(I really see the true frequency curve!) So do not mix properly with this problem is low or the crash insured on another broadcast system!

The stereo is pretty good, if we put aside the fact that it is very difficult to detect a phase problem with them and it's my headphone that opened my ears to this subject.

OVERALL OPINION

So in summary of the high-end multimedia speakers? Yes, no problem! And if you buy them for that is the right choice, rather than seek Behringer or Samson! Thus you will discover a whole new way your library album with some fun!

For the recording of an artist who is accompanied to the folk guitar, synth, vocals percussion and some I would say they are also more than enough!

But if you enter the complete recording with drums, bass, 25 tracks to mix, drop and continue to save for taking real nearfield!
Quite simply plugging in a mini-jack and the switch "bass boost" on the back are proof that they are not destined for a real studio.

I descend from X rows? That's true but everyone has said much good so far so I would save € 160 pe a budding sound engineer who is left to buy it. Nevertheless they remain the best choice below 200 €! So a board that will save a lot of mix, save a little more and buy quality monitor speakers;)