Meyer Sound

The Meyer Sound HD-1's are a set of high definition, active studio monitors. They are sold as individual speakers I believe, and are pretty much suitable for whatever sort of use you'd like to use them for. Having said this, they're probably best suited as near field monitors for monitoring and mixing. The HD-1's would also be suitable for mastering and other audio applications. You've got room control in the back and all that, and they don't require any sort of power amplifier since they are active and already have one built in. SOUNDS The Meyer Sound HD-1's clearly have an impressive sound, as they're loud and quite bright sounding. They also do have a very nice amount of low end, especially impressive since there isn't any subwoofer. However, in general they're definitely pretty bright sounding, with a very crisp high end response. I've used these monitors for monitoring during tracking, but they can definitely be used for any sort of use inside the studio. These sound like they would be perfect for mixing because of their super detailed sound, but I've yet to try them for this application. OVERALL OPINION The Meyer Sound HD-1's definitely belong in a professional studio, as they have a big studio type of sound for sure. I don't think that they would be my first choice for a set of all purpose monitors if I were putting together a professional studio since they're a bit bright sounding for me, but they should definitely be in the discussion. Of course they're going to cost you a good amount of money, although I'm not really sure how much we're talking exactly. If you're looking into a set of high end studio monitors for your professional recording studio, I'd encourage you to shoot out the HD-1's along with some of the other high end monitors out there...

The Meyer Sound UM-1P is a stage monitor for live shows, designed to give the musicians on stage a proper sound to hear everything with. I'm usually not a live sound guy, but the studio that I work at recently had a show with a bunch of bands and the PA we were using had these as stage monitors. Meyer calls these monitors 'Narrow Coverage' stage monitors, I guess because they're best to place in a certain area for a certain section of a band or a single musician to have. While I wasn't performing while we were using these, we did full sound checks and all to make sure everything was okay before hand, and these monitors sounded great up there. I could tell that all of the artists performing could hear themselves well, as we made sure that everything was okay and the response was overwhelming good. Obviously, it's incredibly important that everyone is able to hear on stage, as it affects the way you play. If you can't hear properly, it's hard to play properly! As I stated earlier, I don't do live sound very often so I don't know all of the factors when choosing a good stage monitor, but it seemed pretty obvious to me that these were better than average monitors. They're not too heavy as well, making them easy to move around the stage where you want them. We had about three of four of them on stage at once, but I would guess that a pair of them would do the trick in smaller settings. Not sure the price on these, but if you want some solid stage monitors that will get the job done well, the Meyer Sound UM-1P's are definitely a good option and should be checked out for anyone putting together an adequate live sound rig.