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I am looking for some honest information from all of you. I am planning
on investing a little bit of money into getting a basic bedroom studio and
I am looking for some well-thought, honest answers to some questions that
I am sure you have heard hundreds of times! What kind of gear should I buy?
The traits I am looking for are reliability, good quality sound and good
price. I know you can't have all of these, but I think you see what I am
getting at. Basically I want high quality without a lot of extra features
that I probably will never use.
If you have any info from personal use of a product and have something to
recommend that Iook at, I would really appreciate an e-mail from you letting
me know what you have to say about something!
Mixer for my turntables (Looking at a new djm-300 for $365 right now, any
better values than this?)
Headphones for hone audio/DJ use (rugged, but good sound quality, Sony MDR-
700?)
Studio Monitors (Event 20/20?, more on this below)
Soundcard for PC with MIDI support (looking at MidiMan Audiophile 24/96)
Stereo Receiver (more on this below)
Midi Keyboard Controller (a nice, solid, big controller with assignable
knobs and faders with real keys would be nice!)
About the monitors. I am also looking for opinions on buying powered monitors
vs unpowered monitors. I will probably end up getting a receiver, so I guess
I was wondering how much the receiver would affect them in relation to each
other (ie: sound quality of Event 20/20 vs 20/20bas?). I am probably going
to end up hooking my TV, PC, and other music/video gear into it, so I would
like to have a nice clear and loud sound coming from the speakers.
Thanks for reading this post this far! I am just looking for additional
info from people with experience with this stuff before I go out and drop
alot of money into it.
Thanks ahead of time for anyone who replies!
joe.
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