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Mix Real-World Reviews: Every 2024 Live Monitoring Review
Here, we look back at the live sound monitoring gear that our reviewers tested in 2024.
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Mix Real-World Reviews: Every 2024 Studio Monitoring Review
Here, we look back at the studio monitoring gear—not just monitors themselves—that our reviewers tested in 2024.
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Steven Slate Audio VSX — A Mix Real-World Review
Steven Slate Audio has introduced VSX, a headphones/plug-in studio monitoring system based around what it calls Binaural Perception Modeling.
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KRK ROKIT 7 Generation Five Studio Monitors — A Mix Real-World Review
Our reviewer found the new KRK ROKIT 7 Generation Fives "are the best version yet of these already popular monitors." Find out why in...
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JH Audio Pearl + Ruby IEMs — A Mix Real-World Review
JH Audio’s Pearl + Ruby IEM system is a premium in-ear monitor system, so veteran live sound pro Steve La Cerra put them to...
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LD Systems MON 10 A G3 Stage Monitor—A Mix Real-World Review
LD Systems recently released the Mon 10 A G3 floor wedge, and we put it through the paces to see how it performed.
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Focal Professional Trio6 ST6 — A Mix Real-World Review
Focal Professional has created a three-way monitor that’s smooth, musical and focused
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Sony MDR-MV1 Studio Monitor Headphones — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
To test a pair of Sony MDR-MV1 Studio Monitor Headphones, we took them far, far afield...and then started recording.
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SPL MTC Mk2 Monitor Controller – A Mix Real-World Review
Studio owner Rob Tavaglione spent months working with the SPL MTC Mk2 Monitor Controller for this Mix Real-World Review.
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KRK GoAux 3 Portable Monitor System – A Real-World Review
KRK's new GoAux Portable Monitor Systems were announced today, but we got our hands on a pair early to put them to the test...
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Focal Alpha Twin Evo – A Real-World Review
Reviewer Mike Levine finds that the Focal Alpha Twin Evo studio monitor is "an excellent choice at a surprisingly low cost."
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Ocean Way Audio Pro3 – A Real-World Review
Mike Levine puts Ocean Way Audio's Pro3 Studio Monitors to the test and finds they offer "exceptional clarity and detail." Find out more in...
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Review: IK Multimedia iLoud MTM Reference Monitors
Excellent Bass Response, Stereo Imaging, Calibration in a Desktop Unit
2019
P.A. Monitor Systems 2019
Manufacturers are responding to the now-decade long boom in touring, not to mention the rise in permanent installations for event and corporate spaces
2016
Genelec 8350A SAM and 7360ASAM Monitors
Smart active monitors with sophisticated correction software
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Samson Resolv RXA5 and RXA6 Monitors: Ribbon Tweeter, Rear Port, HF/LF Controls
It seems that every month a new studio monitor hits stores. Companies with many years in the game, like JBL, Tannoy and Genelec, are...
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Genelec M040 Active Monitors: Entry-Level Speaker for Music Creators
Genelec speakers, manufactured since 1978, are as common today in professional recording environments as the venerable Yamaha NS-10s were in the 1980s. Various models...
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Mackie MRmk3 Series Monitors: Three Affordable Speakers and Companion Sub
Mackie has been a mainstay in the studio equipment world since the early ‘90s, making its early mark with mixers and making big inroads...
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ADAM F7 Monitors: Great-Sounding, Small Footprint, Two-Way Speakers
This German company started out in 1999 with strictly high-end offerings, which were endorsed by many high-profile audio engineers. That “high dollar, rarified air”...
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PreSonus Sceptre S6: High-Tech Studio Monitor Features Coaxial Alignment and DSP
Coaxial, or dual-concentric, speakers have been around for several decades, falling in and out of favor. The PreSonus Sceptre S6 active studio monitor combines...
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Barefoot Sound MiniMain12 Monitors: Seven Drivers and Speaker Emulation Bring Honest Reproduction
Thomas Barefoot may not be a household name, but any serious recording engineer has heard of his speakers, even if they have not had...
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Yamaha HS8 Active Studio Monitor: Crystal-Clear, Wide-Range Response at an Affordable Price
Seven years ago, I reviewed Yamaha’s HS Series monitors (the HS50M monitor and HS10W subwoofer in Mix’s April 2006 issue) and was mightily impressed....
