Good deal?

[JD01]

Anyone got any experience of these? This deal sounds good.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/069450490 ... itors-pair

[WhiskeyJack]

I see that open links in new window is also botched. Add that to the list.

[JD01]

Hmm. Good thing we didn't open the doors!

[liv_rong]

I see that open links in new window is also botched. Add that to the list.

Works for me?

[WhiskeyJack]

Yes, it will open the link in a new tab but it also open the link in the tab you clicked it in.

[liv_rong]

Yes, it will open the link in a new tab but it also open the link in the tab you clicked it in.

Odd. Is that maybe a browser issue?

[ido1957]

Mike's company is a Focal distributor. Hugely popular nowadays. He has some 3 foot high Focal speakers which sound great. I'd say go for it.

[JD01]

Cheers, I've done a lot more reading up about these since. They seem to have come out 4 or 5 years ago and were pretty well liked.

I was looking at getting budget monitors that would have been 260 a pair anyway so these could work for me. I'll have decided by this evening! So I can get them delivered on Friday when I am at home.

[jonny deep]

I demoed a bunch of monitors in Guitar Guitar in Epsom. The best they had by far were a small pair of Focals. They outshone the much larger Adams, Rokits and Mackies plus others they had on display. These ones were £900 each, mind.

[ocnor]

A pair of these is what I use.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/JBL1357/a ... ingle-unit

[JD01]

Decided to go for it in the end. I was fucking about procrastinating about what monitors to get when I've never owned a pair. I won't know what I like, what I need and what suits me until I've actually owned a pair. The brand have a great reputation, they've got excellent reviews and it seems like a really good deal with a big discount. I also haven't put an expense claim in at work for 6 months and totalled it up this morning. The bastards owe me 500 quid, so I should have enough left over for a cheapish bass next month too.

[Greg_L]

I should have enough left over for a cheapish bass next month too.

No, you need to do some basic room treatments. Monitors are wonderful. Monitors in a bad room though might be as troublesome as just mixing on headphones.

[JD01]

Will be a while before I work out what room treatment I need. My room is at a bit of a funny angle and there monitors will be facing a massive sofa.

[liv_rong]

Im not an expert or anything, but any kind of treatment is going to make a difference. And by any I dont mean foam products either. I bet for what you spend on a bass you could get yourself started easily.

[Greg_L]

Im not an expert or anything, but any kind of treatment is going to make a difference. And by any I dont mean foam products either. I bet for what you spend on a bass you could get yourself started easily.

Yup.

[rayc]

At least deal with the corners.

[JD01]

New monitors work... but like a total pleb I took all of my patch cables to Bristol with me to a couple of weeks ago to use on my weekday pedalboard so I don't have any spare to connect my monitors to my interface - Just had nick a few off my pedalboard here instead. Frustrating!

[jonny deep]

New monitors work... but like a total pleb I took all of my patch cables to Bristol with me to a couple of weeks ago to use on my weekday pedalboard so I don't have any spare to connect my monitors to my interface - Just had nick a few off my pedalboard here instead. Frustrating!

You might want balanced cables from your interface to your monitors.

[JD01]

Yeah, I will. But beggars/choosers etc.

I've just ordered some now - I needed some longer ones anyway. My pedal board patch cables are tiny - there's very little noise from them though, actually.

[Greg_L]

I've just ordered some now - I needed some longer ones anyway. My pedal board patch cables are tiny - there's very little noise from them though, actually.

That's cuz they're little. Unbalanced cables long enough to actually use for monitors can get noisy.