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Just because they are white! LOL! Will look awesome in my Star Wars themed home studio! Full Storm Trooper mix!

The Yamaha emblem even bears a slight resemblance to the First Order symbol, lol.

Get yer stormtrooper on Jer - those things are calling you out! Or just get some white Krylon for your current monitors.

Dude those are sick!

I just want some monitors...

Been building up a head of steam to get a pair of HN8's.
38hz to 30khz is pretty good for 8" speakers.

itchyfingers wrote:The Yamaha emblem even bears a slight resemblance to the First Order symbol, lol.

Get yer stormtrooper on Jer - those things are calling you out! Or just get some white Krylon for your current monitors.

Oh, I'mma git deez! Gotta sell my current monitors though...

Steinmetzify wrote:Dude those are sick!

I just want some monitors...

Right??? I have some nice 8' monitors that are a tad too big for my actual space! I make you good deal! They came highly recommended from Loop when I bought them.

ajaxlepinski wrote:Been building up a head of steam to get a pair of HN8's.
38hz to 30khz is pretty good for 8" speakers.

Yeah the 8" are not too much more expensive but like I posted above and the other day, my space is 10x12.5 and I think the 8" are just too big to be effective in my space. I could be wrong though. I am assuming these 6.5's will be a bit fuller than the HS5's and thus probably not require a sub

JerEvil wrote:38hz to 30khz is pretty good for 8" speakers.

Yeah the 8" are not too much more expensive but like I posted above and the other day, my space is 10x12.5 and I think the 8" are just too big to be effective in my space. I could be wrong though. I am assuming these 6.5's will be a bit fuller than the HS5's and thus probably not require a sub[/quote]


My space is really tight too. But, I MUST have HS8's!!!!

The issue with powered monitors (IMHO) is the rear connectors.
I know that you shouldn't put monitors flat against the wall (for acoustical reasons) and you can't anyway, because of the power line and speaker cables. But still, I wish monitors came with the connectors on the sides - you need at least 5" between the monitor and the wall.... rear connectors take up a lot of space and it's annoying.
The 12/15 cabinet that Mort built for me has the jacks on the side and it's a serious blessing!
I've been considering putting speaker jacks on the sides of my amps, just to save space and to make changing amps & cabs easier and faster.

I've been mixing on headphones and recently brought over a CD to a friends house, who has a sub woofer on his stereo.
I was shocked, stupefied and astonished to hear that my songs had low end! I mean, I didn't hear any of that low end when I mixed and I didn't really do much EQing.
It was pretty strange and cool at the same time, to hear that low end magically appear out of nowhere!

These are not the tones you're looking for

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nohQReM7BpI[/video]

Chewbacca = \m/

Empire's Monitors is goodz

Jer - I've got a pearl-white Rokit 5" pair in fantastic condition. If you want to get some others and do a trade, I'd love to have black ones.

They look like this...

The strict utilitarian within me is crying, but you guys just convinced me to match all my gear to a uniform color/theme. Here go the next few paychecks...

Steinmetzify wrote:Dude those are sick!

I just want some monitors...

Makes a huge difference in everything



I would play those monitors bigly.

I has deez! Hs7's. Awesome. Tried to attach a picture but it won't let me. : (

I got the white headphones.

Monitors are next. Gotta sell my current 8's though.

GC's website has white JBL LSR305 monitors for buy one, get one half off. Totals out to $225 + tax. They don't look quite as cool as the Yamahas, but I have the regular black ones and they work great.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/JBL/LSR305- ... n-White.gc

Edit: just realized you need 8" monitors

LukeBurke1 wrote:GC's website has white JBL LSR305 monitors for buy one, get one half off. Totals out to $225 + tax. They don't look quite as cool as the Yamahas, but I have the regular black ones and they work great.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/JBL/LSR305- ... n-White.gc

Edit: just realized you need 8" monitors

I have 8's that I am sizing down from. I like the Yamaha's since they are 6's. A slight bit more low end but not too big for my room.

Never tried any of the the JBL stuff... you like them?

JerEvil wrote:

LukeBurke1 wrote:GC's website has white JBL LSR305 monitors for buy one, get one half off. Totals out to $225 + tax. They don't look quite as cool as the Yamahas, but I have the regular black ones and they work great.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/JBL/LSR305- ... n-White.gc

Edit: just realized you need 8" monitors

I have 8's that I am sizing down from. I like the Yamaha's since they are 6's. A slight bit more low end but not too big for my room.

Never tried any of the the JBL stuff... you like them?

I do. I bought mine from Sweetwater a couple Black Fridays ago. They had them for $100 each and they had pretty good ratings everywhere, so I took a chance on them. They seem pretty neutral and give a pretty honest reference. I've been pretty happy with them. I'm actually looking to pick up a second pair to hook up to my record player