I used to use one (not a pair, just one) of those myself as a monitor when (in a previous life) I used to play keyboards at church. They have an excellent sound quality and very low noise.

Although for entertainment purposes I prefer my 7.1 S750’s

Cheers,

Mike

http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/music/att/ns10.html

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Tannoy-Reveal-8d-Active-Studio-Reference-Monitor?sku=604105

The idea is to have them facing your ears at ear level “right up close” so that a bass guitar, for example, sounds as close to the natural amplified sound as possible, a synth sounds like you DI’d it and so on. You can’t Mix on a “nice” or “good” or “great” system as the person playing the track won’t have anything like that. They might have a tiny transistor listening to radio or TV (compressed to hell) or an iPOD/MP3 player or a concert hall system broadcasting at the Albert Hall or Sydney Opera house, or even The Who or Pink Floyd’s heady 70’s “live” systems.

Presently I have a pair of NS10’s (very old), a pair of MS16 from Behringer:

http://www.behringer.com/ms16/index.cfm?lang=ENG

and a pair of MS20’s from the same company.

http://www.behringer.com/MS20/index.cfm?lang=ENG

We’re not talking about these being “Super Hi-Fi”. That’s exactly what one wants to avoid in fact. Indeed their sonic charateristics are, if anything, designed to be bland.

70 Watts RMS per channel (7 channels)
210 Watts RMS subwoofer
Frequency Response: 20Hz ~ 40kHz
SNR: 99dB

LOL @ The PA system - you should maybe moun the speakers on or inside a wall and get your desk under them

Looking forward to the beta!

Cheers,

Mike

Yep, beautful speakers, but not really suitable to me. Warm, for most of my work, is undesirable. I’m in the market for a new set of studio reference monitors later this year. Reference monitors should be flat. People who hear them tned to hate them. It’s because they are not supposed to be coloured in anyway frequency wise. Else they’re not much use as a “reference”.

I do have another PA system (15″ drivers) rated at 500 watts RMS @ 8 ohms but there is no way I can fit them inside and still have room for me to get into the house.

Thanks for the beta test offer. I’ve added you and as soon as I have something safely tucked into an installer (next week I hope, preferably by Monday) I’ll send you a link to give it a spin!

I can imagine sometimes when I could have used a tool like this. Excellent work, Scott. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it. Need a beta tester?

Regarding speakers. Another recommendation for you. Creative Gigaworks S750. These babies: http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=113&product=9306

The sound quality is absolutely superb. Nice warm sound with all frequencies very well reproduced.

Oh, and the power? Awesome.

I’ll have to blog a proper review on these at some point