On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:42:33PM -0700, R Parker wrote: > I've got a pair of Alesis M1 Active and a pair of > Mackie HR824. > > I love the Alesis because they are cheap and tougher > than nails. Mine have been abused to no end for about > four or five years. I can mix on these things until my > eyes fall out. I did that too, and now one of mine is dead :( Still I think there were very good, and if its not fixiable I will buy more. My suspicion is that they didn't like being switch on and off at the wall socket - which I've been doing daily for a few years. I have a big swichbox that controls 10+ sockets, including my monitors. Probably a bad idea. > When I purchased the HR824 I compared them to about > eight other leading studio monitor manufacturers > products--I'm not talking about the super high end > stuff. The comparisons were all done in the same room. > I used a half dozen CDs with million dollar > productions. Hands down, they sound better than all > the others. I was really impressed by how bad some > monitors sounded. There's a couple monitor > manufacturers getting very good reviews but their > product is garbage. A little research revealed that > these manufacturers are not audio experts, they are > video experts designing audio monitors. Which ones do you think are crap out of interest? > Phreak the chains, ride the trains, why not you, why > not me, choosing monitors is a crazy lottery, you > spin, you win, you loose, you choose; blah:blah, > blah:blah, blah, blop! Wow Ron, I can smell the coffee from here ;) - Steve
