How often do you change your studio monitors?

[Drumstruck]

Hi all,

I wonder about this often - sticking with monitors you know / changing to something new .... what are your thoughts / reasons?

My mains (midfield) are a pair of prototype monitors made by Plessey at Villawood that I purchased in 1978 - custom made Plessey crossovers / cabinets with Fostex edgeless woofers / soft-dome mid / soft-dome tweet. Needless to say I love 'em / know 'em / have no plans to change 'em.

My 5.1 setup is C-V and not in the same league...... but they'll do for a while....


What's your stance on your spkrs?

[wez]

Find good ones that you like and learn them inside out.

[rick]

I have had meyer hd-1 since they were released which is like 1989-90 something like that
I have dreams of other moniters i have tried , i am still trying .. I want much bigger speakers much louder
but really how often do i change studio monitors .. every time i find something better

[Chris H]

I have had my B&W 602's since 98 and I still feel most comfortable recording and mixing on them. I have tried 15 inch Tanoy Golds....not used to them.... and my Duntech PCL 10's I love and have mixed a few projects on but I just know the B&W's better.
I have just got some Duntech Esquire's, in transit, so I suppose I will let you know after I have had some time with them.

[Drumstruck]

thanks gents - as I suspected, knowing your spkrs well being more important than keeping up with the latest molypolyunobtainum cones etc.

I remember aurotones being a defacto standard for home reference spkrs, but they seem to have been replaced with various brands nowadays - perhaps this is one area where keeping up with the average home listener's kit means change?

[Barney Loveland]

Hey Rick, out of interest, have you ever or how often do you send the HD1's back for a service?