Tannoy Reveal vs. Behringer Truth

[Guest Glejs]

I'm about to invest my hard-earned cash in a pair

of near-field studio monitors... It's either "Tannoy

Reveal Active", or the "Behringer Truth" one's...

I heard the Tannoy is better for making good mixes,

but the Behringer has more powerful frequency

response blablabla...

 

Which one is the best value for money??

 

Thanks,

 

~Glejs

[Guest Tim]

I'm also invetigating - I am looking at either:

 

Mackie HR824 ($1200 shipped)

Event PS8 ($650-700 shipped)

Tannoy Reveal ($550-650 shipped)

 

From what I can discern, the Mackies are the best, but I am not usre if the PS8's will be good enough for the low-end. I've heard good things about the Tannoy, but they don't seem to have the bottom end I want.

 

I am leaning toward teh mackies, but they are on the large side and 50-70% more money than the others.

 

 

Also, I am contemplating a cheapo Behringer MX802 to give me a main volume knob and a headphone jack - isn't there something else which is less complicated that gives me a volume knob and a 2-output select?

[Guest Glejs]

I've heard lots of good things about the HR824's.. so if you

got the extra cash to spend, spend it.. Otherwise I think

the Tannoy Reveals will do it.. You're right, they don't have

that deep low-end bottom.. at least not in the spec sheet!

I listened to them and I thought they sounded great..

 

But still I'm not sure what to do.. those Behringer Truth's

sound good too.. ahhhhhhhh it's so hard!!

 

~Glejs

[Guest PortaMento]

This is only my opinion but.....I think the Behringers have quite a sharp and unpleasant high end. I haven't tried the Tannoys or the Mackies, but I think the Event PS8's and Alesis M1's sound much better than the Behringers. I bought the Events, because I thought their midfield was a bit better than the M1's.

I don't know how much low end you need, but the Events go down to 35 Hz as I recall.

[Guest Glejs]

Okay.. Will look at the Event PS8 .. I've been comparing the Tannoy Reveal's and Behringer Truth's today and I think I like the Truth's more.. they have much better bass and stuff. Anyways, if the Event PS8's are in the same price class I'll consider them

 

Thanks,

 

~Glejs

[Guest Tim]

PS8 is my other option, but I think I can afford the Mackies, so I'll prolly get those.

[Guest Pswede]

I'm also getting a pair of studiomonitors... But I'm on a budget, so what should I get? (under $500)

[Guest Glejs]

Pswede, take a look at the Behringer Truth's.. They cost

around 5500 kr.. Okay it's a little bit over your budget, but

I've been comparing them with the "Tannoy Reveal" monitors,

which cost closer to 7000.. I'm going for the Truth's. Maybe

they don't sound as clean as the Reveal's, but on the other

hand, the low-end bass is stronger! That's what made me

choose them..

 

Anyways, I'm nowhere near a professional musician

so I think they will suit me perfectly

 

Would probably have bought the Event PS8 if they were

a little bit cheaper, they sound really great.......

 

~Glejs

[Guest suarajana]

i got the ps8's

even though the tannoys were the highest-recommended when i was buying.

the events give a tasty low end and they are fairly priced, self powered and give a perfectly flat freq-response.

made a huGE difference when i heard my stuff played on a club system.

the bass response vibrates the floor juuuust right

and nice cirspy mids and highs.

[Guest Tripoholic]

believe me buy a good headphones and some headphones reciever ...

thats more cheaper and u dont need to invest money on acoustics...

its more fun with monitors but very expensive..

[Guest Psyckou Lolipop MushRoom]

hmmm... and what headphones do you recomend

[Guest Pswede]

im using pretty good reference-headphones now (ive tried alot more expensive ones too)... Philips HP890. Very cheap too (about 800 SEK, about $80).

[Guest ancient]

do yourself a favour and get the TANNOY REVEAL ACTIVE MONITORS ( THE BLUE ONES)

[Guest Ancientz]

if u gonna get them, get the extra sub too