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Although we’ve explained that one of the largest aspects of a home or professional studio is a recording microphone, if you can’t hear what you’re making or listening to accurately, your whole setup is pretty much a dud. We highlight and review the best studio monitors for under $500 and help you decide which reference speakers to use in your music equipment rig. Let’s get into the details.
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I will be honest that I was skeptical at first of a studio monitor priced at nearly 5 bills a pair. The wood finish did however catch my eye, and the brand logo of M-Audio music gear always seems to get me going (whether that’s because of conditioning or I’m just a huge fan, probably both!). However, M-Audio never disappoints me when it comes to the build and overall quality of their products, pparticularlystudio monitors as they’re pretty infamous for reference-type of gear. Here we have the M-Audio M3-6 three-way active studio monitor speaker, and we want to take a look at the specs on this one.
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M-Audio’s BX series of studio monitor speakers are very attractive. This particular model, the BX5 Carbon studio monitor, is the lowest speaker available but still packs a very powerful punch. As we saw in both the review of the BX6 Carbon speaker and BX8 studio monitor, the overall build, stability, sound quality and frequency accuracy is deemed very effective with these. The make and size of the woofer and tweeter may not be as large as the higher versions, but if you’re looking to save some money with your budget yet still add some great audio quality to your home or professional studio, we recommend going with this one. Let’s take a look at the main features.
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Up next we have the M-Audio BX6 Carbon, the middle model of M-Audio’s new studio monitor speakers. We saw the powerful tech and features in our review of the BX8 Carbon monitor, but if you’re looking for a step down to save a few bucks, the BX6 can be nearly as powerful for your home or professional studio. With a very accurate flat frequency response and decent sized woofer and tweeter, the overall build and quality of this studio monitor is definitely worth buying. Let’s check out the main specs and what we think of it all.
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If you’re looking for one of the best studio monitor speakers out there (and unfortunately it comes with a price), the M-Audio BX8 Carbon packs an extremely powerful punch. This is their top model of their BX Carbon monitor series. If you’re wanting a pair of these, it’s close to around $500, but if you have the spare change and want a crazy performance out of your speakers, this is something to look at. We’ve already taken a look at M-Audio’s popular monitors (but older, now), the Studiophile AV 40 that showed us to be very solid. Let’s check our review of BX8 Carbons.