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Is there any setup that could be considered suitable in a mix/master/production studio? With a good treated room offcourse, no insane spls required but could be nice to hit the 115-120 db region as I'm producing electronic club music which is intend to be played loud... Or is conventional studio monitors to prefer in this situation?

Would be glad of you guys opinions! Most monitors I've listened to clearly lacks something or otherwise breaks the bank!

BFM doesn't offer high-end studio monitors. You can find plenty of plans to build that on the internet. What BFM offers that can be very useful in the studio is a subwoofer that has very low distortion ratio (Table Tuba or other Tuba designs). IMO, it's a must.

David is at least the equal of most affordable studio monitors, and many that aren't so affordable.

could be nice to hit the 115-120 db region

You won't think so if you actually experience it.

I will say that the placement rules for subs helped me tremendously in the placement for my monitor mains and the sub in my project studio. Just incredible how much smoother the response all over the room is.

Read this page It's something I just learned a whole lot of, recently. It will help your room alot, and allow you to make better productions.

Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:David is at least the equal of most affordable studio monitors, and many that aren't so affordable.

could be nice to hit the 115-120 db region

You won't think so if you actually experience it.

Earlier this fall I've built a pair of the Overnight Sensations. Partly for my brother's near future small scale home studio, and partly ''just because''. The response is surprisingly flat for a 6x8x9 box. The f3 is almost 50 hz, and in room I measured 6db down at 40hz. However the 80db sensitivity leaves some to be desired. Also, (maybe it's just me as I'm not an expert) on some tracks I get the impression that the 50-100hz bass lacks some ''definition''. For these reasons, and also just because, I still have interest in the Davids.

So my point is... Because the Davids run to 40hz (they have a built-in tuba according to the sales page), do you actually run into all the sub placement problems like do not separate the subs, etc ?
Would sla mains and t24 be a theoretically better setup ?

Tom Smit wrote:Read this page It's something I just learned a whole lot of, recently. It will help your room alot, and allow you to make better productions.

I've got some of Ethan's traps and I like them pretty good, but in retrospect I should have learned about placement before buying anything. I've actually got the traps packed up at the moment, and since I've changed placement I've not yet taken them out, as changing placement was that big of a difference. I'll probably take them out before too long though.

mr.lussier wrote:
So my point is... Because the Davids run to 40hz (they have a built-in tuba according to the sales page), do you actually run into all the sub placement problems like do not separate the subs, etc ?
Would sla mains and t24 be a theoretically better setup ?

Depend on you really.

I have an OLD T24 and current SLAs (LCR) and while really good in near field they are definitely better from 5' out after everything really melds together. Imaging is awesome. T24 will drop bottom better than a David too.

mr.lussier wrote: So my point is... Because the Davids run to 40hz (they have a built-in tuba according to the sales page), do you actually run into all the sub placement problems like do not separate the subs, etc ?

No, because those cautions apply to large spaces/rooms where pro-sound subs are used, not studios or living rooms.