Monitors / Monitoring

Genelec’s high‑tech The Ones series has a new flagship model. We fire it up...

Focal’s revised Alpha‑series speakers offer serious studio monitoring at an entry‑level price.

SPL combine their acclaimed headphone amps with monitor control facilities and USB audio interfacing.

Two‑way or three‑way? Ported or sealed? Analogue or DSP‑assisted? We help you navigate the monitor maze and choose the best speakers for your studio.

With their impressive sound quality and adjustable attenuation, these off‑the‑peg earplugs give even custom‑moulded designs a run for their money.

Struggling to drive multiple set of cans? DACS have an amp for that...

Despite its decades‑old design, the Rogers LS5/9 can still compete with some of the best monitors around today. We put this faithful recreation to the test.

We put AA’s new open-backed mixing and mastering headphones to the test.

I was wondering why we put speakers in the classic triangle with the listening point at the apex?

Mackie’s latest cans prove themselves to be serious monitoring tools.

Almost half a century after its initial release, Yamaha’s classic three‑way monitor remains an impressive speaker, and it pioneered the use of diaphragm materials that are still considered cutting‑edge today.

So far, monitor and headphone calibration systems have targeted music makers exclusively. Sonarworks’ SoundID aims to solve the problem of mix translation from the consumer end too.

Paul White chats to Nate Baglyos and Charles Sprinkle of California-based speaker manufacturers Kali Audio.

Detroit microphone maker Deni Mesanovic applies his considerable knowledge of transducers to produce an impressive debut studio speaker.