better investment, monitors or head phone amp

[teamakg]

which would be a better investment.  a set of monitors or a good headphone amp.  looking to spend about $300.  just want something to use as a "reference" system for listening to recordings.  i'm leaning more towards a set of powered monitors.  i'd be listening via my computer so that's why i'd need the powered ones.  i think.  also not even sure if $300 bucks is even concievable for a powered set of speakers so feel free to tell me i'm crazy.

[nickgregory]

I have seen powered tannoy monitors for for $350-400 on ebay...not out of the realm of possibility

[Swampy]

For 300 bucks, I like Behringer's Truth monitors.

[Nick Culbreth]

if you already have a set of nice headphones i'd go w/ the headphone amp.

[teamakg]

if you already have a set of nice headphones i'd go w/ the headphone amp.

i've got sony mdr-7506

[Swampy]

IMO monitors give you a much more accurate representation  of what somthing actually sounds like than headphones...    

[super-phat-al]

if it were me id get a good headphone amp and a good SACD/DVD-A player and listen to everything in stereo.

[nickgregory]

IMO monitors give you a much more accurate representation  of what somthing actually sounds like than headphones...    

depends on what you are doing.  When I am mixing a SBD and AUD source, I want to hear what it sounds like to the last detail, especially to make sure they line up correctly, and headphones give me that detail better than monitors.  However, in the case where I am adding effects, eq'ing out a source, I will use headphones first, then play it over my playback system, which gives me two points of reference....

[teamakg]

For 300 bucks, I like Behringer's Truth monitors.

would these be the ones you're referring to?

http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=B2031A&lang=ENG&CFID=1392240&CFTOKEN=63768413

[Swampy]

IMO monitors give you a much more accurate representation  of what somthing actually sounds like than headphones...    

depends on what you are doing.  When I am mixing a SBD and AUD source, I want to hear what it sounds like to the last detail, especially to make sure they line up correctly, and headphones give me that detail better than monitors.  However, in the case where I am adding effects, eq'ing out a source, I will use headphones first, then play it over my playback system, which gives me two points of reference....

right, headphones will defitely give you more detail, but if Im mixing somthing, Id always do the final mix on monitors...

[Swampy]

For 300 bucks, I like Behringer's Truth monitors.

would these be the ones you're referring to?

http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=B2031A&lang=ENG&CFID=1392240&CFTOKEN=63768413

these are the ones I have used http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=B2031&lang=ENG&CFID=1392192&CFTOKEN=78743525   I like them

[Bri]

i would go monitors cause whenever I wear heaphones I fee someone may creep up behind me.

Bri

[Simp-Dawg]

i bought a pair of alesis m1 active mkII monitors for $400 at GC and am quite pleased with them.

[George]

if you already have a set of nice headphones i'd go w/ the headphone amp.

i've got sony mdr-7506

I use those headphones too, they work fine for me, any reason why you want to go with a pair of monitors over the 7506's?

[teamakg]

if you already have a set of nice headphones i'd go w/ the headphone amp.

i've got sony mdr-7506

I use those headphones too, they work fine for me, any reason why you want to go with a pair of monitors over the 7506's?

i'm leaning more towards monitors so that other people can listen as well.