Originally Posted By: PaulH
...and my higher end HiFi connected to my PC and high end sound card.



That's what I've always used in the home studio. I really love using the computer output thru the stereo's hifi preamp, for one thing, keeping the Tone Controls set to flat, lower the volume to normal conversational listening levels and switch on the Loudness Compensation switch and you are hearing your mix in such fashion that small anomalies will jump right out at you.

But the type of SPEAKERS being driven by that high end stereo are indeed very important. The typical large woofer home stereo boxes can't really be used in the Nearfield Monitoring situation that is essential for mixing in rooms at home that have not been subjected to expensive technical acoustic treatment. Monitoring properly in the Nearfield solves the problem.

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Do I really need to spend any more money getting some budget studio monitors? It has been recommended to me before and the reason I'm asking again is if I do need studio monitors then which ones are the most recommended for BIAB style songs? ...


If the speakers you currently have are bookshelf speakers and two-way, with 6" or 7" woofers and one tweeter, they may already be good Nearfield Monitors.

If they aren't, look into Passive Nearfield Monitors for home recording and such, and power them from the second spkr switch on that home stereo.

The genre of music does. not. matter.

Good audio reproduction is good audio reproduction and should sound good with any properly prepared recorded medium.

My Nearfield Monitors for the past 10 years or so are a set I built from particle board to Theile computer program design to fit a pair of JBL woofers and JBL titanium tweeters that I happened to have in stock at the old audio repair shop. Covered the particle board with real walnut veneer, which was likely more expensive than the entire rest of the things. They are ported at the rear, using ~2" black PVC plumbing pipe tubes, cut as per the dimensions of the Theile Alignment speaker design program. Sounds great powered by my Pioneer SA=7800 Integrated Stereo Amplifier.

Do a websearch for how to properly set up the home studio Nearfield Monitors, learn about the Golden Triangle of Nearfield Monitoring, placing the Audio Desk a foot out in front of a wall, with that space behind the speakers being an important part of the acoustic situation of Nearfield Monitoring. And make sure the physical center of the speaker's front grills are dead level with your earholes when seated at the desk.


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