Question about studio monitors for people that spin

[MC Hammered]

I have a chance to pick up a pair of Alesis M1 active powered monitors.

Would I be better off with these monitors or with a pair of Mission/Energy speakers run off my Denon amplifier for practising?

Thanks in advance for any info.

[mux]

The Alesis ones will give you a much flatter frequency response than the Mission/Energy ones.

That being said, they won't sound as *good*. :)

It's a paradox. Studio monitor speakers aren't meant to sound good, they're meant to sound *accurate*. For a DJ, your audio sources are already mixed and mastered professionally, so you don't have to worry about it - f'rinstance, mixing your own music, if you mixed on speakers that have "really good bass", when you went to listen to your music on a system *without* good bass response, your bass would just disappear, or if you listened on a set with even *more* bass, your music would be way too bassy. Professionals use systems with flat response curves (and use them enough to *really* know the sound of the speakers) so that on a system with really good bass, their music will have really good bass.

If you're getting a great deal on the monitors, I say go for them, 'cause you can always know they're good speakers - you can use them on your computer if/when you start producing. If you're thinking that on the Alesis monitors your records will sound crisper and cleaner - well, they probably will, but you'll also very likely lose a lot of your low end, 'cause the Alesis monitors are designed to be used with a subwoofer.

[MC Hammered]

I understand what you mean by the music not sounding as good. I run Dynaudios in my car and once I got used to how really good speakers reproduce music there is a lot more information that one can hear.

*sigh*

What to do!??!?

[Kraig]

Get them both and we'll rave.

[MC Hammered]

If "we" are going to rave then I'm not going to get them. :p