WHY You Should Not Buy Near Field Monitors for Your Bedroom DJ Set Up!

0:00 It's a powered speaker

Right, you may have seen for quite a while if you watch my videos, that speaker behind me there. Now it's from QSC and it is the K8. It's a powered speaker. 8 inch and it's got high frequency driver. And that's my monitor. I do have two of them but most of the time I just use one of them. And it's always at low volume in this room. I very, very, very rarely turn it up here. But what I do work under a good philosophy is that you can turn a high powered speaker down but you can't turn a low powered speaker up. Now you do have what's known as, they're known as near field monitors and there are many companies out there, many manufacturers that make these high end monitors. That are small, compact, look good, powered generally and cost an absolute fortune. But what you will find is that as soon as you start turning them up, the diaphragm, the big diaphragm starts to wobble about a bit and you seem to lose fidelity.

1:53 In other words, it will give some punch

And if you've got those speakers, for example, I'm normally standing there and my speaker is there. Now guess why they're called near field monitors? It's because they should be as close to you as possible. Ideally, pretty much the distance from your arm if not closer because they need to be very close. They are speakers that are designed to be of low volume close to you so the fidelity, so the quality of sound is pristine. Now why haven't I got any near field monitors? Because A I don't need them. And B these little suckers here serve two purposes. One is that they are great for near field, I can have them low but also if I want to, I've got a couple of switches on the back so I can have them for just high frequency.

I can have them for a nice round sound or if I want to switch that sucker all the way to the bottom and it's got a rather nice rounded bottom end. In other words, it will give some punch. But! These little suckers. These little suckers here. If I want to, did I say suckers then? I did didn't I? I shouldn't have said suckers. Sorry. I'll just repeat. I'm sorry I didn't say suckers. Just remember. Forget it. I didn't say. Sorry. What I can do is I can take them to gigs as well because they are PA speakers. So this is where this video is going. If you're considering buying some speakers for your mobile setup then consider buying something that will be suitable for home use as well as on the road. Now you may think, well I want to get a set of 15s and horn which is great.

3:22 I've got the best of every single world imaginable

They will do about 100 people, 150 at a push so long as you're not playing drum and bass or dubstep but they're going to be a bit awkward to have in your room and have right next to you because they just look huge. I mean these are 8s and that's how big they are. 15s would be up here which would be a bit silly really. So why using the 8s? Well they are small, they're compact but these will quite happily do 50 to 75 people. Two of them again not playing full on drum and bass just run-of-the-mill cheesy sort of poppy music but what I can do with these is I can take a sub, an external sub. So I've got the best of every single world imaginable. These are great for home use. They're great for near field. They're great for small gigs.

And if there are any larger gigs just take a bass cab. And the proof's in the pudding because I used two of these K8s and a couple of the K212 subs from the Cardual subs from QSC took them to New Year's Eve this year, well last year, this year, whichever way you want to look at it it was that way and they pumped out to nearly 200 people with no complaints and it was amazing!

So I'm going to go in here and do some demos and tutorials, alright? So to round this video up if you're considering getting some monitors for your bedroom or for your little studio then consider getting some quality PA speakers not studio monitors because they will only serve one purpose for a studio monitor. Even let's say if you've got your studio monitors and you have a few mates around and a couple of tinnies and you start to turn them up trust me, it's not going to be enough because you will knacker them as soon as you start turning them up too much the sound is going to completely disappear. On the other hand some speakers like this will suit for quiet sound and also once you get your mates around and you've had half a bottle of brandy each

You can turn them up and you will have the neighbours knocking your door down! Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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