Long story short, I posted on LinkedIn and Twitter asking my connections and followers what speakers I should try out on loan and I was really surprised at the huge response I got! I went through every comment, made a note on how many times each speaker came up, and read reviews and tech specs on all speakers people recommended.

This would also make it easier to do a true comparison, keeping all variables the same. It also became clear that the room can hugely impact your opinion of the speakers, and therefore it is always preferable to try them in your own space. Magazines/reviewers/professional audio engineers I respect sometimes had polar opposite opinions **cough ** Genelecs **cough** Marmite **cough**. Speaker choice truly is a personal preference thing when it comes to the difference between various professional audio brands.

But I thought I should spend some time researching and reading reviews of other brands just in case.Īfter hours of internet browsing, I soon realized that although there are speakers that are clearly better than others within the same brand, and some brands that are favored by bigger professional studios, it wasn't quite as black and white as I had hoped. Of course, my first thought was to just get some bigger Genelecs as they are what I've been used to at home (plus the studio I used to work in also used Genelecs) – I could also potentially use my current speakers as rears and minimize my costs when I eventually upgrade to 5.1.

I now had a bespoke soundproofed and well-treated room here I could now play things LOUD. I didn't need to buy a whole load of extra gear as I had already been working from home a few years, however, the new studio was a lot bigger than our spare bedroom, and my Genelec 8010s just weren't going to cut it. Well, to be strictly accurate, I paid other people to build a sound studio in my garden. Last year I built an audio post-production sound studio in my garden. For those of you who don't follow me on any of my social media channels, I will fill you in. At last, here it is, my studio monitor speaker shootout.

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