KRK Rokit
KRK Rokit Posted on: 19.06.2010 by Dana Ordinario Ok guys I finally convinced the wife to let me blow some money on speakers and I've pretty much set myself on the KRK Rokit series. Only thing is should I go for the 5's or 6's. I'm not going for the 8's they would be too much for my small apartment. Thanks for the advice guys. | |
| robin loo 22.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by chelskisw6
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| Hayden Hoen 22.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by weltraumpapst
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| Irwin Ney 21.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by sarasin
but they must live near to me |
| Irwin Ney 21.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by sarasin
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| Dana Ordinario 19.06.2010 | Ok guys I finally convinced the wife to let me blow some money on speakers and I've pretty much set myself on the KRK Rokit series. Only thing is should I go for the 5's or 6's. I'm not going for the 8's they would be too much for my small apartment. Thanks for the advice guys. |
| robin loo 22.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by chelskisw6
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| Hayden Hoen 22.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by weltraumpapst
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| robin loo 22.06.2010 | do the KRKs work for mainly DJing too? i'm believeing about getting in production some time in the future, but right now i'm mainly spinning.. |
| Dana Ordinario 21.06.2010 | Thank you very much for bringing those articles back to my attention I know that the DJ/IO is kinda a lower end sound card and I wouldn't mind upgrading in the future to something better or would it just be better to get a decent mixer with XLR outputs as it is right now my soon to be completed DJ booth is going to be sitting right next to my AC in my living room so if it's gonna cause interference I'm going to have to play out with the AC off for now. I guess my question is is having a balanced signal that important for right now. I plan on picking up a Behringer DDM4000, which will allow me to do that just gonna have to wait a few months till I can save some more for it. On a side note can you post your thoughts on the DDM4000 I've heard stories of peoples crapping out on them not sure after how long and on the flip side I've heard rave reviews of the best bang for buck. There isn't too many stores around here I can go and play around with one so I'd really like to know the low down dirty on it. I don't play out and I have a smoke free apartment/studio and I try not to beat on my gear . Sorry this is going forever but yeah thanks again everyone for all the great advice I can't wait to get all this gear in and setup in my new booth. Cheers. P.S. Also V-Hoff I just picked that book up a few weeks back and was a quick read but informative if out dated a little but hey there are things from last year that are out dated :P If you like that book read (if you have't already) Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. Written by the same guys and is one of the best history's of dance music and djing I have ever read (The other being Love Saves the Day by Tim Lawrence also a good read a little redundant in some areas but another point of view on those same topics) After hearing Orbital play for the first time and hearing Halcyon I knew I always wanted to make people dance. It's funny how with the things in Life that really matters to us you can look back and pinpoint the exact moment when you it all happened for you, but I can't remember what I did last week or what song I played 20 minuetes ago. Again I drone on. Cheers |
| Irwin Ney 21.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by sarasin
but they must live near to me |
| Lynetta Azam 21.06.2010 | Been eyeing a pair for a while. Going to have to wait on the purchase but some good info in here. |
| Lilliana Perris 21.06.2010 | I was using them to make Psytrance. Monitors you choose by what you like. You need to listen to a bunch of them....testing with your fav sound. Psy it was then. I did not however.....test like this. So after a while of using them...and then going to mates studio's and using theirs....i decided I did not like them. Right now I have a pair of Tannoy Mach 2's. Not exactly Studio Monitors....but I like the sound....and I am not producing anymore. Will again some day....but now....no time. |
| Irwin Ney 21.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by sarasin
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| Lilliana Perris 21.06.2010 | The Rockit 5 or 6 Gen2's are apparently the best of the range. I had Rockit 5's a few years ago and did not like them for the production of the style i was making. They are however very good monitors. |
| Corine Kasman 21.06.2010 | @bartboy I direct your attention to these two home page articles: Cable Pizza & Knowing your Connections These will give you some background. You DJI/O has RCA not TRS (TRS is your headphone connection) but you are right in that it is unbalanced. Your speakers have all three connections: XLR; TRS; and RCA. Connecting your sound card to the Rokits is really easy, just get an appropriate length RCA cable. Keep it as short as possible and routed away from strong power signals like heaters, air conditioners and fog machines. Let us know what you believe of the speakers when you get them (I love mine) and if you have any difficulty hooking them up. Phil. |
| Dana Ordinario 21.06.2010 | Ok so my New KRK's should be here any day now I have another question I'm pretty new to hooking everything up in a DJ setup and I know the KRK's have 2 different inputs. XLR and TRS. I know that one is balanced and one is unbalanced. I don't know what these mean thou. I will be hooking these up thru a Numark DJ/IO which has TSR so I am assuming I have to use that unless I buy a mixer soon. My question is this, is one better than the other? If I do end up using a TSR I should just get 2 seperate RCA cables to go from Left and Right outputs of channel 1 i'm assuming I know this is all very basic stuff that most DJs should know but I'm still very new to all this. |
| Dana Ordinario 19.06.2010 | Well I couldn't wait and ended up ordering the 6's was only an extra hundred bucks which isn't too bad I can always return em and get the 5's if it's too much or I could just keep everything lower :P but who wants to do that. I will definately take into account the eq suggestion thou that I am ordering right now. |
| Darell Lesicko 18.06.2010 | the 5's are great i picked up a pair last weekend and i love them. they can get pretty loud to |
| Jack Narva 18.06.2010 | I have alot of experience with these guys as I was manager and sales leader at a Guitar Center here for over 7 years. I would recommend the 5's. While the 6's do provide a bit more low end (bass) the driver is not very efficient so it ends up being very flubby. The 5's have a much tighter low end. Also the 5's will surely be better suited for an apartment. Another tip to help with use in an apartment. If you have a little extra $, pick up a dual 15 band EQ (such as a DBX 215) and put it before the monitors, using the booth output from your mixer. This EQ and some others have a lowcut switch that you can engage when you want to turn it up a bit without the worry of bass boomin to your neighbors. You can also tailor the sound a bit to your liking. Give the EQ a little boost around 5k and it will sound a good bit louder without actually being that loud. By using it on the monitors only, it will not change any recorded signals, and when it is not necessary, you can hit a switch to defeat any EQing. I live in a house, but this has helped keep me happily married for many years. |
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