On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:37:42 -0500, "Damian Bradley" <dbradley@kingston.net> wrote:

>I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm looking for a budget

>monitoring speakr solution for my small video production business. Correct

>me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't we as video editors be using sub woofers to

>monitor our audio? I mean more and more people are playing back in

>computers and home theatre kits that have some serious bass reproduction.

>

>I was thinking about some current market solutions in my price range. I can

>get a set of PSB Alpha-B's for about $200 cdn to use with an existing amp.

>A few bucks less is something like an Altec Lansing 621 kit, and for a few

>bucks more is the 641 kit (bigger sub with adjustments). Now the PSB's have

>5.25" drivers that work down to 60hz. The altecs single or dual 6.5"

>drivers will function down to about ~40hz I would guess. Altec Lansing

>claims a linear response (with adjustments to the sub), which is why it

>peaks my interest.

>

>I'm already leaning toward the altecs because of their multi-purpose

>usability (watching dvd's, a certain degree of surround mixing should things

>go that way). Besides, who doesn't want a subwoofer?

>

>Any thoughts on the audio for video side of things?

I do my audio-for-video mixing with a pair of PSB

Alphas (the original), and am satisfied with this

without sub (they go lower than they ought to, for

the size, but not at high volume). I try to learn

the errors of the modestly-priced Alphas and apply

this to the sound I hear - and I check the results

against other sound systems here. BTW, this is not

for lack of interest in low bass - I have designed

some rather large and capable sub systems and

crossovers (see: www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/Audio.html).

In general, unless the sub is well-integrated (and

this is not as easy to accomplish as it would seem...),

it is often better to accept a more restricted

response range that is also smoother...