David Mitchell
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With a limit of $500 to spend for at least the next couple of months, would I be better off buying one good speaker (I like what I'm hearing about the Kali IN-8 v2), or in buying room correction hardware (such as the miniDSP DDRC-24) and keeping my old Altec Lansing Model One speakers and old receiver for now?
Odd question, I know, but I am trying to start setting up a practice "studio" which I'll use primarily for learning electric guitar in the near future. I have a Boss effects processor/amp simulator pedalboard, but no good way to monitor without headphones. I thought of buying a small amp, then of a powered floor monitor, then of a studio monitor — and that would get me closer to having a great playback system. I've been reading around and really like what I'm seeing about the Kali IN-8 v2. I could only buy one, but that's not a big issue for guitar monitoring.
However, this afternoon I've been learning about the importance of DSP and room correction. With my current budgetary limit, I wonder if it would make more sense to start with a Dirac processor and replace the speakers later? I'd rather have an external processor so I can correct more than software playback — I have a mini mixer that I'm planning to use as the system "preamp".
Odd question, I know, but I am trying to start setting up a practice "studio" which I'll use primarily for learning electric guitar in the near future. I have a Boss effects processor/amp simulator pedalboard, but no good way to monitor without headphones. I thought of buying a small amp, then of a powered floor monitor, then of a studio monitor — and that would get me closer to having a great playback system. I've been reading around and really like what I'm seeing about the Kali IN-8 v2. I could only buy one, but that's not a big issue for guitar monitoring.
However, this afternoon I've been learning about the importance of DSP and room correction. With my current budgetary limit, I wonder if it would make more sense to start with a Dirac processor and replace the speakers later? I'd rather have an external processor so I can correct more than software playback — I have a mini mixer that I'm planning to use as the system "preamp".