Speakers for Home use

danielthomas · Post by **danielthomas** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:57 pm

Hi all,

I have had my SV1 for about 3 months now and whilst i acknowledge its shortcomings, i am overall happy with the product.

Excuse my naivety, but what would be the best way to listen to my keybaord at home... i love the output from the headphone output and would love to be able to appreciate a sound quality close to this? Are good studio monitors the answer? If so how do i go about connecting the two? do i need to use a mixing desk?

I look forward to your suggestions...

cello · Post by **cello** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:14 pm

Hi - and welcome aboard

Monitors are hugely subjective, so you should go to a local retailer to hear the differences.

If you buy powered speakers, those can plug straight into your R/L channels on your SV. Passive speakers however need an amplifier.

Hope that helps a little!

mackbaz · Post by **mackbaz** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:20 pm

I'd definitely suggest some powered studio monitors
I picked up some Alesis 520usb monitors for 180 and they work just fine.. I could probably use a little more bottom end when i turn the volume up, but they do extremely well for the price.

danielthomas · Post by **danielthomas** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:39 pm

So you just take a jack.output from right output into right speaker and then another jack from.left output to left speaker.

That simpler?!

cello · Post by **cello** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:52 pm

danielthomas wrote:So you just take a jack.output from right output into right speaker and then another jack from.left output to left speaker.

That simpler?!

As long as they're powered speakers (ie you plug each one into the wall!), then you're good to go

Dave Ferris · Post by **Dave Ferris** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:51 am

You didn't mention your budget which obviously plays a big part of the quality factor. But at this past NAMM, Yamaha had all their CP DPs (CP50,5 & 1) , S90Xs, Tyros and Motif XFs each plugged into a pair of these:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HS80M/

Having owned the CP5 for about 6 months at that time, I was pretty familiar with its sound. So I thought these monitors where an excellent representation of its sonic capabilities.

Personally I own the Dyn Audio BM6A MkIIs and while they are good, I think the Yamahas are their equal for less $$$---at least for playing a keyboard through. I've owned two SV-1s and they both sounded very good going direct through the Dyns so I would definitely recommend the Yamahas.

Good luck with it....

danielthomas · Post by **danielthomas** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:12 pm

Hey so I got my hands on some HS50's

They do exactly what i wanted - headphone quality sound out loud.

Quick question - the speakers have two inputs - XLR and jack.

Can i connect the keyboard via the XLR and have my laptop simultaneously coneected via the jack ports? Is this safe to do?

Thanks in advance,

Dan