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danielthomas · Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 4 Location: United Kingdom

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 · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:14 pm Post subject:

Hi - and welcome aboard Smile

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!
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mackbaz · Junior Member Joined: 03 Aug 2010 Posts: 97

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 · Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 4 Location: United Kingdom

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 · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

Dave Ferris · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 45 Location: Glendale, Ca.

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....
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danielthomas · Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 4 Location: United Kingdom

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