" Bedroom" speakers to listen to tracks?

[RICHARD HUTCHINS 33]

Hi all,

I need some small speakers to listen to tracks after mixing to see how they sound on a normal setup, not headphones. I don't mean £££  Studio quality, this isn't a studio, just decent ones to stick on the shelf. Any suggestions? ( I'm  UK based)

[martsave martin s 182]

do you want to go on 3" speakers or 5" ?

[RICHARD HUTCHINS 33]

No sure! Time and again I mix a song down, sounds good on headphones, play it on my phone or laptop ( as many people do these days) and it sounds all wrong. So something deliberately "normal" I suppose.

[martsave martin s 182]

you can go on ebay and type 'small bookshelf speakers' there is good small speaker there

[Alan Tubbs 60]

Yamaha.  They don’t even have to be the M series for musicians.  They will provide an alt source that is different and kinda medium.  Not the car or a boom box or headphones, but what use to be the “average listener experience”.

[RICHARD HUTCHINS 33]

Cheers I'll have a look

[lapasoa 111]

3 hours ago, RICHARD HUTCHINS said:

 I mix a song down, sounds good on headphones,

The mix on headphones does not reproduce the real sound, expecially on bass.

[RBH 235]

I would recommend  JBL LSR305's. Low cost and very good sound for the price, second recommendation would be M-Audio BX5.

[bdickens 1,236]

5 hours ago, RICHARD HUTCHINS said:

No sure! Time and again I mix a song down, sounds good on headphones, play it on my phone or laptop ( as many people do these days) and it sounds all wrong. So something deliberately "normal" I suppose.

Even the most expensive high-end studio monitors in the world aren't going to fix that.