7 Best BUDGET Studio Monitors Under $200 (2022) - Yamaha HS5, KRK Rokit 5, Adam T5V & Kali Audio LP6

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01:06 - Design and Feature Differences
05:51 - Price per Studio Monitor
06:54 - Sound Test Comparison
09:10 - Final Take
15:19 - Outro

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[sensorymultimedia]

As a seasoned AV professional, that comment about JBL speakers being cheap Bluetooth speakers felt like a knife to my heart.

[prolon]

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[jknbox]

Kali was some of JBL's top engineers who started there own company, for the money they sound freaking great. I use them for practicing drums while using headphones at low volumn, lg v20, v40 or v60 phone w/DAC-1/8th'' jack-peavey mixer-1/4 ''jack -Kali lp6's on stands at ear level 10' apart 10' back on there sides tweeter

[ryancrawford]

While the JBLs aren’t my favorite in the shootout (and I own a pair of mki 305s), speakers like the JBL 4410 were a recording industry standard before Bluetooth speakers were even a twinkle in anyone’s eye. Writing them off for such a superficial, unfounded reason spoiled what was previously a well put together review.

[airixxxx]

Great comparison!. It's funny how we perceive things different depending on our age. JBL for me was always a pro audio brand they've been around doing that since forever, but for someone younger they are a consumer bluetooth speaker brand. It's a testament to how well they adapt to technology and market changes.

[JoeLinux]

You young guys always use the worst possible music to test out speakers.

[rodneyjones]

Another thing that was said in the review was that the front vented monitors produce more bass at the listening position than the rear vented. Which is not true. The monitors with the port in the front are called front vented speaker enclosure. They are not as efficient at producing bass although they can be depending on the design of the inside of the enclosure. To get more bass from a vented speaker you have to utilize the back firing sound wave of the woofer so that it adds to the front sound wave of the woofer in phase meaning moving in the same direction. This will increase the output and efficiency of the woofer. To put the rear sound wave in phase with the front you need a physical mechanism to flip the rear wave 180 degrees to the front wave. What engineers use to properly accomplish this is called a labyrinth. This is an assembly of baffles inside the enclosure to redirect the rear wave so that it reaches the opening of the front vent in phase with the front firing sound wave. This has to be done properly to get the most output and efficiency. This design can be complicated, expensive, and add significant weight to the enclosure. Because of this a lot of manufacturers will skimp on this design and compromise the performance yielding not as much output and efficiency. This is why high end speakers cost a lot more.
The monitors with the rear firing port using a tube is a bass reflex enclosure design. This design uses a tube especially designed to fire the woofer’s rear sound wave out the back of the enclosure. The actual phase reversal of the rear firing sound wave is accomplished by bouncing off what ever physical structure that’s behind the enclosure. This is why you have to consider what distance you place the monitor from a wall. The bass reflex enclosure design was developed as a cheaper, simpler, and lighter design than the front vented enclosure. So size for size and db for db the bass reflex enclosure design offers lower bass response, higher output, less expense, and less weight than a marginally designed front vented speaker enclosure. Each design has its advantages and disadvantages. However the bass reflex enclosure design tends to be the more preferred because of the features I pointed out above. By the way JBL pioneered much of these studio monitor designs along with the folded horn, passive radiator, sealed box, labyrinth, arrays, etc.

[omkardaivajna]

The JBL's sound the most natural I felt

[rodneyjones]

As a matter of fact Guitar Center had a Labor Day sale and I bought those same JBL monitors (my 4th pair of JBLs) for $109 each. Best money I ever spent. Got them home and put them through the paces. And they performed as well as my other JBL monitors. I also compared them to my Adams, my KRKs, and my Focals and they performed just as good or better.

[LMV]

I own the Kali lp 6 for the last 2 years and i love them. Around that time i bought the krk's in the 3rd gen as a second pair of referennce monitors. I trade the krk's for a pair of Adam's. For me this combo is badass. My workflow is much faster.

[RayneDrps]

Maybe it's just the video, but I thought the Pioneers sounded the worse in this comparison, almost like they were under water. I quite liked the sound from the Yamaha's, KRK and JBLs.

[RonnyFL]

The Pioneer monitors don’t belong on that list. They lack clarity that all other monitors are having.

[karlsmith]

Im honestly thinking at this point that any studio monitor displayed here would be leagues ahead of my 20 year old Spirit Absolute Zero's. Really leaning towards the Adam's, always loved the design

[twyzne]

Yamaha, KRK, Presonus and JBL held their own here. Wasn't feeling the Kali that much. They weren't bad, but at times it felt like it was missing something. The Adam's were cool. They fit somewhere in between the top 4. I dont know what happened to Pioneer 😅 I was very disappointed there. They have been well respected in the music making business so, it was mind boggling to hear them struggle. If I had to pick one I'd go with Yamaha. Been a fan since the YST M10s years ago. To this day I consider them some of the best speakers ever made. Classic little PC thumpers that hit like studio monitors. Anyways cool video 😎

[JoeOrber]

Great video, thank you for sharing their differences as well as what you like and dislike about each of them. Even though YouTube audio compression and the microphones used can’t possibly make justice to any real acoustic comparison, it gives a very good idea of what their acoustic profile is. I personally found the 3 in the center (KRK, PreSonus and Yamaha) to have a better balance and less sound coloration, which is what you want from studio monitors. The Pioneer and JBL do sound like something I’d use for regular, home stereo use more than for studio monitors, I feel they still can’t get serious in the studio market and continue to be a general-purpose set of speakers. Thanks for the great content, keep up the good work! 😊

[hekutokku]

from the sound comparison i can definitely see why the HS5’s have their reputation for being so bright in the mids lol, definitely helped me decide on the LP’s though!

[AGsosa]

i been watching ppl talk so bad about rokits but they sound the best out of all these imo...i own the kali lp6 and rokkit 5 and when it comes to listening and overall mix they do the job..its a reason so many studios have them..

[JohnReynolds]

JBL is the most realistic sounding followed by the Yamaha. The Yamaha may be better for a monitor but I like the JBL for listening purposes. Never mind the thump, sizzle and boom -they all do that. What I was looking for was the most accurate mid-range voice sound. The other speakers sound like the voice was coming from a cardboard tube. I'm a retired classical studio musician that played on more than a 1, 100 movie sound tracts. If you really want to test speakers, play orchestral music through them. That sorts them out really fast