Anyone here using an Avantone Mixcube Active as their monitor for producing at home?
Obvs know the pros and cons of using them for mixing duties. Just wondered what they’re like as a main monitor to use whilst producing.
Interested as they might be a good fit for a untreated room and where I’m not into loads of sub frequencies anyway.
Might be nice just to run my OT straight into.
Thanks
Another option could be a B&W Zeppelin.
Looking for something simple.
Very different beasts. The mixcubes are more of a mix-check production tool. Great for balancing your mix to understand average consumer (non-nerd) speakers. I’d not recommend them for a writing or tracking setup.
I tend to use iphones/pads beats pills oled TVs very consumer products for mastering and obviously the old rig standard. When it sounds good on these systems you usually have a decent master
I use a single cube for mono checking and “ear/mindset clearing”, besides a77x or kh120.
As a monitoring device, it works very well for judging levels in the midrange, with practice you can also discern whether you have too much bass in the mix. but you won’t be able to judge treble and sub bass adequately.
They cope well in small untreated rooms due to their limited frequency extension, and the single membrane.
For consumer mix checks a mobile phone or laptop speakers are not a bad choice.
Interesting. I’m using headphones at the moment. I don’t have a serious setup anymore.
I’ve previously owned KH120s and Focal CMS65s both of which I really liked, particularly the KH120s.
Now I just have an OT that I can play with wherever I’m sat. No sound treatment and also need to keep neighbours happy. So I just wanted a simple little speaker / system.
Mixcube looked good for 90Hz-10KHz to get good clean main body of mix. But I’ve never used one before, no idea how they sound. Same size cone as KH120.
B&W Zeppelin looked quite good as a consumer level device made by a good manufacturer. Probably better engineered than a pair of 5" KRK Rokits, right?
check out some multimedia speakers by creative I forget the model number, they have yellow woofers and go allot lower think 40hz and mixes translate well iv played stuff out in clubs just using them and the mduw
I have a Mixcube set up as a mono alternative to my main monitors, but I’ve been doing more and more of my mixing on it, and I find it translates well. When I travel I like to take it with me and make music with my laptop setup. Pretty sure I could make good mixes on just a Mixcube+good pair of cans, though I haven’t tested that theory out. Everyone says they don’t sound 'good", but honestly there’s something pleasing to me about listening to all mids.
Can’t advise but keep us posted on what you decide / how it works out. I’m looking for similar solution