Ryan "Fluff" Bruce

Recommended from personal experience in this September 18, 2017 FAQ Mondays episode at 3:51.

What are the best budget studio monitors?

I am asked this question a lot more than other questions. Constantly, despite me answering it many times. In my opinion, the best budget studio monitors are the JBL LSR series. Those are so good sounding for so little money and they're often going on sale, like, these crazy sales. The LSR305s, like, I've seen them for like $100 apiece, so 200 bucks'll get ya into some decent sounding monitors. I mean, I was mixing Rob Scallon's earlier stuff, like when we did "Metal in Inappropriate Places" and things like that, I mixed those on LSR305s. So, and it was only later that I upgraded to 308s but, initially I was mixing a lot of his nine-string stuff, Slayo [sic] banjo song, you know, all that stuff on JBL LSR305s and they served me really well. So, I highly, highly recommend you getting a hold of some of those. (...) The Yamahas or the JBLs always went out for me over just about any other brand because they're so consistent and just so damn good sounding.

He recently got a pair of Adam A7X and replaced his JBL with them !

He uses both Neumann and Adam studio monitors

On this video you can see the central station on the top of the right side of the table

Ryan Bruce uses the Neumann KH 310 A studio monitors, as shown in the "2020 Studio Tour" video by Riffs, Beards & Gear on YouTube.

Mentioned anecdotally while recommending the LSR305 in this September 18, 2017 FAQ Mondays episode at 3:51.

What are the best budget studio monitors?

I am asked this question a lot more than other questions. Constantly, despite me answering it many times. In my opinion, the best budget studio monitors are the JBL LSR series. Those are so good sounding for so little money and they're often going on sale, like, these crazy sales. The LSR305s, like, I've seen them for like $100 apiece, so 200 bucks'll get ya into some decent sounding monitors. I mean, I was mixing Rob Scallon's earlier stuff, like when we did "Metal in Inappropriate Places" and things like that, I mixed those on LSR305s. So, and it was only later that I upgraded to 308s but, initially I was mixing a lot of his nine-string stuff, Slayo [sic] banjo song, you know, all that stuff on JBL LSR305s and they served me really well. So, I highly, highly recommend you getting a hold of some of those. (...) The Yamahas or the JBLs always went out for me over just about any other brand because they're so consistent and just so damn good sounding.

In the "Home Studio Tour 2023" video by Riffs, Beards & Gear, Fluff showcases his use of the Genelec 8331A studio monitors.

In this segment of his own studio tour he talks about the matching sub to the 8331s (7350A sub)