“If you're listening to amazing gear through terrible monitors, you've wasted your cash”: Why monitors are the most important part of your studio

Best studio monitors: Focal Listen 65 monitors set up on a studio desk.

You can spend a fortune on software instruments, hardware synthesisers, vintage guitars, high-end microphones and classic studio effects, but if you are listening to the whole lot mixed together through a rubbish set of studio monitors, all that cash will have been wasted.

While we've explored various other vital elements of a home studio, we've no qualms about stating that your studio monitors are its most important items. This article explains why that is, and what to look out for when choosing and setting up your studio speakers.