Gemini Dj Sr - 8 studio monitor unboxing and review

Hey guys! It's VK here from VK News and Tech Reviews and today your watching my unboxing and in-depth video review of the Gemini DJ Sr-8 Studio Monitors. Let's get started! Music...(Playing) Ready for the unboxing? If you thought that unboxing was quick wait till I tell you about the shipping I ordered these speakers on Sunday and they arrived here on Tuesday and that's just two days in shipping and the shipping was absolutely free it was Amazon's free shipping option and they said that these speakers were going to get here next week but they actually arrived two days after I ordered them so that's pretty impressive now you may be wondering to yourself what do I need Studio Monitors for? How are Studio Monitors different from lets say computer speakers or your stereo speakers at home? Well, Studio Monitors have an entirely flat frequency response So this means when you're making a video editing that audio on the video making a song, mixing a DJ track you're going to get a flat frequency response So no part of your song is going to be emphasized and when you go to play that song or video on a different speaker it's going to sound the way that you wanted it to sound and it's not going to have less sound in one area of the frequency range Now that you have an idea why you would want these Studio Monitors let's talk about the price Now, I mentioned earlier in my video that I got these speakers on Amazon and for the pair I paid about two hundred and thirty dollars for these eight inch monitors now this is a really great price considering that they are eight inch monitors which is a pretty large size for Studio Monitors and a comparable price for a different brand of monitors would be at the lowest $300 for the pair and upwards of thousands of dollars for a pair of some high-end Studio Monitors So here's the box on the front you have the actual speaker along with the Gemini Sr-8 logo on the sides you have the specifications I won't really get into that too much because that will come on later in the video as you open the box you first find that you have foam pads and these are so you can stick them to the bottom of your monitors so that they don't vibrate on your desk or workspace when you're using them and next, we have the Quick Start manual for these monitors and it's good to mention that these monitors come in three different sizes a five inch, a six inch, and an eight inch these are the eight inch monitors and Gemini also offers a ten inch subwoofer to go along with the monitors to help with the bass response now lets get to the actual monitors so now that these speakers are unboxed you can see the eight inch glass composite fiber woofer it's a great red color and you also have a one inch soft dome tweeter for high frequencies and the woofer is for those lower frequencies and mid frequencies you have the Gemini logo, which I believe lights up and you can kind of tell the size of these things the speakers are about 15 inches high, 10 inches wide, and 12 inches deep so they're really big but one nice thing about these speakers is that they have a slotted bass port at the bottom of the speaker so that the sound isn't distorted when the air moved by the 8 inch woofer expels air outside of the speaker you don't get the air resonating in your room and effecting the sound so now that we are turned to the back of these monitors it's important to mention that Gemini does include a power cable to power these bi-amplified monitors and it's important to note that these are already amplified so that means that you don't have to buy a separate amplifier for these monitors because the amplifier which powers the actual speakers are built in and it's about 125 watts of power going to these speakers once they are in full function Now Gemini does not include a way of connecting these speakers to your stereo setup, or your computer, or your audio interface but there are a number of connection options One, there balanced inputs which gives you a little bit of a cleaner sound There's TRS and XLR and you also have an unbalanced RCA input which is usually more commonly found in someone's cable collection or just lying around being unused you have the volume adjustment *** which is right there you also have the high frequency adjustment *** which is to adjust how much of the high frequencies you want in your song or your audio and this might be good if your producing bass heavy music and you don't really want to hear the highs overpowering your music you want to you want to hear more of the bass in your music so you could turn that down or up you also have the power input spot and a on and off power switch alright, so you may be wondering how you can set these up with your computer, so I'm going to show you how so right here we have dual RCA to 3.5 millimeter cable and this is the cable that would commonly just plug into your computer and so you use usually the red cable is for the right side of your audio so I'm going to plug that in to this monitor and then the white would go to the left which I haven't unboxed yet but you would plug this into your left monitor and then just plug the 3.5 millimeter cable into your computer and it should be good to go and also if you wanted to see the power cable here it is, it's in a plastic bag as you can tell, I've set up the studio monitor speakers on either side of my regular computer monitor and it is important to mention the when you do set up your Studio Monitor speakers or any other computer speakers for that matter that you do situate them at a 45 degree angle now this is because these Studio Monitors are near-field monitors which means that they produce the best sound at a close proximity to the monitors and when you situate the monitors at a 45 degree angle you are receiving the most optimal sound because the sound coming out of the speakers are converging at a single point Ok, guys, so here's a close up of left studio monitor next to my 24 inch ASUS PC monitor and you can just tell, it's a little side comparison this monitor speaker is humongous. It takes up a large amount of my desk space and it's really not for everyone due to its size but I do have to say that the bass response is amazing on these speakers and I'll show you that in a minute As I said before, the bass response on the speakers is amazing these Studio Monitors can produce sounds from under 30Hz to over 20,000Hz and this is really impressive for an 8 inch Studio Monitor Now the bass response and overall sound quality is really helped by the 8 inch woofer which pretty much eliminates the need for a sub-woofer due to its large surface area which pushes a lot of air thus creating the low frequencies and really nice and warm mid frequencies Also, the tweeter does a great job at producing the high frequencies So overall, these monitors have a great sound for a really low price in terms of Studio Monitors Now, I'm going to play a little FL Studio song that really emphasizes the bass response I created this song, so it doesn't interfere with any copyright issues So here you go Music...(Playing) Alright, so that was pretty much it for that song and now I want to play the song that actually came with FL Studio And it is Seemless Ft. Veela - Sometimes It's just the song that came with FL Studio and it just shows a little bit of what these speakers can actually do so here you go Seemless (Ft. Veela) - Sometimes... (Playing) Alright, so you can get a little bit of an idea of the sound quality from these speakers and any sort of distortion would probably be coming from the microphone It's really a great warm sound on my end over here and another important thing to mention is that when these speakers are plugged into your computer's motherboard or headphone jack they really don't produce the best sound and this is due to currents running through the motherboard and running through the audio interface in side of the motherboard of your computer that produces sort of a staticy and choppy sound when your not listening to music or audio so it's pretty much the best idea to get something like a audio interface or a sound card for your computer so that you don't get any type of interference from your Studio Monitors and you can have the best listening response Overall, these Studio Monitors are a great choice for people getting into audio or music production and are on a tight budget One thing that I do have to comment about these speakers though is that they are a pretty large speaker so if your looking for something with a little less bass response you should definitely go with the 5 inch or 6 inch model of the Gemini DJ Studio Monitors Now the 8 inch Studio Monitors are a great choice if you want great bass response and warm sound quality without the need for a boxy subwoofer If you enjoyed this video and you want to see more be sure to like, subscribe, and tell your friends, and leave a comment below I'm VK from VK News and Tech Reviews and have a great day