Doepfer

so here's a funny thing, until now my only monitoring for my 9U
modular has been a fairly clean yamaha guitar practise amp (via an old
zoom 1201 for reverb = genius). when i produce sounds i like, i record
them with a mic. i like it that way, but i fancy proper monitoring.  

however, i use a lot of harvestman gear, and frequently produce sounds
which are basically vicious, with massive spikes, and the only other
monitors i have are my proper studio ones that cost a couple of grand
and would last a millisecond monitoring my modular. 

is there a good way to monitor signals that are this irascible and
dangerous? i have an FMR Really Nice Compressor lying around, maybe
rig that up as a limiter? I don't think that would save them. do you
think going through the zoom 1201 would save them? is there a bit of
kit to save them? how do other people find their monitors survive? i'm
not entirely a screaming noise bunny, but with eg the malgorithm, and
experimenting with distortion, massive evil speakertrashing noise
frequently comes my way. 

or alternatively, can anyone recommend a good cheap attractive powered
monitor with ok bass extension, cheap enough that i won't care too
much if i trash it?

Hi

if your monitors are passive, then add a glow bulb for cars in series 
with them. Back in the '90ies I had to buy seven spare tweeters for my 
NS-10 until I learned this trick.

Florian