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Music production takes far more than sheer talent. Having the proper tools for the task is critical, just as it is for any other career. When you're trying to get such tools on a budget, however, things get a little more tricky. Fortunately, there are still some solutions available. We'll show you the best budget monitor speakers under $100 today. These aren't the best monitors on the market, but they'll do the job and let you follow your passion for music production.   What Are the Differences Between Monitor and Regular Speakers? The way monitor speakers render tone is the major distinction between them and ordinary speakers. Your normal computer speakers will have a bass-heavy tone profile and a tone profile designed to extract the maximum flavor from your music. With monitors, however, this is not the case. Their main goal is to be as flat as possible, allowing you to hear your mix in its natural state. It's difficult to achieve that kind of transparenc...

  In terms of the user interface, most reviewers of Windows 10 agree that it's a great upgrade from Windows 8.1. But how does it fare in terms of performance? TechSpot put the new operating system through its paces, running benchmark tests on the same machine with all three operating systems (Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10) newly installed and updated. The testing PC featured an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 graphics card. The end result is a bit of a mixed bag. Windows 10 routinely outperforms Windows 8.1 pro, which was outperformed by Windows 7. Synthetic benchmarks such as Cinebench R15 and Futuremark PCMark 7 show Windows 10 to be quicker than Windows 8.1 pro, which was faster than Windows 7.   Microsoft Software Swap Windows 8.1 Pro was the fastest in other testing, such as booting, booting two seconds faster than Windows 10. In Windows 10, performance in specific applications, such as Photoshop a...