active monitors

[Tony P]

lets say i got about £250-£300 to spend on a pair of active monitors for mome use, what could I get and would they be ok?

 

 

Was looking at these:

 

Alesis M1 Active Speakers

M-Audio BX-5s

[Tony P]

i'm so impatient......................

[Guest]

Save another £100 and get these.... web page

[Tony P]

yeh but they ain't active Mark????

 

i wanna be able to pug em straight into the back of my mixer without the use of an amp. I may as well just stick with what i've got if i were to buy those.

 

cheers anyway

 

[RicWorth]

Tony.P said:

yeh but they ain't active Mark????

 

i wanna be able to pug em straight into the back of my mixer without the use of an amp. I may as well just stick with what i've got if i were to buy those.

 

cheers anyway

 

Or you could get Berhinger Truths for about £300, they a pretty f*cking good. I know Berhinger isn't the best name in sound equipment but these speakers are decent quality.

 

Or save yourself a grand and buy some Mackie 824 or Dynaudios BM6A's Now they are f*cking amazing !

[LiquidEyes]

Why active monitors? Is it a matter of convenience (no room for the amp)?

 

You could get a fantastic amp & passive monitors for that price. I paid about £350 for a pair of Spirit Absolute Zeros plus a Samson Servo-170 amp (these are probably both cheaper now). Had them for about 5-6 years now, they're fantastic.

 

Sorry I know very little about active speakers so I can't help you really.

[Agent]

Alesis M1 have had some good reports, they are what im after

[Ian Cashman]

Agent said:

Alesis M1 have had some good reports, they are what im after

 

thats what i use tony.. they rock!

[Guest]

Tony.P said:

yeh but they ain't active Mark????

 

i wanna be able to pug em straight into the back of my mixer without the use of an amp. I may as well just stick with what i've got if i were to buy those.

 

cheers anyway

 

Point but it's an amazing set up for than price?

 

Behringer

 

Alesis

 

Numark M80

 

??

[Tony P]

liquideyes said:

Why active monitors? Is it a matter of convenience (no room for the amp)?

 

No not a matter convenience mate, I will still run my other 4 speakers from my main amp, i just want a pair of seperate monitors that i can plug into my mixer, so i can use them purely as monitors instead of listening to the main speakers. I know it's only on a small scale but still want it set up correctly, so i can contol the volume seperately from the monitors than that of the other speakers. Don't really want 2 amps so thats why i was opting for active. cheers anyway mate

 

 

 

Ian: is the bass quiet heavy on the ones you use as i've heard form various people that it is a little too much.... guess its down to personal opinions really?

[Ian Cashman]

Tony.P said:

Ian: is the bass quiet heavy on the ones you use as i've heard form various people that it is a little too much.... guess its down to personal opinions really?

 

depends on positioning m8..mine are fine..

[Tony P]

cool, i've heard that this can be overcome by plugging the bass anyway, but only if need be.

cheers mate

[Agent]

I ordered a pair of M1's today

[Tony P]

you lucky git, early xmas present was it?

[Agent]

Ive been a good boy all week so i treated myself