Budget monitors

[theledge]

Alesis M1 Actives get my vote too

Just over £200/pair. no amp required either

[BloodStar]

Alesis M1 Actives get my vote too

Just over £200/pair. no amp required either

these are the passive ones.

[dirty_bass]

I`d look on ebay for some fostex pm-1`s
the Tannoy speakers performed very well in recent music publications.
Also you can get Absolute 2`s on ebay occasionally for around 150.

If you are using passives I`d thoroughly recommend The Alesis RA series of amps.

The sound on these babies is simply stunning.
Better than the amps found on some active monitors in my opinion, and also very nice to look at.

[robin m]

I`d look on ebay for some fostex pm-1`s
the Tannoy speakers performed very well in recent music publications.
Also you can get Absolute 2`s on ebay occasionally for around 150.

If you are using passives I`d thoroughly recommend The Alesis RA series of amps.

The sound on these babies is simply stunning.
Better than the amps found on some active monitors in my opinion, and also very nice to look at.

Thanks for advice, much appreciated... I'm going to shop around and see what I like - you've given me some good starting points.

I think I'm going to have to go for active speakers though as like I said my current amp is basically a piece of crap, and my budget is too limited to buy a decent one as well as the speakers... just like everyone else I've got a long long list of things I wanna spend my limited cash on (new turntables, fix my mixer, laptop, second PC monitor, umpteen bits of hardware, trip to peru etc etc etc).

[dan the acid man]

fostex pm-1's all the way, got some at work and they're really good for the money, much better than alesis imo.

[Jay Pace]

I got alesis mk2 actives because they sounded nice and bassy.

They hurt your ears, the bass obscures your mix and I ended up hating them.

Nice speakers, good dj monitors perhaps but not the best for production IMO, sure there are better bets out there that are more accurate and less fatiguing on your poor ole lugs.

[loopdon]

being 'bassy' isn't exactly what you want in a monitor, eh?

more like an accurate representation of what is going on, with curve as flat as possible.

but i know you know that, jay. just meant to point that out again.

[neilried]

I got alesis mk2 actives because they sounded nice and bassy.

They hurt your ears, the bass obscures your mix and I ended up hating them.

Nice speakers, good dj monitors perhaps but not the best for production IMO, sure there are better bets out there that are more accurate and less fatiguing on your poor ole lugs.

I did a simerlar thing actually, I heard these in a good environment and rushed out to buy some, then stuck em in my room and fired them up and getting ridiculous ammounts of bass from them.

Spent ages playing about with set up and trying to get used to them but its near impossible, so in a moment of frustration I swapped them with some fuct up old mission speakers I had in my kitchen...

Ive now got sh!t loads of bass in the kitchen

And my mix downs are a lot better

And Im not getting daily headaches

I just wish Id have listened to the advice I got on here and saved up a bit more cash for something better from the outset...

[jk_scowling]

Yeh those alesis ones are ok for the money, bit too bassy though. My mates keep breaking as well, but you know that robin.

All I can say is spend whatever you can't afford ;)

[dan the acid man]

don't buy the alesis ones please!!!!!!!!!!!!

[robin m]

Ta everyone, very helpful - the active Alesis ones sound like they're just what I'm looking for really... my kind of price, no need for a new amp and positive reviews from you lot - job done!

I'll check out the tapco s8 as well - looks like it might be slightly out of reach price-wise for me at the moment though... :whoops:

[theledge]

these are the passive ones.

Didn't notice that

[hoodlum]

these are the passive ones.

alesis m1 get my vote too, i got mine new for £98 at turnkey!