Budget monitors

[robin m]

...I know this gets asked in here every 20 minutes, but has anyone got any recommendations for low-cost monitor speakers? At the moment I'm just using crap car boot sale hi-fi speakers - they're decent enough for mixing & pretty loud but shite for production.

Also - how much effect is the amp going to have on the sound if I get some half-decent speakers? I'm on a very tight budget but if my (again old and car boot sale-y) amp is going to make getting new speakers pointless I'm going to have to do something about that too.

Cheers helpful BOA people

[jesus]

how much is the budget? your probably gonna need about £200-£400 for ok speakers, closer to a grand for decent ones - if your serious about producing that is.

If you get yourself active monitors then they already have amps built in em, which means you can still use your amp you have at the moment for your dj speakers. IT's gonna be cheaper this way and without the hastle of matching speakers and amps..

[fatcollective]

for budget monitors...i'd go for Fortex PM1's or Alesis M1's...can probabaly pick these up for about £170 - £220 a pair.

[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]

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!

[loopdon]

i would have a look at tapco s8 monitors. got very nice reviews and i am very happy with them.