Speakers/Monitors of Choice?

Speakers/Monitors of Choice?

£300 max, bedroom use only. Mainly for DJing with the hope of starting production after the summer. Hopeless when it comes to wattage nd ohmage nd all that bollocks, haha

Currently just use the old hi-fi at the minute. Whats the crack with using a amp etc...

Cheers :cyber:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/cat_PG_2.html?gf=active_nearfield_monitors&oa=pra

if its for the bedroom, and for djing, how loud can you have your current setup without having the police at the door?

5" drivers if you get a lot of shit / have old parents / care a lot about tinnitus

6" drivers if you can get away with it loud, but dont want to rattle the floor away from you

8" drivers if you do not give two fucks and would rather the room shook away from the rest of the house

you should be looking for nearfield monitors, active, no behringers or m-audio, you can do better at that price range - look at some tannoy, krk, events, genelec (some of those will only be 5" at £300)

with monitors its each to their own, there isnt a 'this one is best' cos everyone hears differently, and no doubt your room will be different to the next person too.

go and try some out at sound live or similar, take some music you're very familiar with, set a budget and go with your gut instinct, dont be swayed in to buying something more expensive if you dont feel they sound as good as something cheaper. dont be cheap though - its best to spend as much on you can on monitors as thats a major part of a system when producing

if you have money spare, invest in some room treatment, or at least something to put the speakers on, i use mopads and they make a lot of difference to the sound

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/?page=shop/manufacturer&manufacturer_id=140

last but not least, remember to count in to the budget for decent cables!

Great info there, I think it'd be the 6" drivers tbh.

Where is soundlive? It'd be great to test them first.

i have two sets of 6" monitors in here and i find they're more than enough for dj/audio spoiling

soundslive is on dean street, the lads in the studio section (to the right when you walk in - past the hippys) are sound and will keep you on the right track

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/

dolphin music have a new place in the metro center now as well if thats closer for you, but im not sure what gear they have in as havnt been yet- it was the old williams place, enter at the yellow section i think

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/

Cheers, am off back end of next week al try them then

Jbl control1 moniter speakers, :chill:

av got 4, but only need to use 2 as the sound is unreal!
pretty cheap also.

Sell me 2 for even cheaper

Mackie do nice monitors

not for 300 quid though

the 824's are where its at

i've got these http://www.decks.co.uk/products/pa_packages/alesis/m1_ra150

and they sound spot on to be fair

i had a set and sold them straight away as i thought they were shite

michaels got some quality tapco ones. and arent them alesis m1's canny priced?

ive just watched that episode your avatar's from

I rigged my Wii and LCD up to me old setup speakers the other week and now have one fucking loud gaming and DVD unit

does the wii play dvds ?

No but my DVD player does.

aha

housemates got Alesis ProLinear 820's they make bald wankers kick your front door in