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 Mon 25 Nov 2002, 16:55
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BM5's and 6's even sound good with a standard hifi amp, 25-30 w RMS per side. Just better with more juice. I know many people who have run these in the short term, again just drive VERY carefully -even with a small amp such as the above, push to the max of what it can handle with hot programme and it's likely the tweeters will start smokin'  Most hifi amps don't have an auto shoutoff to prevent major overloads. Just to explain my thinking in the advice, Bm5's are now only £50 over Hamish's budget. He'd have to go alot further in price to get something comprable, Quested (nice!) Genelec, K roks. They can be made to perform like something twice the recommended price by adding fat amp later on, but why not start out with a hifi amp. I remember Alesis monitors being quite friendly as well, I had some on loan for a week or so. Very sweet but much more like a nice hifi! I think these would be in the price bracket.
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 Hamish Studio Monitors? Fri 22 Nov 2002, 14:03 kemikal i bought some event 20/20 monitors (passive for ju... Fri 22 Nov 2002, 23:11 holli BM5's BM5's!! Check 'em out,... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 16:28 JackC If you can stretch your budget or hold off 'ti... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 18:59 holli Also.. almost all monitors work best when the amp ... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 20:40 Presto Holli, could you explain that a bit better?
I rem... Sun 24 Nov 2002, 22:30 holli I can try! I have BM5 nearfields driven with ... Mon 25 Nov 2002, 03:43 Presto Thanks Holli for your very interesting analysis. Y... Mon 25 Nov 2002, 12:53 ryosode I use a pair of M-Audio SP-5B. I think it's be... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 04:10 ryosode I meant well known "active" monitors at ... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 04:11 add9 I'll join this thread
I've been on Ge... Sun 5 Jan 2003, 11:11 lepetitmartien Add9 if you run the 1029 without the sub you'r... Mon 6 Jan 2003, 06:17 bjkiwi before u buy some different monitors, consider the... Tue 7 Jan 2003, 01:07 Presto add9 - try borrowing a sub and see what happens be... Tue 7 Jan 2003, 22:54 lepetitmartien On monitor placement, the site of Genelec as a lea... Wed 8 Jan 2003, 01:47 add9 Again, thank you guys!
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