Monitors!! £200 Budget??!! Options

[Hamish]

I'm trying to get myself some descent all round active monitors for around £200, any ideas..?

Thanks in advance

[lepetitmartien]

I don't have my SOS in the hand to look for this with UK prices, but in this range you have decent stuff like this (there may be others):

- Alesis M1 active 520
- Alesis M1 MK2 active
- Behringer B2030A
- Samson Resolv family
- Fostex PM 0.5

All are active monitors. Please, don't look at M-Audio monitors (got still to hear a good one among these).

I'll come back on this in a few days when I'll have my SOS

[Hamish]

Thanks a lot the alesis look like a good bet

[lepetitmartien]

Alesis M1 MK2 active are an old time good little budget monitor

[lepetitmartien]

Just looked into the last SOS I've got (january) for the turnkey ad…

The Alesis M1 MK2 active is the only contender at this exact price.

There are KRK V6, Tannoy Reveal active 5a and yamaha MSP5.

[Chris C.L]

Please, don't look at M-Audio monitors (got still to hear a good one among these).

I have the studiophile Bx5's by m-audio. There not genelic quality but still sound great. I think they are great value for money and seen them rated quite highly in a mag review.

[rickenbacker]

I have the Yamaha MSP5s and like them well enough. I'd prefer a pair of Event SP8s, though

[lepetitmartien]

I have the studiophile Bx5's by m-audio. There not genelic quality but still sound great. I think they are great value for money and seen them rated quite highly in a mag review.

I've still not hear a single monitor from M-Audio and Edirol (forgot these) sounding good (muddy is more the idea), I reserve my opinion on the last EX66 I have still not heard. IMHO

About mags, i'd be cautious, it's your ears that counts, not specs or the taste of others. If you can do good stuff on yours it's fine But never trust the advice of someone on a single model save if he can work with it, and certainly not reviews

Hamish, select a few, and have a listening test at a shop if you can with things you've done (if you have) or CD tracks you like and in different styles, not only the one you're interested into (for example, have some live instruments, acoustic guitar, voice not too effected, along with stuff you like, and other styles if you're into Trance). Take the one you like the most but which is the most _revealing_ (this is important) of the mix (stereo, depth, transients).

On the list above I gave my opinion, let's build yours (yes Rickenbacker, on my own, I'd kill for Adam or Dynaudio, got to listen Focal one day too)(My owns are Mackie HR824 at the moment)

[bcatcho]

well lepetitmartien's advice is the same advice i used when buying my monitors, i just wanted to say that you should find some Warfedale Diampnd Pro 8.2 A (A for active) to listen to while you are searching. Those are what i ende dup going with for my dj studio. I'm surprised no one has mentioned them yet.

[Hamish]

Thanks all of you, just to let you know, I've just bought Logic 7.1 finally (from 5), have ordered Mackie 1402 VLZ pro, monitors are next (probably should have come first) only a few bits i need and I will totally have revamped my studio. I currently use the m-audio delta 44 soundcard, should I get the omni i/o as well, will this be similar to a digi 001 (does it do the same thing?) Thanks again.