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Hamish
posté ven. 22 nov. 2002, 14:03
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I am on a very low budget approx £300 and I need monitors. What can anyone recommend? Active, or an Amp and monitors. Please help!
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holli
posté lun. 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' smile.gif Most hifi amps don't have an auto shoutoff to prevent major overloads.
smile.gif 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?   ven. 22 nov. 2002, 14:03
- - kemikal   i bought some event 20/20 monitors (passive for ju...   ven. 22 nov. 2002, 23:11
- - holli   BM5's BM5's!! Check 'em out,...   sam. 23 nov. 2002, 16:28
- - JackC   If you can stretch your budget or hold off 'ti...   sam. 23 nov. 2002, 18:59
- - holli   Also.. almost all monitors work best when the amp ...   sam. 23 nov. 2002, 20:40
- - Presto   Holli, could you explain that a bit better? I rem...   dim. 24 nov. 2002, 22:30
- - holli   I can try! I have BM5 nearfields driven with ...   lun. 25 nov. 2002, 03:43
- - Presto   Thanks Holli for your very interesting analysis. Y...   lun. 25 nov. 2002, 12:53
- - ryosode   I use a pair of M-Audio SP-5B. I think it's be...   mer. 11 déc. 2002, 04:10
- - ryosode   I meant well known "active" monitors at ...   mer. 11 déc. 2002, 04:11
- - add9   I'll join this thread I've been on Ge...   dim. 5 janv. 2003, 11:11
- - lepetitmartien   Add9 if you run the 1029 without the sub you'r...   lun. 6 janv. 2003, 06:17
- - bjkiwi   before u buy some different monitors, consider the...   mar. 7 janv. 2003, 01:07
- - Presto   add9 - try borrowing a sub and see what happens be...   mar. 7 janv. 2003, 22:54
- - lepetitmartien   On monitor placement, the site of Genelec as a lea...   mer. 8 janv. 2003, 01:47
- - add9   Again, thank you guys! This is the only place ...   mer. 8 janv. 2003, 22:25
- - Presto   Yeah!!!!!! BM6As Join t...   mer. 8 janv. 2003, 22:41
- - lepetitmartien   BM6A are rock solid (can't compare with other ...   jeu. 9 janv. 2003, 03:55
- - Levon River   add9, since the rarified air of philosophy on pris...   jeu. 9 janv. 2003, 15:07
- - add9   What are you trying to tell me, River... ...   jeu. 9 janv. 2003, 15:41
- - Levon River   QUOTE (add9 @ Jan 9 2003, 14:41)When I have b...   jeu. 9 janv. 2003, 15:50
- - Presto   I've started caving. I'd like to see what ...   jeu. 9 janv. 2003, 18:35
- - tacoboy   I will now boast the fact that I have a pair of Ge...   jeu. 10 avril 2003, 18:47
- - -spike-   QUOTE 1030's are the best nearfield monitors (...   ven. 13 juin 2003, 07:29
- - Angelgob   well, I'm joining this discussion a little lat...   lun. 17 nov. 2003, 18:34
- - kevindetroit   M-Audio BX5's $300 USD out the door at Gu...   mar. 18 nov. 2003, 06:06
- - dmrkh   Is it too late to bring up a tangent, as in, (self...   sam. 20 déc. 2003, 01:40


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