Studio Monitors?, Low budget!! Options

[Hamish]

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!

[bjkiwi]

before u buy some different monitors, consider the effect of the room on what u are hearing. the acoustics of the room could be leading u 2 'hear' more low end than is actually there. without going into a detailed diatribe about room acoustics and monitor placement, I feel the most important task of monitors is 2 act as a benchmark for your judgement. so make up a collection of tracks u know well (lots of variety...rock, solo piano, vocal etc.) and listen to them in your space 2 become aware of the monitor/room's interence and then use them as comparisons and references to your work.
the vast majority of us are working and mixing in far less than ideal acoustic spaces and the better your awareness of the deficiences of your space the better equipped u are 2 make informed mixing decisions.