Hi, I wasn’t sure if this should be posted in the general forum or DJ gear forum, I plumped for here so apologies if this is in the wrong place.
Budget speakers for a beginners set up. My budget is around £100-120, could look at slightly more though if it will make a big difference. What do you guys use?
I have looked at the M Audio AV40’s, but I’m not sure how suited these would be for dj’ing, or if they’re not much more than a glorified PC speaker.
I’ll mainly be playing bassy dance music, decent bass is a must really.
If you just want some speakers to try on your own just pick any kind of cheap pc speakers with a subwoofer, or whatever you can find.
If you can spend a little more, go for some used hifi speakers and a used amp. I have a pair of old Magnat Ribbon 5s and they have a great sound for their price.
Just don’t think you need to buy some expensive studio monitors to practice DJing.
I always regreted buying cheap speakers (e.g. the hercules DJ speakers XPS 80) they are not worth their money.
I like my KRKs, but I think they’re a little over your budget. In that range, I’d get decent 2.1 computer speakers…just check out reviews. I have a set of Klipsch Promedias that sound alright for the money…a little noisy, but it doesn’t bother me for the money.
I use Mackie MR8’s in a home studio. Excellent sound and bass for the compact size. You should be able to find them used (don’t bother with the new MKX at a bit higher price point than you listed. MR5’s are even less expensive.
Do you find the bass is a bit emphasised on the Mackie’s? I’ve been looking around because I’d like to get some monitors, and this is something that’s cropped up in reviews etc.
Mine are the original series and compared favorably to KRK’s when I was purchasing. They sounded cleaner, looked better and had a better craft in my opinion.
Does gear like this actually sound good? My only experience with passive speakers is in extremely loud concert/club systems or extremely expensive high-end monitoring setups.
Low end passive speakers & amp are what I have for general use / practicing on my rubbish CD decks. It actually sounds pretty good but I’m paranoid that you get a false sonic image when producing.
