Haha, yes the tissue. I worked with Bob Clearmountain once.
The whole tissue thing was stupid, since the tissue didn’t decrease the hard midrange
NS10’s endured for a ridiculous length of time. You’re not gonna get anything that great under £200
So you have “Windows 8 Pro 64-bit (Core i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz, 32GB RAM, NVidia GTX 660 Ti), Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Steinberg Cubase 7, Propellerhead Reason 7, Ableton Suite 9, Traktor Pro 2.6.1 NI Kontakt 5, NI Massive, NI FM8, NI Reaktor, Spectrasonics Omnnisphere, u-He Zebra 2, Camel Audio Alchemy, Rob Papen Albino, Rob Papen Blade, NI Traktor Kontrol S4, NI Traktor Kontrol F1, M-Audio Oxygen 8 v2, Akai LPD8”
…but want cheap speakers, can you say piracy?
How can I pirate hardware? Also, no cracked version of Cubase 7 or Reason 7 and I’ve got a Komplete 8 hence he NI stuff, Traktor with my S4 etc. I’m also someone in a full time job but doing a part time degree so get educational discounts on stuff like Ableton and the other synths.
Sometimes it’s safer to ask and not make offensive assumptions. Eejit!
Anyway, for anyone who’s interested I invested in a pair of RCF Ayra 5s as my monitors. Or, for the sake of some eejit called DjGil, lets assume I somehow pirated them.
Some right twonks on this planet who have nothing better to do than assume the worst in people. Sad really.
Any good?
When I listened in a local DJ shop, yeah. However, they wanted more than other shops online for them so ordered them with free 3m TRS to XLR cables from Dolphin Music (in UK) for £249. Being delivered on Tuesday and probably won’t set up fully until the weekend so will let you know then. Revamping my home studio setup next weekend with new speakers, new dual 24" 1080 mmonitors, my new Maschine etc.
Will let you know after I’ve set it all up.
I assume your other 35 posts are immensely more helpful than this one?
450€ for the pair+ amp.
I’d say go active. bx8, mr8 etc
IMO, really go into a store and take a listen.
I went to Guitar Center this past weekend and listened to Tannoy Reveal 501A, KRK Rokit 5s, Yamaha HS50M, and Yamaha HS80M.
You need to find the pair of monitors that fit your ears best. For me, it was the HS50M (I’d love the HS80, but they’re out of my price range and just too big). The KRK Rokits were muddy, but they had a nice bass response. Tannoys were very nice as well in at louder volumes, but they didn’t have a big bass sound at lower volumes. The Yamaha HS50Ms sat in the middle with a very accurate sound throughout all volumes, but the bass was lacking throughout.
Yeah. I listened to the RCF Ayra 5, Rokit 5, Alesis M1 530 and Yamaha HS50 in my local DJ shop before settling on the Ayra 5s. In the shop they just seemed to have a nice mix of the Yamaha and KRK’s. The look is like a mix between KRK (connectivity, rounded front of casing etc) and the Yamahas (white cone etc). However, the sound was clear in the bass range, unlike the overly bass-tastic KRK’s and more present than the Yamaha and Alesis ones. Also, the mids and highs were smooth, non harsh and had a nice brightness, which was very similar to the Yamaha’s in this respect.
Like I said, mine should be arriving tomorrow so will wait and see until I set them up on the weekend!
Go active.
Most 6" active monitors will give you the result you need. KRK, Alesis, ADAM, Yamaha etc.
Have you thought about going used? One budget monitor nobody has mentioned is the Behringer Truth 2301a. Yeah, they’re Behringer, but they actually sound decent. They have a 9.75" driver, kind of overkill, and can reproduce lows pretty well. They can be tailored to small rooms with a bunch of crossover switches built in. I’ve seen them as low as $150 for the pair on craigslist. They’re certainly not great, but they provide a lot of bang for the buck.
He’s already bought a pair, lol.
It’s an 8.75" driver. And behringer is coming out with some new completely redesigned monitors, so i’d rather go for them.
But he already bought some
Yep. Already got me some shiny new RCF Ayra 5s, which look absolutely stonking!
Not tried them yet though. That’s to come this weekend.
Oops.
Just thought I’d report back. Having used my RCF Ayra 5s for a week or two now, they are absolutely outstanding!!!
The best monitors I’ve ever owned and has a real richness to the sound and I don’t notice any obvious missing bass, even when tried running things like Daft Punk, Knife Party etc through them.
Amazing monitors for anyone looking for some and I’d highly recommend them!
Still waiting for GC to stock the Behringers and put them on display 
Hesitant about buying Behringers without trying them out first.
Go for the RCF Ayra 5s. I’ve spent a week listening to all sorts through them to burn them in. They sound fab in all music styles through iTunes and Spotify and even games and films sound fab.
Now they’ve come into themselves they have a thick bass, super clear mids and the highs sparkle with zero harshness. All in all, we happy and perfect small monitors.
Bout to buy a pair of Yamaha HS50Ms for 180 shipped 
Pretty hard to turn them down at that price. Although I just now noticed that Yamaha released the 2nd generation HS5,HS7, HS8 