I know theres a few threads on speakers already but most of them are from last year and cater to the US.
I’m looking for some speakers around £120. I’ll only be using them for DJing/listening to music on. Looking at other threads I’m probably best not getting monitors although I like the look of these… http://www.decks.co.uk/products/reloop/ADM5
If not the ADM5’s can anyone suggest any that are no more expensive than those?
They need to be active and willing to look at 2.1 if that would be more appropriate?
If youre not using them to produce then literally anything will do.
I’d recommend a second hand Hi-Fi setup if youre on a tight budget. That way you can update parts of it as and when you like. With powered speakers you have to replace the whole shabang.
But, as you state, you need cheap active speakers. Which will be difficult to find in youre price range. Maybe you could buy one good speaker and save up for a second?
People tend to recommend KRK’s. Theyre good for DJing, but too coloured for production.
Audio gear is one of those ‘you get what you pay for’ things, for £125 you aint getting much.
For practice you wont need them that loud, do you want these for parties too?
The KRK’s are decent, they can handle a good volume without distorting but lack sub bass.
I think you may well be better off going with the 2.1 logitech setup. It should be able to handle adequate volume levels. The benefit of having the sub involved aswell is it takes a lot of strain off the speakers.
Have a look at the specs, try to find the SPL of the system/s in question.
Just for practice but for listening to as well, I like my music pretty loud but it’ll be in a fairly small room. Does anyone have any suggestions on speakers in that price range?
As much as I agree with your first statement, not everyone can do. After recently purchasing TMA-1’s, a new laptop, and soon to be buying an S2, on top of a weekend in Amsterdam this month, WHP ticket to buy, Goa to pay for and Ibiza to book, I can’t really stretch any further for speakers.
I’d be happy with KRK’s and then saving for a sub I think. Already have a 2.1 setup that I used to have in my flat, so I’m a bit concerned it’s not going to be much more impressive than that (especially on the bass side before I get a sub).
Down to preference really I bought new and have no regrets nice crisp sound and doesn’t distort when loud I haven’t had them on full yet there loud enough
I had the mrk 1 Mrk 2’s … they are very good budget speakers. Loads of bass thou so not that good for producing + the early models ( Mine ) have a power supply problem.
It get too hot and melt some of the board . easy to fix with soldering skills but still pretty crap realy
