anyone wanna buy some studio monitor speakers?

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Alesis M1 Active MKII - Active Monitor Speakers

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Starting bid: £80.00
Buy it Now Price: £120.00

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0444790775

they're usually about £280 new.

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a man can never have too many speakers
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James Blast wrote:a man can never have too many speakers
We beg to differ...

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Upgrading, Barry? :)

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how do they handle subsonics, a Bassheid like me needs tae ken?
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James Blast wrote:how do they handle subsonics, a Bassheid like me needs tae ken?
They are studio monitors, and good ones at that.

AFAIK, these MKII models are a lot better balanced in sound than others in their price category (Yamaha NS-10M for example, them 'white coneys' you see in a lot of studios), which is paramount for a studio monitor.

They give a nice rounded bass, but they tend to cut rather sharply down around the 50 Hz.

Which is not really a problem because that subsonic BOOOMMMM will still be heard, but it will sound 'controlled' instead of 'all over the place'.

After a second's thought, they're nothing for you James... ;D

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naw, they don't sound like my thaang Iz, ta

can you recommend a really sloppy big fat bass sounding speaker combo or should I just buy a sub-woofer and if so what would chum up well with my gorgeous Yamaha DSP-A5 amp, it has a dazzling array of in and outputs?
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I would recommend 2 sub-woofers.
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Subwoofers have no place in a stereo setup. 2 speakers and that's yer lot.
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blimey, they sold via 'buy it now' this morning :D ;D

@ iz: no, not upgrading, just getting rid of some (relatively) expensive stuff that doesnt get anywhere near enough use these days to validate it's continued presence in the spare room...

now then... on to the rack fx units...

anyone wanna buy an alesis quadroverb? perfect for adding reverb to goff vocals ;)

or a zoom studio 1210 - http://www.samsontech.com/products/prod ... rodID=1633

or either of these:

XIX CP1902 COMPRESSOR
XIX ME1903 MULTI-EFFECTS

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul00/a ... neteen.htm

no boxes for any of them :|

£30 quid each ;D :lol:






selling unwanted tat on eaby is ace - those speakers where the first thign i've tried selling :lol:
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Pat wrote:I would recommend 2 sub-woofers.
And throw out the normal speakers. ;D
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Quiff Boy wrote: selling unwanted tat on eaby is ace - those speakers where the first thign i've tried selling :lol:
Altogether now.....

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James Blast wrote:naw, they don't sound like my thaang Iz, ta

can you recommend a really sloppy big fat bass sounding speaker combo or should I just buy a sub-woofer and if so what would chum up well with my gorgeous Yamaha DSP-A5 amp, it has a dazzling array of in and outputs?
Take a look at
HSU STF-1 http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/stf-1.html
Bic h100 http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers ... 41crx.aspx

Or a Yammy isn't too shabby
take a looky see.....
http://www.nextag.com/Yamaha-YSTSW216BL ... rices-html
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thanking yew! :D
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Or, if money's no object....

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my car needs no spare wheel, dick ;D
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That's a studio jobby right?

Ugly innit?
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Pista wrote:That's a studio jobby right?

Ugly innit?
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Of course. But it is Quested so it can be ugly as feck, it sounds like an angel.

With a ten ton hammer. ;D

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