Topic: I think Im doomed to never have decent playback

[Swampy]

So I get my Behringer 2031Ps yesterday, hooked them up to my Yamaha amp today, and notice one of the channels on my amp is busted. The one channel is a little distorted I switched the speakers, so I know that its the amp thats busted... Im so frutrated. Im just going to return the monitors and go buy a decent stereo from Best Buy... I always have trouble with playback. Ive had computer speakers that I blew out, stand alones that the recever broke then back to computer speakers, now to monitors... Sorry I guess I just needed to vent!

[Ed.]

i feel your pain.  i got a bunch of mid-fi stuff given to me, not the best, but better than what i have at the moment, the things that i really needed to work, didn't work...making the rest of it useless.  i sold it all and bought a v3 - a good decision if you ask me.  for my playback i have a pretty decent onkyo 6.1 surround sound setup.  its not awesome, but for your normal consumer grade setups, i think it fuggin rocks.

i watched lord of the rings - return of the king last night in dts es 6.1 and holy crap did it sound awesome.

[Swampy]

Im just gonna find a decent stereo at Best Buy and be done with it. I have so much music, music is like the biggest thing in my life, and I dont even have speakers to listen to it with!

[Ed.]

www.salescircular.com <-- that site might be helpful, shows you whats cheap in your area.

www.pricegrabber.com and www.epinions.com are great sites too for getting reviews on consumer stuff.

[Jason B]

Just wait until you are a little older and are making decent money. You'll be able to put together a great system. I had shit for playback when I was your age. Most people did. It's hard to own expensive things when you are young and don't have much money. Shit, I wasn't able to afford high dollar taping equipment until I was well into my twenties.

[Swampy]

Its not that, its that what I have should work, its a decent system, its definitely not cheap by anyones standards except thoes in recording...

[Jason B]

Well, if you bought the 2031p version, the "P" stands for powered. They are an active speaker with a built-in amplifier. You should not be running anything more than a line level signal to them from a DAT or CD player.

[Swampy]

p means passive, a means active 

[Jason B]

Ahhh.. gotcha. Not too familiar with the Behringer line. Guess I should have checked that out before posting!

[Swampy]

its cool. Im just a little upset. Im going to staples today and buying a stereo and a internal DVD-RW drive. Ill feel 100 percent better when I get back!

[Jason B]

Buying new things always helps!

[Swampy]

yep!

[1st set only]

its cool. Im just a little upset. Im going to staples today and buying a stereo and a internal DVD-RW drive. Ill feel 100 percent better when I get back!

staples sells stereos?

[jpschust]

can i suggest that rather than putting money into a cheap stereo you are going to discard in a few years you consider getting a nice set of cans and a headphone amp.  that being said i have a cheap ass stereo in my bathroom to wake me up for those 5 am work days (which lately seems to be every day)

[Tim]

can i suggest that rather than putting money into a cheap stereo you are going to discard in a few years you consider getting a nice set of cans and a headphone amp. 

Something to think about....