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Title: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: amfortas2006 on April 12, 2008, 04:01:12 PM

Im interested in your opinions about a cheap pair of active speakers (450 tops), what would you take if you would need a pair?

More intended for playback, not monitoring; good sounding and XLR plugs are a must...

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: RebelRebel on April 12, 2008, 04:08:44 PM

http://vintageking.com/New-Brands/Avantone/Avantone-Active-MixCubes

heard a lot of great things about these.

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: amfortas2006 on April 12, 2008, 06:16:07 PM

Looks good...

Anyone used these?

http://www.tascam.com/products/vl-a_series.html

Or the Adam A5-s? The a7-s are a bit out of my league...

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: rokpunk on April 13, 2008, 06:58:16 AM

Quote from: amfortas2006 on April 12, 2008, 06:16:07 PM

Looks good...

Anyone used these?

http://www.tascam.com/products/vl-a_series.html

Or the Adam A5-s? The a7-s are a bit out of my league...

My next pair will be the Adam A7's...they sound FANTASTIC.
I have never hear the A5's, but I'd imagine they sound nice as well.

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: noahbickart on April 13, 2008, 08:43:06 AM

I've always wondered about these:

http://www.bayviewproaudio.com/Rokit_RP6_pair-p-19261.html

-Noah

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: spott on April 20, 2008, 08:35:08 PM

http://www.abluesky.com/asp/catalogue/products.asp?linkid=20&prodcode=00012 (http://www.abluesky.com/asp/catalogue/products.asp?linkid=20&prodcode=00012)

I know a number of folks who have the blue sky setup and are quite happy with them...

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: aberg on April 20, 2008, 09:45:05 PM

Quote from: Teddy on April 12, 2008, 04:08:44 PM

http://vintageking.com/New-Brands/Avantone/Avantone-Active-MixCubes

heard a lot of great things about these.

Would these work nicely for just plain music listening or are they really only ideal for monitoring/mixing? I'm looking for a sort of dual purpose set of speakers which I can use with my macbook at my workstation for day to day music listening and also to master my recordings... any thoughts?

Title: Re: Active speakers pair for around 450$
Post by: illconditioned on April 20, 2008, 09:52:13 PM

Quote from: aberg on April 20, 2008, 09:45:05 PM

Quote from: Teddy on April 12, 2008, 04:08:44 PM

http://vintageking.com/New-Brands/Avantone/Avantone-Active-MixCubes

heard a lot of great things about these.

Would these work nicely for just plain music listening or are they really only ideal for monitoring/mixing? I'm looking for a sort of dual purpose set of speakers which I can use with my macbook at my workstation for day to day music listening and also to master my recordings... any thoughts?

I like Paradigm speakers.  Something like the small "Titan" bookshelf model sound pretty good.  Just run off an old school receiver.  Probably not as detailed as studio monitors, but a nice compromise, and that's what you're mixing for in the end anyway.

  Richard