I am wanting to get myself a decent desktop setup to listen to. The 2.1 system that I had in a box in the attic is terrible and I am ready to upgrade. I got myself this little t-amp.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-383
I was thinking about waiting around for the newegg deal to roll around on the polk monitor40 bookshelfs. I think I saw them as low as 120 for the pair once.
Would this be a decent rig for listening/tracking in the computer room?
Neil
any other suggestions in the 200$ range would be much appreciated!
Neil
used, but really nice speakers - and only $60
http://cgi.ebay.com/ADS-Model-L-10-Bookshelf-Speakers-Pair-/230542551234?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item35ad6828c2
I'm not affiliated. I just found a link for you to check out.
I have a pair mounted in my bedroom closet. I've seriously hammered these speakers since somewhere back to 1985, and they've held up fine, and still sound fantastic.
Thanks m0k3! I must have looked at a set of these before (someone else must have recommended them on here, when i google searched them for some spec's I had a past visited link to a review which I had read quite some time ago). So they may be worth looking into a bit more. Thanks again m0k3. any other suggestions (as I prefer to buy new, just a thing of mine)..
Neil
I use a set of Klipsch KG 4's scored off craigslist for $100 to use with my ebay "Muse" t-amp. Sounds great!
ill keep an eye out.. i noticed that the monitor40s i originally posted are now at 119 a pair as of right now on newegg.. kinda hard to pass up for new but im looking around to see whats out there.
neil
I've done the same thing with my computer speaker setup. I found a used pair of Paradigm Atoms for around a $100 that have worked out great! You can nearly always find some Atoms on eBay. For their size the Paradigms sound amazing.
+1 on the Paradigm Atoms--very musical little speakers. A little bit over your price range ($200), but a big step up in quality are the Axiom Audio m2. Actually, speaking of price, I found mine on eBay for $150.
http://www.axiomaudio.com/m2.html
Ascend Acoustics makes some nice bookshelf speakers.
I have a pair of Polk R1s that I've been using for movie/living room listening since 1990. Great little speakers and very cheap if you can find them. Sound great with a little sub but I wouldn't use them for mastering since they are very colored..but pleasantly so. They have a low and high freq bump according to the freq response graphs that are included on the back of each speaker.
Thanks all for the replies. I ended up watching neweggs prices for a bit and read on past threads on other forums (trying to see what the lowest prices have been on each set of speakers). I was able to get a pair of Monitor40's as well as a PSW10 sub for the computer room. I am still waiting for the little t-amp to ship so as of now they are all just sitting there waiting.
I then decided to treat myself to a 5.1 system for the living room. Ended up snagging a pair of Monitor60s for the fronts a CS1 for the center a psw505 sub and Monitor30s for the rears all being pushed by a used (ebay great price) yamaha rx-v2500. I can say for the money I have in this system it was money WELL spent. I know there are a few out there that may talk bad about polk stuff but I tell ya what for the price you can not beat them.
Neil