cheapest active monitors?

[Lasse Lammert]

I'm looking for nearfields for my editing room...
I won't do any mixing on them, so a great sound isn't really important, I just need to hear glitches and cracks in drumedits etc, so I guess the cheapest hunk of junk will do....

Any recommendations?

 

[Mattayus]

Behringer?

 

[GeertSamuel]

KRK Rokit series?

 

[Cryo114]

Alesis M1 Actives?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

ok....of the cheapest ones, which one is the best in its price range?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Oh, and I forgot to mention: a volume knob on the speaker would be a plus (else I'd have to buy a monitor controller as well

 

[heshian46]

I have a pair of Fostex PM0.5's that were on the cheap and pretty decent. Im selling them if you're interested.

 

[jeid]

HSM50's?

 

[~BURNY~]

Nothing beats a good pair of cans for editing imo.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

that's true, I usually use cans for that, but sometimes it's cool to have speakers as well..

I might just get an SM PRO AUDIO M-PATCH 2 for now to use with my headphones....
then some cheap monitors later.

thanks guys

 

[StayTrue]

Tannoy Revel 501a

 

[FarBeyondMetal]

If they will ship to Europe, definitely consider Equator D5's. I mix in a small room and I upgraded to these from Rokit 5's, and even though both pairs cost me the exact same price the D5's blow the Rokits off the face of the planet.

Since I've gotten these I've heard little nuances I've never heard before in songs I've been listening to for years, so I'm sure the added quality over other monitors in the price range would compensate for the inconvenience of them being shipped from the USA.

 

[vejichan]

where can i get the d5?

 

[FarBeyondMetal]

http://www.equatoraudio.com/Default.asp

 

[botus99]

Alesis M1 Actives?

used them for years. They'll definitely get the job done for $200

 

[Jevil]

Behringer?

http://www.thomann.de/es/behringer_ms40_multimedia_lautsprecher.htm

^^ For what you want, they are more than enough. I had them and were cool for home computer.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Yamaha NS-B210BL

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-NS-B210BL-Full-Range-Suspension-Bookshelf/dp/B001PYZI0W[/ame]

 

[madbutcher]

+1 for the D5s. Love mine and well worth the $300.

 

[decoy205]

Mackies $260 us
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MR5mk2

I like headphones for editing, but I'm sure you'll be using both.

 

[metalhead3ecr]

the D5's or the Alesis M1 ...similar development.