Musical desk / bookshelf speakers

At the moment, I have a set of Rega Ela's, but I am probably going to sell them, as they are not being used to their potential in my room, I can never sit right in the middle of them anyway, and the position of them is quite poor. Have a look at this picture that shows how they are just unlovingly bunged into the corners:-



Its a real shame to get rid of them, but I now grudingly accept that they are not really being used to their potential in here, despite their lovely sound

So I am likely after some bookshelf monitor type speakers that offer a similar groovy sound to the Ela's... mainly to listen to dance, rock and pop music.

I am not bothered too much if they are active or not, as I have my Rotel amp to power them, but I will take active speakers and sell the Rotel if they are good enough.

I guess I'd rather do second hand if possible, but will buy new if theres something good out there that doesnt cost a lot. I guess I could raise up to £500 from the sale of the amp, speakers and whatever money I can muster to throw in. If they are non active speakers, then I guess around about £300 would be the limit.

Cheers

Edit: I guess I should have clarified, they are to go on my desk on either side of the monitor.

 

Epos ELS3 which are £200 new
Harbeth HLP3 if you are very very lucky but they may be a bit polite for your tastes
i've always had a soft spot for Kef RDM1s which use the Reference uni-q drivers, but in the Q15 style and size cabinet. These go for £150-200 on ebay.
Or you could strengthen your desk, beg another £200 and buy Ditton's outstanding JM Labs Electra 905s , like I had.

 

nice chair

 

paul,
they sound nice, you like them why change them? to be honest you could go for a pair of weenie bookshelfs that are used to 100% of their ability and they would probably sound worse.
cheers


julian.

 

I got my AVI Neutron IIIs for less than £300 on ebay.

 

So I am starting to realise... hifi bookshelves are likely to prefer being on stands rather than a desk, and decent studio type speakers are a lot more expensive than I realised... keeping them is looking like the best option so far TBH...

 

I like it



http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/s...atalogId=3151&productId=122276&clickfrom=name

 

Hey Paul,

I think you will defiantly get a better sound for your money with active monitors. Higher up the ladder you may choose to go for a passive system but in this price range you will get more with an active system. IMO and experience of course.

I would snap these up very quickly!! - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23786&item=7310497438&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V

Or these which are not really that brilliant but they are good, and for the money they are a bargain. - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21145&item=7503882631&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Also look for Mackie HR624's.

A favourite of mine are the HHB Circle 5 actives, but they are hard to find. look out for a second hand pair.

Good luck!

Once again.. those Dynaudio BM5a?s are a bargain with free shipping! The bigger brothers BM6 and BM15 are probably the most common near-field (after NS10?s of course) your music is mixed on, especially dance music.

Does that chair achieve warp 9.9??

 

Hi Tenson, thanks for the link mate, but I'd have sell some gear before I could afford them. Actually the HR624 and the BM5's are the two sets I was looking at if I went that route

 

Paul - I *know* you're in Newcastle, but if you decide to sell the Elas, PM me first!

One of mine has a shagged cab (but it IS still acoustically "sound") and both have buggered tweeters; I could get them retweetered, but wouldn't say no to another pair of Daleks in my house

 

Hi Dom,

Will do mate, although its looking likely I will hang on to them, and even so, one of the tweeters is slightly crumpled, and the cabinets are not A1 condition anyway... but I'll let you know

 

Aha - but BOTH my tweeters are crumpled and one of my cabs has a BIG ding (in the fluting). Hang onto them dude - they're well worth it!

I'm going to get mine retweetered in the summer I reckon - they're damn fine speakers!