A good friend of mine finally started listening to music. He currently uses his TV to play mp3s which is a really poor experience, there’s no bass at all, no kicks very sad.
He’s got some records but no turntable nor anything, just a TV.
I want to get him a good pair of active speakers as a present.
With or without Bluetooth/battery, doesn’t really matter.
No need to be smart just decent sounding speakers for a small room.
Would not be used for production just mp3s for now, eventually records in the future.
Would need to be connected to iPhone and TV and eventually hi-fi amp.
I am on a tight budget and don’t want to spend more than £100, can be used or new.
Would be nice if they weren’t ugly.
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much for your time
There’s these Micca PB42 speakers that I was very happy with as a secondary pair, I think if you look around you’ll find them well below 100 bucks. Apart from a slight lack of fine clarity in the upper treble they’re alright speakers, definitely are worse things happening in this price segment.
Coincidentally I also gave these to a friend, haha.
It seems unusual to me to connect active speakers ‘eventually to a Hi-Fi amp’.
For that budget, you can buy a good used HiFi amp and speakers. That’s going to give you by far the best results on a £100 budget. Split it approx £50 for an amp and £50 for speakers.
Lots of surround sound amps going especially cheap… And he can later add a subwoofer into that, should he want to.
Simonator is actually right in my opinion.
I have two active monitors and two sets of passive speakers and two amps.
Considering your budget and my past experiences, the choice of speakers+amp, second hand, will probably give a better all round sound and more or better bass. (Adjustable on most amps) also a lot of these units look really great.
Another option is computer speakers with a sub, people tend to think that’s a great way to go…
But the speaker+amp hunt online or secondhand shops must be a great adventure!
Dunno, hi-fi speakers and studio monitors are not the same (though there’s plenty of debate about that [flat response and all that]). With your budget it wont make much difference but I’d suggest you check out some of the cheaper Mackie monitors.
I went for the presonus eris e3,5, no bluetooth
I think 5 inches would have been better but too bulky, not much room available.
we’ll see how they sound but anyway massive improvement from the tv speakers that’s for sure.
I would go Prodipe Pro 5 (used) - Tannoy Reveal series (used) better Focal Alpha 50 (used) but a bit more expensive
( PRESONUS - ERIS E3.5 should fine as well ) budget budget
To me in a small budget it’s difficult to beat headphones (but for hearing loss no good)
I have a BeyerDynamics DT990 Pro + Magni3 headphone amp from shiit and i’m very happy with that combo (unbeatable price)
With more budget Sennheiser HD 600/650 (i prefer the 650) + Shiit Magni3 + SubPac (sure not the same investment but still lower than good monitors)
yes I agree with the same budget the quality is much better on headphones, but my mate’s already got a pair, we just needed speakers for when we’re lounging
