best advice for cheap powered monitors?

[chrisrocksusa]

Looking to get something that will do the job but still be cheap.

 

[Stealthtastic]

Used Adam a7s??

 

[IndyWS6]

Powered stage monitors or powered studio/reference monitors?

 

[dsquared]

Equator Audio D5s or Alto TS112As.

 

[Spaceboy]

D5s are built real shoddy... sound okay though.

 

[dsquared]

Are the D5s no good? Have you had issues?

 

[Chris O]

I have a pair of Alto TS112a's and couldn't be happier.

 

[stratotone]

Altos are fantastic for onstage monitoring or rehearsal. I use the TS110a's and they are a perfect combination of size, power, and cheapness.

 

[scruffydoo]

another thumbs up for alto's I have the TS115a's, well worth the money

 

[supersonic]

Behringer I heard are good for the $. KRK are pretty solid too.

 

[IndyWS6]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

For studio monitors, and they can even play pretty loud I have a pair of Behringer Truth B3031A, 8" woofer, and a ribbon tweeter, plus a good deal of controls on the back to tune the sound to the monitor placement. I bought them for my Axe Fx when I had it, and I have no complaints about these speakers at all

 

[chrisrocksusa]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

my bad, brosef.

I need monitors (or a monitor) for my eleven rack at home. I will NOT be using it live, I just need something cheapt o play this thing through. My only amp is a recto and it's less than ideal for jamming at home. The iidea is QUIET modeling to play for myself.

 

[IndyWS6]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

my bad, brosef.

I need monitors (or a monitor) for my eleven rack at home. I will NOT be using it live, I just need something cheapt o play this thing through. My only amp is a recto and it's less than ideal for jamming at home. The iidea is QUIET modeling to play for myself.

An 11R is what I'm using the Alesis monitors for. Sounds great...

 

[chrisrocksusa]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

my bad, brosef.

I need monitors (or a monitor) for my eleven rack at home. I will NOT be using it live, I just need something cheapt o play this thing through. My only amp is a recto and it's less than ideal for jamming at home. The iidea is QUIET modeling to play for myself.

An 11R is what I'm using the Alesis monitors for. Sounds great...

oh perfect man. I'm trying to talk to 11R guys to find out exactly what all I need. Do I need a pair of monitors (like, are there 2 outs on the 11R) or is it a single out.

which alesis monitors specifically? XLR to XLR or do you use XLR to 1/4

 

[IndyWS6]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

my bad, brosef.

I need monitors (or a monitor) for my eleven rack at home. I will NOT be using it live, I just need something cheapt o play this thing through. My only amp is a recto and it's less than ideal for jamming at home. The iidea is QUIET modeling to play for myself.

An 11R is what I'm using the Alesis monitors for. Sounds great...

oh perfect man. I'm trying to talk to 11R guys to find out exactly what all I need. Do I need a pair of monitors (like, are there 2 outs on the 11R) or is it a single out.

which alesis monitors specifically? XLR to XLR or do you use XLR to 1/4

I'm probably using mine differently than you would as I route the 11R outputs to a Yamaha N8 mixer for flexibility. I then take the outputs of the Yamaha to the Alesis monitors.

For your situation you could take the 11R Main Outputs (L/R stereo XLR) and connect them directly to the XLR inputs on the monitors.

 

[chrisrocksusa]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

my bad, brosef.

I need monitors (or a monitor) for my eleven rack at home. I will NOT be using it live, I just need something cheapt o play this thing through. My only amp is a recto and it's less than ideal for jamming at home. The iidea is QUIET modeling to play for myself.

An 11R is what I'm using the Alesis monitors for. Sounds great...

oh perfect man. I'm trying to talk to 11R guys to find out exactly what all I need. Do I need a pair of monitors (like, are there 2 outs on the 11R) or is it a single out.

which alesis monitors specifically? XLR to XLR or do you use XLR to 1/4

I'm probably using mine differently than you would as I route the 11R outputs to a Yamaha N8 mixer for flexibility. I then take the outputs of the Yamaha to the Alesis monitors.

For your situation you could take the 11R Main Outputs (L/R stereo XLR) and connect them directly to the XLR inputs on the monitors.

ok cool. So it's all stereo? I have to get a pair rather than using a single monitor?

I just want to clarify.


Also, in the mean time I want to use my recto's power amp section (by plugging into the fx return) to play the 11R. Which out do I use for that?

That would have to be a single, couldn't I use that same out to go into 1 monitor?

 

[IndyWS6]

The OP is late to their own party and hasn't clarifed whether they were looking for stage monitors or studio/reference monitors...

So, here's options for both...
I compared a number of stage monitors before buying and walked out with 4 of the Samson Studio Live! 612M's. They compared favorably to a similarly-configured set of JBL's (12" speaker/horn) at half the price. We've used them for about 60 gigs so far with zero issues. Great bang for the buck...

For my studio monitors I chose a pair of the Alesis M1 Active MkII speakers. No complaints - again, great bang for the buck...

my bad, brosef.

I need monitors (or a monitor) for my eleven rack at home. I will NOT be using it live, I just need something cheapt o play this thing through. My only amp is a recto and it's less than ideal for jamming at home. The iidea is QUIET modeling to play for myself.

An 11R is what I'm using the Alesis monitors for. Sounds great...

oh perfect man. I'm trying to talk to 11R guys to find out exactly what all I need. Do I need a pair of monitors (like, are there 2 outs on the 11R) or is it a single out.

which alesis monitors specifically? XLR to XLR or do you use XLR to 1/4

I'm probably using mine differently than you would as I route the 11R outputs to a Yamaha N8 mixer for flexibility. I then take the outputs of the Yamaha to the Alesis monitors.

For your situation you could take the 11R Main Outputs (L/R stereo XLR) and connect them directly to the XLR inputs on the monitors.

ok cool. So it's all stereo? I have to get a pair rather than using a single monitor?

I just want to clarify.


Also, in the mean time I want to use my recto's power amp section (by plugging into the fx return) to play the 11R. Which out do I use for that?

That would have to be a single, couldn't I use that same out to go into 1 monitor?

You can run the 11R mono into a single monitor (I think the L output by itself for mono...), if that's your only option. It's built to be a stereo device and there are some nice stereo effects. Short term, you can just use the headphone jack on the front - it sounds great that way.

As far as running it into the amp, there is a 1/4" output sepcifically for that purpose. You can go directly in to the front of the amp, or use it in the loop - your choice.

I attached a "Quick Setup Guide". You can find the owner's manual and a lot of information on the web about connection options...

 

[Tone Monster]

Used Adam a7s??

I just replaced my A7s with Focal Twins! Hit me up

 

[stratotone]

For recording monitors I love my KRK VXT6s.