Recomendations on Decent Powered Monitors under $400.00

Im looking for some decent new/used Powered monitors just for my bedroom PC/Desktop recording setup around $400.00 or less for the pair............
any suggestions?

Thanks

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 08-13-2008).]

Take a look at the Samson stuff. I love my Rubicons and they come in at a great price. They even have monitors with built in Ipod docks

Frank check your mail.

Donny,
I have been using M-audio BX5a speakers for he past 2 years with my PSR3000 and they do a really good job. Cost was about $300.00 at GC. If you need more sound they have the BX8a speakers but they run about $500.00. Go give them a try - you might be very pleased.

Hammer

HI:

I have the M Audio BX8s (more than $400.00) they perform very nice....and ALSO have the Behringers Truth 2031As.... the Pair for only $339.00 and they have nothing to be shame, Simply put best bang for the money and 2 way 8 inch woofer and tweeter. Great!.

Thanks everyone for the help, upon Frankieve recommendation I went with the SAMSON RUBICON 6A's they should be just what I need.
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1779

Donny,

From the specs they look like they would work find for NH jobs too.

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

I can't find the freq response on the Rubicons. I'm more interested in 8 inch drivers, because I need the low end, but I am not seeing the specs anywhere on the freq response and +- curve.

They say that the Behringer B2030A is 75% of the quality of a professional monitor at 20% of the price.

Behringer gear I'm not fond of at all....

If your gonna mix heavy bass laden Hip Hop music etc the 8" are better but for my needs the 6" will be more then enough.

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 08-14-2008).]

I have sold more Behringer Truth B2031A powered monitors than all the other brands I carry. The reason is..........
8" woofer, 210Watts per side of power, bi-amp technology and the price is $339 for the pair!
Of the hundreds of pairs I've sold over the past 4 years, I've maybe seen 2 come back with a problem and Behringer replaces anything sold for the first year.
I've sold these to high end studio musicians and local performers who use them at home or on gigs.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

George,

I agree for the money they are awesome, but I did find they have a port noise huff on certain bass frequencies, and the tweeter can get bitey on certain freq for my ear, but overall one of the better bangs for the buck

The Behringer's only go down to 50 HZ? for an 8-inch speaker, that's not very impressive imo. A bass guitar goes lower than that. Of course in reality they might sound better than the specs would indicate. But the new Tascam VL-a8 monitors go down to 30 HZ. That's a huge difference. Even their 5 inch monitors go down to 38 HZ, which is still a hekc of a lot lower than 50. Again, specs aren't everything, but I'm just a little surprised that Behringer's 8's only go down to 50. FM radio goes down to 40 for heaven's sake.

Doing hip hop these days too? LOL

Will let you know about the MR8 Mackies - based on my love of the 450S