ALESIS M1 ACTIVE MK2... to buy or not?

[BloodStar]

hi,

what you think of this monitors. i want to buy a new one, but i§m not sure if Alesis is a good choice. price is let's say 360Euro... thanks for help.

cheers

[Barely Human]

Spot on monitors mate. Best budget monitor on the market imo..

[BloodStar]

thanx. i think this price is excelent for piece of gear like this. i think i will buy it...

[RDR]

what about the Wharfedale 8.2 pro actives?

those are the ones i've got and they rock. and are about 250GBP...

the alesis are a known quantity i suppose and they are very good..

jst my 2p.

[BloodStar]

will check the Wharfedale... but it looks i'm almost decided.... thanks

[Agility]

Nah, get some KRK Rokits. ;)

Best in their price range. :love:

[neilried]

Doh!!! Double post - Stupid F****** PC double clicking b**tard thing!!!!

Bad workman, tools and all that springs to mind :lol:

[neilried]

will check the Wharfedale... but it looks i'm almost decided.... thanks

Been using the Alesis ones for a year now and they are sweet. But a couple of considerations bout the space you place them in....

Dont put these f**kers in a corner or put them near a wall, youll get migraines. I know it goes without saying but I learnt the hard way and now my right ear pops randomly like on a bad flight :doh:

[BloodStar]

i"ve got them :rambo: thanks for pointing this out neilried.. this is ****in true placing near walls or corners can make some migraine... it's muddy as hell when placed near wall. i had to totally remove the room furniture,.. and it sounds.... sweet, now.. now let's see what i can do with these bombs..... :rambo:

[neilried]

i had to totally remove the room furniture

Thats sounds a bit severe!!! Mine are still sitting near the wall but if you block the bottom port on both of them it mutes a real low frequency range which partially compensates the bass overload if your unable to move them about...

To block the ports try using squash balls, they are firm enough work effectivley easy to put in and remove (so long as you dont push em in to far) and look way nicer than a screwed up sock (though that works aswell...)

Hope they bring u as much fun as mine have.... :twisted:

[BloodStar]

i had to do because i had a bad position before... now it"s more comfortable to reference...btw rolled socks work well. i used while night listening... good point.. :twisted: :twisted: :!:

[Metadog]

buy !!!

i know five people with these as well as me and they all love them

[MARKEG]

i say buy them cause i had them for about 5 years. but after buying mackie 824's i now realise that there was a big prob with the m1's making my ears tired easily. if i'd give any advice to using m1's it's to make sure you don't play tooo loud. ii mean REALLY don't do it. i know it's tempting but please please dont. the mix goes all wrong after 10 hours of 120db's hehehe.

best thing is get one of the pressure things from tandy and keep it below a 100db threshold.

serious though, look at the krk's. i've now heard top range krk's in ppl's studios and slightly wish i'd bought them instead of the 824's. mind you i do love my 824s.



:love: :love:

[BloodStar]

i've got them,,,and :love: :love: them. thanks to anynone's opinion which affected my decision...

[Metadog]

the M1s seem quite warm and smooth, maybe that's why it seems comfortable to have them loud, which will lead to tired ears !

[Dan Devious]

im using some fostex PM1s, them seem to sound ok in by my ears, has anyone else used em?

[Agility]

serious though, look at the krk's. i've now heard top range krk's in ppl's studios and slightly wish i'd bought them instead of the 824's. mind you i do love my 824s.
:love: :love:

See, what did I tell ya, MK2's aint all that. :neutral:

[EmotionComplex]

ive had the alesis for just under 2 years and theyve been a good monitor, although also my first pair of monitors.

the only problems ive had is the bottom end usually being a bit unaccurate.

But for the price id say there a good monitor in there range.

[Kevin Gorman]

one of my friends has a pair and they sound pritty good. When i bought my own monitors i choose to go with the Tannoy Reveal actives.

[RDR]

one of my friends has a pair and they sound pritty good. When i bought my own monitors i choose to go with the Tannoy Reveal actives.

ouch :doh:

[Metadog]

emotion, have you got yours close to a wall or not ?

they seem to give better bass response when placed within a foot or so of a wall

[tocsin]

I love my M1's and have had a pair since 2000. I do agree with everyone who posted about the volumes though. They get really ****ing loud. Currently, I have my volume knobs on the back of each speaker sitting at just over "1" and they are still loud as hell if I bump up the volume on my pre-amp mixer.