The active speakers club

Sorry Boy, but no wonder all starts to sound extra clear now once your Linns went active. Linns are one of the worst measuring hi-fi speakers you can find. actually, I thinks it's not prudent to use hi-fi adjective next to passive Linn speakers.

as reported in teh news section here -

new small active from KEF, usb in, gbp 600 early 2013

http://www.kefstore.co.uk/x300a-pre-order-625-p.asp

Santa and the reindeer delivered my new system/actives two days ago; a pair of these, brand spanking new and in black!  

Very, very happy; would not go back to a pasive system again, on both performance and aesthetic grounds.

Sometimes there is gold at the end of the rainbow... 

Merry Xmas to All 

Jmac

What are they ?

You've must have been very good this year.

Looks like plastic penguin in a very, very bad mood 

LOL...    excellent!

I've also heard them described as model lighthouses.

Maybe a better picture might 'identify them more easily...

I've definitely been good and Santa has been listening to my prayers...

Merry Xmas to All

JMac

Can anyone recommend some decent actives for around £250-400 new or second hand? Big entertaining fairly bassy sound but not wolly or out of controll or harsh trebble.. Cheers 

Looks very nice, perhaps if you have some time you could start a system setup thread with more photos of the whole room / system? 

That's a picture I just quickly googled to show what they look like in a larger view - not my room unfortunately - I wish!

Mind you, there's some new furniture planned to go with the new active speaker/system, as the HiFi separates system is effectively redundant.

Merry Xmas

JMac

Very (very) nice indeed.

I have always fancied a set of those, or the Meridians....so it's good to see someone on here actually owns some. I'm with Ben...we need a report with pics.

Cno

These cheap active monitors are capable of giving much more expensive passive hifi speakers a run for their money.

Behringer TRUTH B3031A £302

http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-truth-b3031a-studio-reference-monitors--61718

Yamaha HS80M  £408

http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/yamaha-hs80m-active-studio-monitors-pair--68042

Yamaha HS50M £244

(IMO these have a slightly better midrange than the bigger bassier HS80M)

http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/yamaha-hs50m-active-studio-monitors-pair--68041

They're Bang and Olufsen Beolab 9's, Richard.

I just popped the pics up from Google, because I'm thrilled to bits with them, but was 'hush' on the brand name, partly out of interest to see if people would recognise them from the pics, but also as I'm new here, and I'm very aware that B&O are infamously perceived by many audiophiles to be all about style and no substance.     

But then I'm a classical musician, and a now fully recovered audiophool with this purchase, so my opinion probably doesn't count!    

Nonetheless after 40+ years in this hobby, and having had them for only three days now, they're easily the best HiFi purchase I've ever made.  

Best Wishes for Xmas All

JMac

Cheers Steve 

JMacMan wrote:

I just popped the pics up from Google, because I'm thrilled to bits with them, but was 'hush' on the brand name, partly out of interest to see if people would recognise them from the pics, but also as I'm new here, and I'm very aware that B&O are infamously perceived by many audiophiles to be all about style and no substance.     

I wouldn't be so sure.

B&O have a great reputation for audio engineering. I have had the privilege of hearing the larger B&O actives (Beolab 5s and 9s) on a few occasions when we used to have a B&O showroom in nearby Chichester.

B&O still retains a place on my 'Lottery Jackpot' shortlist

I would definitely like to read more about (and see more of) your system.  (I can't afford it myself, but I can - vicariously at least - enjoy it from your account.)