Mad Bull
Novice Member
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the audio world so just starting to read into everything, it's all feeling slightly overwhelming. As I don't have a big budget at all, only around £150 I can push it up to £200 at most but no more unfortunately, so I'm going to get used speakers instead as I know you can get some absolute bargins for that price range compared to new speakers. I was looking at speakers probably from the late 90s onwards. For the size I'm thinking about using some bookshelf speakers, although I can make a little bit more room and get some floorstanding speakers too.
With so many different brands and models it becomes very difficult to compare them, especially the older speakers before the internet was such a big thing. I've found a lot of people saying all sorts of speakers are great but never actually comparing them. As i'm still new to audio it's pretty hard for me to know what I'm looking at.
I've got an amplifier already that I got years ago, Denon 2808 which probably isn't the best for music/films for todays standards, but it'll probably be fine for now at least. I also don't really have the volume extremely high like a lot of people so I'm not going to be pushing these really at all. Tell me if this is dreadful....
I've been looking at a few kef speakers such as the c55/q55/cresta/IQ5SE, or Wharfedale 9/10/11 if I find a good deal, B&W 302 or something that's a bit more modern with the Dali Opticon 1 along with a few other speakers too. Just so many different speakers that up.
I wondered if any of you lot could help at all by either giving me advice on what else to look for or the specific examples i'm looking at. I would really appreciate some advice as I feel that I'm just going around in circles now.
These will be mainly used for music along with a bit of gaming and films depending on my mood.
Any more information you lot need as well?
Thanks Ben
I'm new to the audio world so just starting to read into everything, it's all feeling slightly overwhelming. As I don't have a big budget at all, only around £150 I can push it up to £200 at most but no more unfortunately, so I'm going to get used speakers instead as I know you can get some absolute bargins for that price range compared to new speakers. I was looking at speakers probably from the late 90s onwards. For the size I'm thinking about using some bookshelf speakers, although I can make a little bit more room and get some floorstanding speakers too.
With so many different brands and models it becomes very difficult to compare them, especially the older speakers before the internet was such a big thing. I've found a lot of people saying all sorts of speakers are great but never actually comparing them. As i'm still new to audio it's pretty hard for me to know what I'm looking at.
I've got an amplifier already that I got years ago, Denon 2808 which probably isn't the best for music/films for todays standards, but it'll probably be fine for now at least. I also don't really have the volume extremely high like a lot of people so I'm not going to be pushing these really at all. Tell me if this is dreadful....
I've been looking at a few kef speakers such as the c55/q55/cresta/IQ5SE, or Wharfedale 9/10/11 if I find a good deal, B&W 302 or something that's a bit more modern with the Dali Opticon 1 along with a few other speakers too. Just so many different speakers that up.
I wondered if any of you lot could help at all by either giving me advice on what else to look for or the specific examples i'm looking at. I would really appreciate some advice as I feel that I'm just going around in circles now.
These will be mainly used for music along with a bit of gaming and films depending on my mood.
Any more information you lot need as well?
Thanks Ben
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