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If you want to hold a party, check out the Cerwin Vega RE30 or LS10 or LS12. Loud, sturdy, and CHEAP. I love both of my pairs.

Those are all home theater speakers. Listen to a good monitor for a few years and then plug in a LS12, and you cringe. I own a pair of the LS12s, they're just waisting space in my closet. Way too big for a bedroom setup anyways.

For a bedroom DJ setup, powered studio monitors are the way to go. I personally prefer 2-way PA cabs (yorkville, mackie, JBL, etc) but a bit big and overkill for a bedroom.

Pricerange?

Yes, he asked for speakers not monitors... I assumed he knew the difference.

Yeah, they are harsh, too loud, and way too big for a bedroom setup. Still the best party speakers for the price. I got 2 mint RE30s for $120... that barely buys you one RP5.

What are the difference between speakers and monitors?? And would you need one another in certain situation

Monitors are simply speakers designed for close-quarters detailed monitoring. They focus on near-field sound, sonic detail, flat frequency response and little coloring of the sound. The hallmark of a good monitor is transparency... very little deviation in the speaker's response across a wide frequency band.

On the other hand, home theater speakers tend to a big focus on the bass and highs, while PA cabs tend to put a focus on the guitar and vocal range (mainly mids)... although it does depend on the specific model in question.

Gotcha, makes sense. So i guess you want speakers for parties and such. Although I'm sure monitors could work for small living room parties....

I use monitors in a bit different of a sense. They are the speakers used by the DJ to monitor his mixing/levels/etc. They may or may not be specifically designed for monitoring.

IMO studio monitors in the bedroom is unnecessary and expensive. Get a nice receiver and some Bose 301s. If you have the money, the studio style monitors do sound really nice. Expect weak bass.

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Originally posted by epdarks Bose 301s.

*puke*

Some of the sickest home setups in the "post your setup" thread are rocking the 301s...

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Originally posted by epdarks IMO studio monitors in the bedroom is unnecessary and expensive. Get a nice receiver and some Bose 301s. If you have the money, the studio style monitors do sound really nice. Expect weak bass.

$300 for consumer bookshelf speakers.. ha! Bose is so raping people, as usual. I wonder if they fill these with sand, too?

In the ~$300 range, you have a wide selection of mid-grade studio monitors... For example, the tannoy reveal 6 comes to mind. They're near flat from 100hz on up, toss a small sub on the floor to catch the lows.

Any of these smaller speakers are going to have weak bass. It's just a fact of a smaller speaker.

Thats why you high pass them around 110hz, drop a powered sub on the floor and call it done. Maybe a Tannoy TS10 or Yorkville LS200P.

bass and clean bass are two different things. without a sub, you might get some bass but good luck making out the waveform.

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Originally posted by epdarks Some of the sickest home setups in the "post your setup" thread are rocking the 301s...

amazing how many people drop $3000 on CDJs and a fancy mixer and use consumer speakers :P

I was speaking from a $100/pair standpoint, which they are easily attainable used.

My setup is composed of 2 JBL floors and a Yamaha amp... total cost of $60 from craigslist. Real bass, without a sub, and you can throw a party with them. For less than half of the cost of 1 of the suggested monitors.

Like I said before, if you have the funds, sure, it seems like most people do on this forum. As for me, I can't even afford CDJs yet.

I just the the whole studio monitor thing is over hyped on this site. Maybe I'm just a cheap ass.