On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:25:04 +0000 (UTC), "Triffid"
wrote:

Buy new, get some cheap secondhand speakers off eBay. In your price range,
the 'features' are what costs the money. Try to find something without a
graphic equaliser and you're on the right track. Music is about enjoyment,
and they *don't* all sound the same, even at the bottom end.

I think I would change the sense of that last bit - the word "even"
gives me a problem. It is especially at the bottom end that things
don't all sound the same. Once you are clear of the bottom end, things
do sound the same - they all tend to sound right. That situation holds
good all the way to the top end, where things tend to fall apart again
and stupid "boutique" designs rear their incompetent heads. That goes
for the electronic stuff anyway.

When it comes to speakers, they carry on getting better right up
into the many thousands of pounds, so to get the best within a budget,
it is a good idea to go secondhand, with the proviso that they be
carefully auditioned before buying.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com