PC speakers for music recording (monitoring) - recommendations?

[Jog On]

Can any of our esteemed and musically inclined members recommend a good set of monitoring speakers for home recording?

Preferably with an analogue audio input so I can plug my M-Audio fast track pro directly into them and bypassing the PC soundcard altogether?

I currently have a set of 5.1 with a woofer which aren't really fit for purpose. Budget is up to about £100.

[gingerjedi]

I too have been looking at quality active speakers recently and I can't find anything that compares to these: Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II Multimedia Speakers: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Does anyone own a pair?

[doodab]

A bit over budget, but I have some of ESI nEAR 05 eXperience Studio Reference Monitors | DV247 that I'm pleased with.

That price puts them firmly at the budget end of the spectrum BTW. "Good" ones run into the thousands.

[2BIT]

A bit over budget, but I have some of ESI nEAR 05 eXperience Studio Reference Monitors | DV247 that I'm pleased with.

That price puts them firmly at the budget end of the spectrum BTW. "Good" ones run into the thousands.

for budget the alesis monitor ones were always a good bet

[Jog On]

What about these?

ION Deskrocker Studio Monitors Free Delivery : PC Audio Recording : Maplin

[Jog On]

for budget the alesis monitor ones were always a good bet

These look qiute suitable:

Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Pro-Grade Speakers (2 x 10w)

[IR35 Avoider]

I have the M-Audio speakers at the link below, which are supposed to be very good. (They sound good to me. They seemed the most recommended when I did my research.)

M-Audio Studiophile Av40 - Home Studio Monitor Speakers: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Edit: Note that one review I saw said that the slightly smaller and cheaper AV30's are not as good.

[doodab]

What about these?

ION Deskrocker Studio Monitors Free Delivery : PC Audio Recording : Maplin

I would avoid stuff from Maplins unless it's from a recognised brand.

You could also check out the reviews on the sound on sound website.

[2BIT]

These look qiute suitable:

Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Pro-Grade Speakers (2 x 10w)

oh yeah go active if you can, I have the passives and are good for the price and have a suitably nice low end for my needs

[2BIT]

or try ebay for some yamaha NS-10's if you wanna be like real studios

prolly expensive on ebay though