Small speakers

[ledzep]

Can anyone recommend any speakers to go with a fatman Wi-tube dock,they have to be small speakers that will be sitting on a shelf but sound half decent.Cheers

[UV101]

back in the 80's, I always thought warfdale diamonds sounded ok for their size.

Might be a cheap option???

[Rare Bird]

Original Mission 700

[StanleyB]

JBL Control 1

[walpurgis]

Original Mission 780SE!

Very punchy and musical for a small speaker, cheap these days too.

[Yomanze]

Can anyone recommend any speakers to go with a fatman Wi-tube dock,they have to be small speakers that will be sitting on a shelf but sound half decent.Cheers

Old style Mission (or Cyrus) 780SE or 760i/760SE can get them for £50 and sound great! As far as I know the Cyrus model isn't better. Great speakers with flaws but a 'priceless' quality in making music!

[Yomanze]

Original Mission 780SE!

Very punchy and musical for a small speaker, cheap these days too.

Ha ha snap!

[Rare Bird]

Ram 'Bookshelf', ARC '050'

[walpurgis]

Ha ha snap!

I take it you had a pair Neil?

I loved my 780SEs!

Geoff.

[wee tam]

keesonic kolts , hoopsontoast will be along soon , sooperb sound in what is essentialy small boxes , heard them several times , and they still amaze me

[icehockeyboy]

Original Mission 780SE!

Very punchy and musical for a small speaker, cheap these days too.

I always wanted a pair of these!

[StanleyB]

The tweeters were prone to failure. I had to replace loads of them when I worked in the repair department of Lasky's.

[The Grand Wazoo]

If they weren't going on a shelf, I'd tell you to get a pair of the little old Genexxa LX5 Pro's - you wouldn't believe how good they can sound. About £70 on Ebay at the moment.

[walpurgis]

If they weren't going on a shelf, I'd tell you to get a pair of the little old Genexxa LX5 Pro's - you wouldn't believe how good they can sound. About £70 on Ebay at the moment.

Yes, good recommendation. I reckon they might be OK on a shelf, but well out from the wall though.

[Yomanze]

I take it you had a pair Neil?

I loved my 780SEs!

Geoff.

I still have a rosewood pair sitting there, will probably use them for my daughter's system!

No problems with the tweeters with mine, and new ones easily sourced for £30 or so (Vifa D19TD-05). Be aware that this is the same tweeter that was used in Snell & also Audio Note speakers!

[aquapiranha]

If they weren't going on a shelf, I'd tell you to get a pair of the little old Genexxa LX5 Pro's - you wouldn't believe how good they can sound. About £70 on Ebay at the moment.

I am using a pair of these at the moment. They are indeed very good, doubtless due in no small part to the Linaeum tweeter.

[hoopsontoast]

keesonic kolts , hoopsontoast will be along soon , sooperb sound in what is essentialy small boxes , heard them several times , and they still amaze me

Yup, if you can find a pair that is though!

[alan47]

JPW Mini Moniors sound rather good for the money.If you push them close to the wall they even have some bass..

[chris@panteg]

Mordant Short MS10i pearls .

[smithy]

JBL Control Now loudspeakers are worth looking at £60 or less each at the moment.I have just one on the bookshelf ,using one of those Monacor stereo/mono converters.

[istari_knight]

I'm happily using some Mordaunt-Short Carnival 2's in the shed.

Made for bookshelves (15x9x5") infinite baffle, very high quality 8" bass driver, alnico cone tweeter, 85-17,000Hz frequency response, easy to drive (8ohms/6 watts=96dB)

Usually found for under a fiver on eBay (bought mine for a quid!) They are a cut above the diamonds & mini monitors IMO... Crossovers are ripe for fettling aswell :eyebrows:

[technobear]

The JPW Gold is a nice little speaker. usually go for £20 - £30.

The Jamo Cornet 145 is also rather better than it's humble price might suggest. I got a pair for £25 but they'd still be great value for £40. Rear ported though so need a little room behind them.

Also in the price range the Mission 731i is a great little speaker.