ebay sometimes have them and 5 ways Hifi are a good midlands dealer to ask also.

For portability with a little bit to play with, get a Caiman DAC, look at the apparently very popular Yamaha and possibly Quad active monitors at around £600pr and I can get advice on a cheapo way of controling volume. There may be dac's out there with good quality and not too expensive that can drive the active speakers directly. Again, Dolphin Music will be able to advise...


The point I'm very clumsily making is that HiFi shops haven't cottoned on to the fact that for many people "on the move," a separates system just isn't always feasible. OK for when you're settled and there's some money in the bank, but not to start with. Some of these little "pro" active jobbies are made in the far east for not much dosh and "some" of them are superb by all accounts, being properly balanced and not at all fatiguing to listen to for long periods. The Quad 11L active is based on a very successful passive design and having active crossovers and directly coupled amps in each should tighten up the sound somewhat. They're also reasonably good looking. I'm told the Yamaha actives are extremely popular for near field monitoring and may be just what you need for now.

The HDD forum should be able to help (forget the AVI bias and associated threads, there's much good for you to learn there) and Sound-On-Sound magazine has good reviews, including many online ones of speakers such as you might need...