The £50 2nd hand speaker challenge (update)

[womble72]

:beer: I'm now looking for a 2nd hand pair of speakers for my garden Studio/workshop where my old Denon CDP & Amp have been moved too. I've set a budget of £50, age is not important and neither is size. They will be exposed to all manner of dust and hoofed outside when the weather allows.

I was thinking old mission 731's or similar. Any other manufacturers for me to type into google?

 

[chebby]

JPW Monitor Gold or JPW Mini Monitor or JPW Sonata. (Sealed cabinets so ideal for smaller spaces. Decent bass for their size. £50 should get you an excellent working pair in pretty good nick.)

 

[lindsayt]

Kef Cadenzas, AR38S, Celestion Ditton 110 from today's UK ebay. Something else next week...

 

[lindsayt]

These look intereting:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/speakers-/261132355490?pt=UK_AudioVideoElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_HiFiSpeakers&hash=item3cccb387a2

 

[crang]

Wharfedale diamond 9.0 you can pick these up for about £50 bargain!

 

[the record spot]

Just did a search on Gumtree for speakers, UK wide, max price £50. Here's a few out there right now:-

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/pair-monitor-7-gold-bookshelf-speakers-good-working-order/1004031915

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/eltax-liberty-5-floorstanding-speakers-25/1004050159

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/mint-as-new-jpw-ml310-speakers/1004037939

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/mission-731s/1004006728

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/wharfedale-linton-3xp-mainstereo-speakers-in-original-teak-cabinets/1003990894

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/mordaunt-short-avant-902i-speakers/1003837447

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/bang-olufsen-beovox-s25-speakers/1003807635

There's a starter for ten for you - and those Bang and Olufsen speakers at the bottom of the listing are exactly that; a tenner! Should give you some ideas to get the ball rolling.

 

[ReValveiT]

Mission 760/780 (and their 'i' and 'SE' updates).

Can't be beaten for the dosh.

 

[womble72]

Ha Ha Ha awesome! You guys rock. I wasn't expecting many replies but it seems this 'bargain' hunting is quite fun. I purposely set my budget low to make it more of a challenge. There have been some great suggestions. Cheers 🙂

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mordaunt-Short-MS20i-Pearl-Special-Edition-speakers-/130809317163?pt=UK_AudioVideoElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_HiFiSpeakers&hash=item1e74d7c72b

I have a pair of these, they were part of my first step in to the seperate hi-fi world, and are still a highly rated speaker.

 

[womble72]

Any thoughts on a pair of JPW ML310? Almost brand new, £45 and literally 5 minutes drive from my house.

 

[Dougal1331]

Don't think the ML310 was the best design JPW ever came up with- a bit coarse at the top end if memory serves...

 

[Dougal1331]

Another vote for Mission 760/731/780.

Great speakers which go for bargain prices...

 

[womble72]

Thought I would give you all a little update. I've managed to bag a brand new pair of JBL control ones for a price so good it would almost be called stealing 🙂 I'm sat here with them hooked up to my Marantz 603 listening to 'Brothers in Arms' and they sound superb... Really really superb. I decided against getting a bigger box for the workshop as I thought the neighbours might not be too keen on anything to bass heavy :-/

The little JBLs are so clear and have a modest little 'thump' to them, I can only assume they will get better once run in. The plastic case and metal grill should cope quite well with being in a workshop too.

Happy Days :cheers: P.S the wife wants to keep them in the house now :-/ Could I get away with sneaking some Neat Iotas into the house? Hmmmm

 

[CnoEvil]

Happy Days :cheers: P.S the wife wants to keep them in the house now :-/ Could I get away with sneaking some Neat Iotas into the house? Hmmmm

A "Baldrick" cunning plan, if ever I heard one. :shifty: