M- Audio AV-40 for 119.99

$120 is a good price for these, you'll be hard pressed to find a lower price

@Eocene, I'd hardly say 'often lower'
 
True not often, but these have not been $200 in at least a year. For $200 you are better off looking at others like krk rockits.

Just know the higher price for this is $150, not $200, and they average at $140.

Not saying these are a bad deal, I just want to point out that you are not getting $200 monitors for nearly half price.



Reviews seems to indicate that for this price, they are very hard to beat.



Op, maybe I am wrong but where did you come up with $200?
 
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I saw a pair of these at a local Best Buy (Cleveland, Ohio) for $70 and did a double-take. If I didn't already own a pair, I would have picked them up. I went back a few days later (both times I was with someone else who needed to stop in), and they were $100.
 
I think that $120 is about the going rate for these. Still, a great deal for the price. I love mine.
 
I saw a pair of these at a local Best Buy (Cleveland, Ohio) for $70 and did a double-take. If I didn't already own a pair, I would have picked them up. I went back a few days later (both times I was with someone else who needed to stop in), and they were $100.



Hmm, I got too many speakers as it is but for that price, I probably would have picked them up myself.
 
Op, maybe I am wrong but where did you come up with $200?

Sorry guys I went with the 199.99 MSRP Amazon list them for. I remember looking at these a while back and they where 150.00 on sale. So I figured they do go 199.99. When I saw them at 120.00 I got excited and shared my joy with you all. Sorry if it's not as [H]ot as I hoped. I did ordered a pair for myself and will post how I like them.

Thanks
 
I've had a set for 2 years.
Made my Z5500s seem like garbage.
Not much bass, but definitely clearer than most computer speakers.
 
How is the bass response on these? I've got bookshelf speakers with 6.5" cones and tweeters. I like the bass on them but their mid is kinda lacking, I want better mid but I don't want to sacrifice bass. I was thinking of upgrading to 3 way speakers with 6.5" woofers, 3" mids, and tweeters but this would be a lot cheaper.
 
hate to say it but 120 is the going rate....have had mine for about a year and have been very pleased with them....you will NOT get the same kind of bass from a subwoofer...but thats not the reason to buy these
there perfect for people on the go like me who want great full spectrum sound with only 1 tiny cable to hook up...they even have headphone jack but i use the ampd jack on my sound blaster z instead.....otherwise its awesome having the convenient plug. the downside is a lot of these end up with blown caps right after the 1 year warranty is up......ill just fix mine myself it that happens to me...but buyer beware....they make better studio monitors at twice the cost...but none of them hook up with just a simple 1/8" headphone cable like these do...and to me that's worth a lot when having to run around with these....adding a simple sub-woofer and these would be very complete but i don't like disturbing people and i usually rent a bedroom or living out of motel rooms where loud noise Could have issues. That being said if i found a very cheap sub i might purchase one, but would end up leaving it most likely when i travel for work.......I have to have my pc with me when i go places since hookers can get very expensive lol
 
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Sorry guys I went with the 199.99 MSRP Amazon list them for. I remember looking at these a while back and they where 150.00 on sale. So I figured they do go 199.99. When I saw them at 120.00 I got excited and shared my joy with you all. Sorry if it's not as [H]ot as I hoped. I did ordered a pair for myself and will post how I like them.

Thanks

No shame in that and thanks for trying to help.


I recommend installing one of the price tracking plugins or using their website yo check items. Not for us, but for yourself. Amazon is very sneaky with their dynamic prices. I wish reviews for products were tied to the price that person paid. Countless of top rated products get their priced adjusted and what might have been a great product at a certain price-point is actually not that great of a deal.


Of course these speakers are good value for the price .
 
if you need pc speakers...their Still a great buy at this price imo.....but their not selling them at a loss as they do with some sales:)
 
these are "ok" price "ok" i bought mine for 70 used been working for 2 years at least with me never turning them off.. with that said they run very hot. My friend bought a pair new and they have died within a year. So i am not sure how great or un-great they are.. just that they sound ok and run very hot ;)
 
I have the first version of these and have been great ever since I bought them back in 2008 until recently.

My left speaker, where the amp is located, started to show signs of failure. The lower speaker on the left has been flakey and randomly stops producing sound. I would have to increase the volume in windows to get it to come back. Even then they'll stop making sound randomly. Takes a few tries too.

As killian133 said, they do run hot. I used to run an 80mm fan back there but I stopped using the fan.

I will probably end up buying the Audioengine A5+ when they're back on Massdrop.
 
I know we are not talking the same price range but the Audioengine A5+ would represent a significant step up over these.

The Audioengine A2 would also be a good option for those on a tight budget.
 
I bought these for $100 at compusa when it was closing ages ago. Still going strong for my sister in law.
 
downgraded from KRK rokit 5's to av40's and was underwhelmed to say the least. i returned the av40 for a cheaper pair... gave these a shot and got a much better sound at a better price. i now own several pairs (home pc audio, work) because of the affordability and quality. these are the same speakers in "wood"

at the $100+ price point it would be worth your while to pickup a set of klipsch pro media 2.1.... but in my apartment situation, if i am not using my sennheiser 595s -- the genius speakers provide more than enough power and clarity
 
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downgraded from KRK rokit 5's to av40's and was underwhelmed to say the least. i returned the av40 for a cheaper pair... gave these a shot and got a much better sound at a better price. i now own several pairs (home pc audio, work) because of the affordability and quality. these are the same speakers in "wood"

at the $100+ price point it would be worth your while to pickup a set of klipsch pro media 2.1.... but in my apartment situation, if i am not using my sennheiser 595s -- the genius speakers provide more than enough power and clarity

them speakers really sound better than the m audios?:)
 
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I used to have these, they were great especially if you don't have the room for bigger monitors.
 
These speakers are not what your looking for, trust me. While the brand has a great reputation, these speakers will immediately make you wish you would have waited out longer for a different solution.

For $150 you can honestly find a great (PAIR) of 2nd hand / hardly used KRK G2 5's or 6's on Craigslist. I see them all the time in my area ( Kansas City ) Might take you a little due diligence.

The Klipsh 2.1's at Best Buy for $130 are good enough to mix with and sound a hell of a lot better than these things.

You don't want these for computer games, audio listening and especially mixing. These are absolutely bottom barrel beginner monitors. Don't be that guy that buys these only to realize they could have taken that next step, easily enough, to something better in the same price range.

Nice pair of AKG 240's for $129 are even going to sound better.

I really hate that these are on the market. I wish to god I had $100 dollars for every time I get asked by someone what to upgrade to from THESE speakers lol. I would have several thousand dollars to say the least.

Background - KRK G2 8's, Maschine Studio, Akai Renaissance, lots of Novation gear, FL Studio / Ableton, etc.
 
These speakers are not what your looking for, trust me. While the brand has a great reputation, these speakers will immediately make you wish you would have waited out longer for a different solution.

For $150 you can honestly find a great (PAIR) of 2nd hand / hardly used KRK G2 5's or 6's on Craigslist. I see them all the time in my area ( Kansas City ) Might take you a little due diligence.

The Klipsh 2.1's at Best Buy for $130 are good enough to mix with and sound a hell of a lot better than these things.

You don't want these for computer games, audio listening and especially mixing. These are absolutely bottom barrel beginner monitors. Don't be that guy that buys these only to realize they could have taken that next step, easily enough, to something better in the same price range.

Nice pair of AKG 240's for $129 are even going to sound better.

I really hate that these are on the market. I wish to god I had $100 dollars for every time I get asked by someone what to upgrade to from THESE speakers lol. I would have several thousand dollars to say the least.

Background - KRK G2 8's, Maschine Studio, Akai Renaissance, lots of Novation gear, FL Studio / Ableton, etc.


Wait, you are saying the klipsch 2.1 promedias are better to mix with??

Did they change the newer model of these or something? In no way shape or form are the klipsch 2.1 studio monitors or even close where the AV40s (at least the old versions i had) are.

Now that said i have noticed KRKs coming way down in price and would agree spend the extra cash because those are better but to say the AV40s are that bad for $120 is just plain wrong. Unless the new version is different then the original AV40.
 
SixFootDuo is just talking horsshit....lol buy klipish 2.1s? I fucken love these over klipish...way more portable and sound better to me...he's making a comparison to speakers that have a subwoofer as in IF that's what we wanted i think we already be looking at that...I also looked and heard the krk's at the store and while they did sound a little better, they are also still no where near as portable and cost a lot more

I have owned klipish 2.1's he mentioned and prefer these easily
 
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Horseshit? No, none of you are mixing in a professional studio. Your mixing in your moms $#$^%$% basement ( and so am i, figuratively speaking ) The M-Audio AV-40 is a near-field, extremely basic monitor. 4" driver, 20 watts ( actually, only around 11 watts per speaker as tested by Computer Music Magazine UK ) ? Give me a break.

And seriously, stop being so sensitive. There's no crying in baseball.

The only reason and I do mean the only reason this tiny TINY weak sounding speakers even exist on the market is because they are the lowest common denominator and are cheap. In fact, if $120 or $130 is too much, any of you can call up Sweetwater or Musicians Friend and ask for a discount, or b-stock, returns. You can get these cheapies all day long for under a hundred.

The point I am trying to make is, the lot of you can do just as good and probably better with headphones or Klipsh 2.1's for your little at home "beats" made with your pirated copy of FL Studio. Sure these speakers sound better than your average beige $10 computer speakers. Not trying to say they aren't. Just don't let these speakers be your first pair. You will upgrade from them in a matter of weeks, at the most a few months unless your the type that doesn't want to know any better or settles for the first thing out the gate.

If $100 or $130 is all you have to spend, it's not going to matter what you use in that price range. I've done the Pepsi challenge several times and I've never yet had a professional set of ears pick the AV-40's over anything Fostex, Klipsh 2.1's, KRK G2 5's, etc etc.

All of you are making me roll my eyes, please, just stop.

Don't put the pussy on a pedestal. Meaning, don''t build these speakers into something they aren't.
 
These speakers are not what your looking for, trust me. While the brand has a great reputation, these speakers will immediately make you wish you would have waited out longer for a different solution.

I had the M-Audio AV40s before I got the Klipsch 2.1 about a year ago. I had to replace the AV40s because one of the speakers has a constant low-level hum, and I'd only had them a couple of years.

I much, much prefer the Klipsch over the M-Audio.
 
Horseshit? No, none of you are mixing in a professional studio. Your mixing in your moms $#$^%$% basement ( and so am i, figuratively speaking ) The M-Audio AV-40 is a near-field, extremely basic monitor. 4" driver, 20 watts ( actually, only around 11 watts per speaker as tested by Computer Music Magazine UK ) ? Give me a break.

And seriously, stop being so sensitive. There's no crying in baseball.

The only reason and I do mean the only reason this tiny TINY weak sounding speakers even exist on the market is because they are the lowest common denominator and are cheap. In fact, if $120 or $130 is too much, any of you can call up Sweetwater or Musicians Friend and ask for a discount, or b-stock, returns. You can get these cheapies all day long for under a hundred.

The point I am trying to make is, the lot of you can do just as good and probably better with headphones or Klipsh 2.1's for your little at home "beats" made with your pirated copy of FL Studio. Sure these speakers sound better than your average beige $10 computer speakers. Not trying to say they aren't. Just don't let these speakers be your first pair. You will upgrade from them in a matter of weeks, at the most a few months unless your the type that doesn't want to know any better or settles for the first thing out the gate.

If $100 or $130 is all you have to spend, it's not going to matter what you use in that price range. I've done the Pepsi challenge several times and I've never yet had a professional set of ears pick the AV-40's over anything Fostex, Klipsh 2.1's, KRK G2 5's, etc etc.

All of you are making me roll my eyes, please, just stop.

Don't put the pussy on a pedestal. Meaning, don''t build these speakers into something they aren't.

Not to be a dick but if you are saying the klipsch 2.1 are better for mixing you don't know what the fuck you're talking about at all. They sound great for music but for studio work are fucking trash, even compared to the av40. At least the 40s pretend to be natural sounding the promedias are not even close.
 
Again, we are talking about $100 speakers. It's really hard to do any worse than that. If you are going to mix on a tiny $100 budget, do yourself a favor and at least add more range to whatever it is you are trying to do.
 
Again, we are talking about $100 speakers. It's really hard to do any worse than that. If you are going to mix on a tiny $100 budget, do yourself a favor and at least add more range to whatever it is you are trying to do.

Again at any budget the klipsch promedias are absolutely hands down garbage for mixing, period.

Great for listening, beyond horrible for mixing. Anybody that knows ANYTHING about mixing and has heard both sets being discussed would laugh at your claim that the promedias are better for mixing... :rolleyes:

You insult others in the thread then make completely asinine and clueless claims when you should just sit back and realize you dont know what you are talking about. For studio work and mixing you will be damned hard pressed to beat the AV40s at this price range... Some used KRKs would be nice if you can find them but in no way shape or form do the klipsch promedias compete in this regard at all.

Or are you going to try telling us again how output power makes them crap for sound reproduction?
 
I loved my AV40s. Just be sure to pair them with a woofer if you expect any bass.
 
Lulz at mixing with a 2.1 setup is this comedy hour? The av40 are fine i think the 60 shipped i paid is fine for them have them paired with a set of lame 12" subs and never even consider the klipsh sitting in the garage in a box.. should sell them butso heavy not worth it,,, ya get something better these are hot and small but what. Expect for 100 bux miracles? Love the fight over silly speakers and "mixing"
 
You can try and spin it any way you want, at the end of the day, 11 watt per speaker, 4" driver is a waste of anyone's time. If you're a hobbyist wanna-be sound engineer and just for the sake of being able to tell your friends you have a "home studio" then, fine, whatever. But don't tell you I didn't tell you so. And Disposed, clearly you're one of those types that go around the internet reading things and then come here and try and pawn it off as your own grand wisdom. Comical. Apparently you haven't been on M-Audio's own website forum and read the mountain of complaints on these cheap speakers. It's a huge mess. You're really doing this community a disservice by coming here and trying to push these toy wanna-be "monitors" on others.

The new AV-40's are cheapened, these are not the higher quality versions from 4 and 5 years ago. The internet will tell you this. There are a few articles out there where the different versions of the same speaker were compared to each other. Of course the newer cheapened ones, the ones you will be buying have a completely different sound. Again, the internet will tell you this.

There are huge problems with buzzing, crackling with these speakers. It's a wide spread problem. Of course this is due to them cheapening the internals. Also, the warranty on these things is horrible. Want to speak to someone in tech support, it will cost you $20 dollars. Don't believe me, go to their web site. You are also responsible for shipping there and back if you do need warranty work. The internet will tell you all of these things.

Like I said, don't waste your time. Anyone that only want's to spend $100 dollars is going to do just fine with basically anything else other than these speakers. Or, you can listen to the internet-know-it-alls and buy these AV-40s and be the rock star producer you've always dreamed of being... lol
 
You have so much to learn yet never will because you think you know everything already.

Studio monitors are not about power at all and walk into some real studios and see what's used 4 inch drivers are not a negative for monitors. For studio work you want speakers as neutral as possible and you don't want to listen at super high volumes. You mix and adjust on speakers to bright, bass heavy etc. you end up with a recording that sounds wrong on other speakers.
 
Guys I am so happy I got these after-all. They sound better then my previous Logitech 2.1 system. I was listening to the mighty jungle and I actually heard some musicale instruments I have never heard before. I am very happy and they did not break the bank. This is how I have them setup. That's my new rig on the right.

 
These are OK but spend a little more if you can. Worst issue is they have balance problems at low volume. Bugs the heck out of me.
 
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