Eltax Monitor 3 - any good?

[Mike400]

As below:



Probably the wrong place to post this, but thinking of buying a set as im building a system for the dining room using a few odds and ends I have sitting around, and I need a set of speakers.

have heard some good things about these, but is there anything better out there for the price? (£69.95 in Richer Sounds)

[cheshire_cat]

I bought some of these (for £69.99) about 6 years ago from Richer Sounds. They are good for the money, however I changed from these to a set of B&W 601 speakers (were £80 off ebay) and the difference is astounding.

At that price personally I would go second hand.

[mitzy]

Got any pics of them

[Mike400]

mitzy said:

Got any pics of them

I was near sure I posted a link to Richer Sounds :s

[Mike400]

cheshire_cat said:

I bought some of these (for £69.99) about 6 years ago from Richer Sounds. They are good for the money, however I changed from these to a set of B&W 601 speakers (were £80 off ebay) and the difference is astounding.

At that price personally I would go second hand.

Ill have a wee look on ebay then. Although is it not a bit hit or miss buying second hand speakers? You never know how hard the previous owner has used them..

[cheshire_cat]

Mike400 said:

cheshire_cat said:

I bought some of these (for £69.99) about 6 years ago from Richer Sounds. They are good for the money, however I changed from these to a set of B&W 601 speakers (were £80 off ebay) and the difference is astounding.

At that price personally I would go second hand.

Ill have a wee look on ebay then. Although is it not a bit hit or miss buying second hand speakers? You never know how hard the previous owner has used them..

I guess so, but between the 7 guys I used to share a house with and myself we must have gotten around 5 sets of speakers off ebay and never had any issues all speakers are still fine today.

It is worth noting that having bought the Monitor III's for £70, using them for 6 years, then putting them back on ebay they sold (in full working condition of course) for £45! Not bad at all.

[jsc15]

I bought some of these from Richer Sounds (also about 6 or 7 years ago) and they are so good I've got my separates system and TV going thru them. For the money they are definitely value