What to do with unwanted Alesis M1 Active speakers

brightonalex · Post by **brightonalex** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:39 am

I have two Alesis monitor speakers. But they only work sometimes. The little blue light on the front sometimes flickers and no sound comes out. But most of the time they are OK.
I don't want to throw them away, but I don't want to spend the money on getting them fixed, and I can't sell them.
what shall i do with them? Does anyone want them for free if they pay the postage? (Which could be quite a lot).

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:53 am

yes.
me and you should make a pile of our collective blinky M1 mkII fucking fuckers and torch the cheap ass bastards.

the fuckers.

mine just sit in a corner looking shit too.

dru · Post by **dru** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:38 pm

You could sell them to me for very cheap?

freqn · Post by **freqn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:55 pm

I pm'ed you.

robbmasters · Post by **robbmasters** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:16 pm

http://www.freecycle.org ?

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:33 pm

that was my plan. My alternative is canibalisation for parts.

these things are more of a bane than a boon to anyone
Im not sure if anyone on freecycle will really want some huge assed heavy black boxes which merely flash a blue LED, it seems unlikely.

I have one monitor which requires a new power supply (PSU cost from Alesis £110 ) I have one which still makes a sound when it likes.

BTW - Its known flaw in these Alesis monitors.
http://studio-central.com/phpbb/viewtop ... 507#154507
http://www.bangingtunes.com/forum/topic/t29811/page6/
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=94944&
etc.

poop boxes.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:47 pm

ship them to Astral Fridge Magnet with a big red label that reads:

"ACME SCROTUM SHAVERS"

stallos · Post by **stallos** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:09 pm

mikemc wrote:ship them to Astral Fridge Magnet with a big red label that reads:

"ACME SCROTUM SHAVERS"

thats funny!

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:20 pm

has anyone had similar problems with the M1 520s? i was going to get some because they're cheap and i'm a thrifty fucker.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:41 pm

I would hope it was an issue only with the batch of M1 MKII, but I would google in depth with winky blinky broken keywords. It took 6 months for the M1 MKIIs to start dying off.

I've reached 3 conclusions after my debacle with cheap monitoring

1: don't bother with cheap active monitors - false economy
2: perhaps cheap passives with a second hand decent amp is more cheap, scalable , sensible, listenable, adjustable
3: in a cheap setup the room is most often more colouring than the speakers

in addition to that ...

there's a (contentious) article on monitors vs hifi speakers which I tend to agree with.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun02/a ... nitors.asp

something to think about when buying 'budget monitors' which produce what are essentially producing very average hi fi speaker results (when all is considered) for an inflated price.

If you have ever used big 'pro studio' monitors (££$$) all this other crap we can afford just makes your ears cry

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:25 pm

Angstrom wrote:3: in a cheap setup the room is most often more colouring than the speakers

that's what i was thinking, so i didn't really see the need to spend an extra 100 pound on something i wouldn't notice - i'm not really in a postion to acoustically treat my room, so... but i'll probably regret it.

thanks for the link. good tunes on your site btw.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:28 pm

send 'em to me, I need a new coffee table.

punkdISCO · Post by **punkdISCO** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:40 pm

..we have been living with some Alesis A1 passives for probably 8 years now. Finally upgrading to some Adam P11As – ordered them at the Sounds Expo show last week in London and hoping they will be hear in the next few days..

Yay!!!!

lesterdiamond · Post by **lesterdiamond** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:41 pm

brightonalex · Post by **brightonalex** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:28 pm

I can't believe that this is a well known fault!! They are still selling them!
Alesis told me they were mystified by the problem, but that I could try spending £90 per speaker on getting them repaired.

I'll do what I did when I wanted to get rid of some knackered old furniture when I lived in brighton; leave them in the street and wait for my neighbour to creep out in the night and steal them.