dalto

That is pretty much my catch-phrase :)

Thanks for the great feedback all! Sounds like monitors are the way to go, thanks. What do you think of the HS8 vs the HS7 for my size room? The price is almost the same but I would rather have whatever will work best. I take it the mkii's are a totally different speaker? I thought about that but I was wondering how it would do at low volume. One of the problems I find with guitar amps is getting them at room levels sometimes requires micro-managing the volume between 0-1. I would also probably have to find something to put it on to get it off the floor. I considered the l2ts but I was worried they would be too much.

So I know there are a lot of threads on speaker recommendations out there and I believe I have read most of them but I am struggling a little bit with what to do for my room. I am looking for a stereo setup to use with Helix in my house. It seems like people do one of three things: - Use some powered studio monitors. There are lots of these out there and most of them seem to use 4-6" speakers. This would be a simple setup and space effective but it seems like it would be lacking on the low-end. Maybe I am overthinking it. - Use PA speakers such as the L2ts or DSR112s. Putting a pair of these on stands would probably work. Might be more than I need though. - Use FRFR cabinets such as Atomic CLR, Friedman ASM-12's, etc. I could be wrong but this seems like overkill for my situation. It will also use a lot of floor space. The room is ~16'x12'. I will play mostly electric and acoustic guitar. On rare occasions maybe a little bass but that is not the priority. Floor space is at a premium and I would be no more than 6' from the speakers. Weight doesn't really matter as I won't be moving them. Budget wise I would like to spend as little as possible but I would also like to avoid buying something, deciding it isn't enough and then buying something else.(Which I do way too often) I would definitely want to stay under 2k though. I don't have a lot of experience and I worry about finding something that will work at low-moderate volumes. Thanks in advance for the advice.