Powered Speakers for Helix floor

[madmaks2]

Hi has anyone got any recommendations for a pair of powered monitor speakers for a Helix Floor from Best to just good value

Thanks

[mrrstrat]

Fender FRFR-212 works great.

[silverhead]

My Rokit 8” studio monitors are also great.

 

Ae you looking for home studio use or gigging?

[datacommando]

On 3/25/2026 at 12:43 PM, madmaks2 said:

Hi has anyone got any recommendations for a pair of powered monitor speakers for a Helix Floor from Best to just good value

Thanks

Hi,

 

If you actually mean powered “studio” monitors, then I would definitely recommend the 3way Kali Audio IN-8 monitors.

https://www.kaliaudio.com/independence

 

I bought a pair of these about 18 months ago, to replace my old workhorse 8” Tannoy Reveal speakers. Outstanding!

 

When you say “from Best to just good value”, then a lot of that is dependent on your budget and studio workspace. If you can work with a 5 inch speaker system then there are a huge amount of options, some of which can give the big names a run for their (your) money. 
 

Here’s a recent video of a blindfold test of a few examples done by Andertons.

 

 

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[waymda]

For stage I've run:

• 2 x L6 PC+
• Various powered wedges
• Yamaha and QSC FoH boxes set-up as monitors
• Valve power amps and speaker set-ups

All sound and feel different, and have tempted me to tune my patches to them. Unfortunately that impacts on FoH (generally negatively).

 

You will need to be clear (for yourself) what you want and try things until you find what works for you. If you don't run through FoH and just have stage sound I'd reccomend good FoH style speakers for the best reproduction, accepting the stage sound will not (should not??) be an amp in the room sound. If you want that amp in the room "spill" type sound, good guitar speakers and a power amp (not necessarily valve). This will limit your pallet significantly as guitar speakers significantly colour your sound. Its part of their charm.

 

For studio - you want the best monitors you can afford for whole of recording reproduciton, and the Helix will just be part of that.