anyone have any recommendations? i have been using a tivoli radio model 1 which is good but its causing background noise (getting old) so thought I might move into the 21st century with something designed for the purpose.
harmon kardon sound sticks are expensive so I presume a bit crap, prefer to spend less ideally too
any reco’s also need a set for my son in law who is a gamer (mine are for office, guitar and youtube as dont do gaming at all)
Darren
Acoustic Energy Aego, great second hand for about £40.
+1
This^ Tough to better for the price.
Agree if you can find some
I bought a pair for my stepson this year. There are plenty on eBay.
Sounds ideal for me as fine with 2nd hand
Anything new and sub £100 for the gamer present
looks like my wife is going for the bose ones for circa £90 - she likes the shape, I am struggling to find the AEGO in decent condish so might end up sticking with the tivoli, hard work this computer audio
colleague has Audioengine A5+ and likes them alot
I used Eclipse TD 307s (I think) until the wife banned me from playing Belgian nosebleed techno while she was on teleconferences.
I use headphones now 
It’s a hollowed-out shell of a man who can’t shout “TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO” in the background while his wife goes over the Jira backlog.
unless things have changed since i bought mine you need the base unit which houses the amp and the sub.
Didn’t know that. Just assumed they were active.
Sorry
This is actually not too bad.
Have the upgraded Pro model, in use now.
Looks like you do need the sub, which is £50, so £100 for a 2.1 setup
which is what I paid new for mine, when AE were selling off their stock
I should just stop posting, till I read and understand, what I have read.
Sorry, didn’t read.
I do have a working set, in the loft, all boxed up, but I was trying to suggest something, independent.
I am getting old and fckd!
its complicated tbh - too much choice, now down the rabbit hole of monitors for home recording as well as using for skype/teams calls, sub or no sub - may stick with the dodgy tivoli
the AEGO would have been great but can’t find a pair in decent condish so will keep looking whilst I read more - to add to my woes the dell fancy pants monitor my wife bought me in april just cracked - not sure I want to lay out £300 to have that happen again but the 21 inch cheapie I am now using feels complete shite in comparison - so also looking for monitor reccos (might try dual screens)
having fun looking at least, thanks for the help thus far
very nice but spendy at new price - interested if you know of any nicely kept but hard worked on belgian nosebleed techno second hand pairs 