Would YSM1's be an upgrade over Event ALP5s?

[marshall409]

Very subjective I know...There's a pair of YSM1s for sale locally for 150 which I know is a good price. The woofers have been upgraded to the yorkville driver thats currently in the YSM6 model. I've had my ALP5s for a year now and they're good but I don't feel they're going down low enough for me to hear what's going on in the low mids-lows.

Anyone wanna chime in on whether or not the yorkville's might be an upgrade?

Thanks,

Adam

 

[CoolCat]

arent the ALP5 powered?

The YSM1's are passive?

YSM1P are powered...
if the Yorks are powered for $150 I'd definately get those, if only because their so cheap. I've had a pair for years and really enjoyed them. Years ago highly recommended and a great "budget" speaker. And I had a few $1000 pairs at the house (which were slightly better...but not a million times better.)

but I'll guess these are YSM1 passive, non amplified speakers for $150...so you'll need a really nice stereo amp$$$$.

 

[Track Rat]

I'm still mixing on my old YSM-1's. I've had several pairs over the years.
It would be nice if you could A-B them side by side.

 

[Chili]

I think for $150 you should pick them up. It would be nice to have more speakers to bounce a mix through. I have the ALP5's also and do not like the low end. So much so, in fact, that my advice to people shopping for monitors is to not buy 5 inch speakers.