M-Audio BX5 Carbon vs BX8

[Raman]

Hi,

I was on the lookout for some time in the local classifieds for an affordable pair of monitors. I finally scored some BX5 Carbon for CAD200$ yesterday. I took them back home and I have to say I'm very impressed with them. Great bass response for such little cones!

But then Murphy's law hit: This morning, a new ad appeared for a pair of BX8 at CAD250$...

Do you think it would be worth the hassle to buy the BX8 and resell the BX5?

I'm thinking I'm always better with bigger cones, especially if I want to play bass through them. I'm afraid I could eventually damage the 5" cones if I stress them too much with bass.
On the other hand, the Carbons are a newer generation...

I plan to use them generally as speakers, sometimes to play bass with and also occasionally for mixing and working with some field recording I do.

Any input will be appreciated.

 

[Kenova]

Hi,

I was on the lookout for some time in the local classifieds for an affordable pair of monitors. I finally scored some BX5 Carbon for CAD200$ yesterday. I took them back home and I have to say I'm very impressed with them. Great bass response for such little cones!

But then Murphy's law hit: This morning, a new ad appeared for a pair of BX8 at CAD250$...

Do you think it would be worth the hassle to buy the BX8 and resell the BX5?

I'm thinking I'm always better with bigger cones, especially if I want to play bass through them. I'm afraid I could eventually damage the 5" cones if I stress them too much with bass.
On the other hand, the Carbons are a newer generation...

I plan to use them generally as speakers, sometimes to play bass with and also occasionally for mixing and working with some field recording I do.

Any input will be appreciated.

I have BX8 and I'm very satisified, I personally wouldn't go below 8'' driver, I don't use it for studio so I don't give a crap about true response, but I must say these are pretty transparent. Good mixes sounds great while crappy mixing sounds awful.