Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Studio Monitor Pair 

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I had purchased a set of these cheap az paper moniters and within less than 24 hours the left speaker was farting so loud I couldn't mix a decent mix if my fuqin life depended on it smh..

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These were not the speakers I was originally looking for; they were recommended as an alternate
choice by Musician's Friend. Very pleased with the quality and price. I needed speakers because my flat screen Samsung speakers were terrible for
DVD's and watching movies. These are excellent sound for the price and size.

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I love Alesis monitors, and have used them down thru the years. These little powered monitors are great for my audio/video setup to monitor my internet radio station and streaming video.This is like the 3rd pair I have owned. I also have the monitor ones for studio recording setup.

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These are active studio monitors, without doubt, however the concession you make for the cheap price is loudness. These monitors have a fairly decent sound overall, and they play test tones all the way down to 20 Hz. However, their maximum volume is not very loud at all. My 5 watt guitar amp is louder.

I set mine at their maximum volume and I control them using a mixer. They play distortion free as long as I don't push too far above unity gain. This is adequate for my needs as the monitors sit about 18 inches from my ears. At the lowest usable volume, songs as diverse as ZZ Top's "Gimme All Your Loving" and Of Montreal's "Famine Affair" are clear at the bottom and top ends and only need some adjustments in the mids.

For monitoring loud music at low levels, I give these a 9 out of 10. They lose a tiny bit of clarity under 40 Hz and they simply are not loud enough to blame that on the room. This loss is not apparent when playing music, only when playing test tones. A mastering engineer would hear it, but my ears are nowhere near that sharp.

Overall, these monitors suit my needs very well.

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I had trouble with these at first becasue I was soo use to my other speakers. The bass boost on certain recordings will distort at a medium high level so FYI on that one.
I MULTITASK with these!! I use them for my studio (cubase)monitors.
I use these for recording playback of "COVERS" on my puter so I DO NOT have to use my P.A. all the time! ANDD for lower volume levels its a great practice aid to keep from waking the neighborhood! hehe!
I use these for television when watching netflix and it beats the heck out of my TV speakers on my 32' HDTV.
I record Bass, Guitar, Mandolin and the like with cubase. When its late at night I use my Sennheiser head phones I bought here as well! Daytime its no holds bar though!!
If you multitask as I do with these you cant beat the price! I just came in here and noticed the price is still the same so I hope my review helps you!! THX GB TC
(btw- I only came in to look at the price cause I am considering these for my bro who is a prof drummer. xmas gift possibly. )
opps forgot? gave these a 4 due to vol and bass.
Buy THEM if these situations FIT YOU!!!!

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Hard to believe there's a better buy for small monitors. Great sound and the multiple input jacks make life very very easy. I would highly recommend.

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Like I said they're good for beginners but I now consider myself an intermediate producer so it was time for an upgrade. Just got the KRK Rokit5's but while I was learning to mix, these Alesis' worked perfect and sound good for normal music listening as well. They get fairly loud for 3" speakers.
Have to give this one a 9 because the volume knob started slipping after about a year but all in all these things are well built. Never had any issues sound quality wise.
These were my first "studio monitors" and I thought it was a fair price for starting up my home studio.

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Overall, for the price you would be hard pressed to find better. Keep in mind that you do get what you pay for. If you want something high quality then budget more money. That said, these are fantastic monitors, they sound great and are fairly durable. They fulfill the purpose I purchased them for.
I give them an 8 because they are fairly basic so not many features (Basic is not a bad thing). The usb interface makes it so you don't need a sound card to run these on your computer.
I was amazed by the sound quality and volume that these little monitors put out. They are the size of bookshelf speakers and yet sound like speakers twice their size. The low end is decent for not having separate subs, granted units with a sub will give more bass however they usually cost 3-4 times more than these. They are built fairly well, the volume knob is solid and not some flimsy plastic thing that just hangs there. They are extremely powerful as well, I am running them at 10 oclock and my music is normal listening volume. If I turn them up to 12 they are very loud and I can hear them halfway across the house and that is with the knob at 50%. The only controversial thing that I notice is that you don't really get any sound out of them if the knob is lower than 9 oclock however I don't consider this a bad thing it is just worth mentioning.
For the price these are a fantastic value. Others have described these as expensive pc speakers which in a way is true because of their size and features. It all comes down to what you are looking for, I bought these because I wanted to do some recording on my pc and wanted a speaker system that was not dynamic (modify the eq to make it "sound better"). These seem to give an accurate representation of how a song or track sounds.

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i like is great for what am looking for and is a small monitors but powerfull
is a great product for staring your home studio .. more if you have a small room that is perfect ... and the price ? not bad at all ..! i mean is a pair of studio monitors .. !! perfect deal and is a HQ product with a audio interface (not that is not great) but i still like more m-audio or m-box for home studio
is not bad and the sound queality is great for making beats again is just depend of ur room that a 3' monitors so is even a little smaller than a normal small 5'
the value is great .. if u dont have a lot of money and a small home studio that's is ur choices

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For the money, I have nothing bad to say about there monitors.
These monitors are small enough to fit on your desktop, and powerful enough to crank up, although if you plan on using them for mixing, you dont want to play them very loud anyways. They have a nice, yet small sweet spot, and are very clear, considering the size of the woofer. I think they make an excellent secondary monitoring system, and I have found them to work well being used to mix individual tracks. They would work well as an introduction into using monitors, and are capable of great results.They are built to last, and are well worth the money.
Built solid, easy to use.
Very capable of great results.