Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Studio Monitor Pair  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

i like is great for what am looking for and is a small monitors but powerfull

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.

For the money, I have nothing bad to say about there monitors.

Buy these monitors! For the price they are... There is just no question. I was very hesitant when I bought them but I really needed some studio monitors and this is what I could afford. I am so glad I didn't waste any more money on others. I pulled these out of the box and immedietely by the weight of them knew they would be alright. Then I hooked them up... And wow... These things pack some punch for their size. Not to mention how surprisingly clear the highs and mids are while maintaining some crazy bass for their size. Turn the bass boost on! It works reallyy well! I can turn these things up really really loud with some heavier music and get no distortion at all. Amazing value! Can't beat it for the price!