M-Audio Studiophile BX5a Deluxe Active Monitors   (Used)

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Brought these speakers to go with my R16 Zoom Recorder. They work great . have a good bass sound and work well for hearing my recordings. Don't think you can beat the price and quality of these speakers.

They got all the features you need...TRS/XLR input, seperate power amps/switches, etc.

I've only had them for about 2 months, but everything seems good to me.

Now that they've been dropped in $$ they're a STEAL.  At the old price they were still good, but I think you could argue there were better alternatives at a similar price.

These are really quite nice, and in fact I don't really see the need for any kind of upgrade.  I had been using a decent consumer grade speaker system for mixing for a few years and had learned how it translated elsewhere quite well but figured I was missing something still.  These were certainly a big bump up in terms of how much more I hear in my mixes, and it certainly takes less effort to EQ things, and figure out how things translate.  I'm still spending time learning the monitors and how they sound in my room, but so far its really nice.  I might make another upgrade to some 8" woofers later on, but these have plenty of bass response, and get plenty loud for the time being.

Features? Pretty standard, though it is nice that there are both 1/4' and MXL inputs on it. The volume knobs have a nice amount of resistance so fine tuning is much easier than most others. Blue power light on the front is very visible without being too bright.

Build extremely well, very solid construction. These are some amazing monitors!

At this price its downright robbery for these beautiful babies.

  I bought them for my studio about a year ago because they were cheap. I figured they'd work for now and we'd replace them once we got mor money. We recorded a few bands with them, got enough money to buy new ones and we didn't! We got two more of these and two new subs and our studio needs nothing else. The power that these little monitors have is nothing short of astounding. We can literally stand 10 feet behind these speakers and feel the air coming out of the back of these things. The most important part: Low End! For 5 inch drivers I never even thought it was POSSIBLE to have good low end but these speakers do! These are certianly the only monitors you will find at this size and price range the you don't absolutely NEED a subwoofer with! Yeah, if you're trying to record professional quality music you should have a sub, these things can go sooo deep for small speakers and sound amazing. Also, the kevlar cones are mind blowing. That's very rare for this price range. Basically: if these were thousand dollar monitors, they would be average value, they are just mind blowing.

70 Watts active studio monitors.  Two input connectors (TRS or ELR) in the back, a power switch, and a volume knob.

They seem very well built and sound great.

These are a great value for the features and price.

These are a great set of powered monitors for anyone setting up a small home  recording studio.  They are simple to use and for  the price I paid I give them a "10".  Make sure to order the cables  that you will need.  I ordered two 6 foot mogami TRS to TRS cables.  The  cables are a little expensive, but they are well built and work great  with the speakers.