2024 the best studio monitors review
Price: $99.99
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Upgrade Your Desktop Speaker Sound With BX3’s Studio Monitor Quality Are you unhappy with the sound quality of your built-in computer speakers? The M-Audio BX3 speakers are the perfect choice! Compact, attractive and simple-to-install, M-Audio’s BX3 desktop speakers have been meticulously created for you to experience your media like never before! Immersive Listening Experience Designed for live streaming, podcasting, gaming, watching movies or listening to your favorite music, M-Audio’s BX3 speakers provide and impressive 120 Watts of crystal-clear sound inside an attractive, style-driven design. The two-way desktop speaker design features an Acoustically-inert MDF cabinet with bass reflex that facilitates a smooth low end and punch through the Kevlar® low frequency drivers. Plus, the enhanced rear ports add extended low-frequency response making any videogame, movie or song you play a truly immersive experience. Add to this, the computer-optimized natural silk dome tweeters for a crystal clear high-end and precise stereo image, and the BX3 delivers pristine sound quality perfect for any multimedia application. Perfect Connections The rear panel connections offer 1/4”, 1/8”, and RCA inputs making them compatible with all your gear. There is even an 1/8-inch aux input and headphone connection on the front of the speaker for your tablet, computer, or mobile device. What’s In The Box BX3 Speakers (Stereo Pair: 1 Passive Speaker and 1 Active Speaker) Foam Feet 2-Prong IEC Power Cable 1/8” TS Speaker Interconnect Cable 1/8” to 1/8” TRS Aux Cable 1/8” TRS to RCA Cable User Guide Safety & Warranty Manual.
Studio Monitor Sound - 120-Watt powered Studio Speakers deliver studio speaker sound, perfect for gaming, podcasting, streaming, DJ performances and more
Premium Components - Studio Monitors with an Acoustically-inert MDF cabinet and bass reflex design for deep, rich sound; 3.5” Kevlar low frequency drivers and 1” natural silk dome tweeters
An Immersive Listening Experience - Computer-optimized tweeter waveguide for precise imaging; High & Low EQ for dialling in the perfect sound; Rear ports for extended bass response
Versatile – Whether you’re looking for studio monitors, PC Speakers, DJ speakers or Desktop speakers, the BX3’s 1/4”, 1/8”and RCA inputs offer complete hook-up flexibility
Everything You Need - Includes 1 passive speaker, 1 active speaker, 1/8” speaker cable, 1/8” to 1/8” cable, 1/8” to RCA cable, and AKAI Professional's MPC Beats
Reviewer: FPG
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty Decent Monitors!
Review: OK, keep your expectations in check here. These are inexpensive nearfield monitors, and I wouldn't recommend them for a real project studio or above (as in if you're recording a band, doing mastering, etc.). But for my "Studio C" - used for product development, engineering, testing, and etc., they are just fine, perhaps for the simple reason that I didn't have space for larger monitors in this location. Nonetheless, sound quality is very good, as is imaging, and they actually had too much bass in the center EQ position (on the back) - having to reduce the bass on such tiny woofers was surprising. I also boosted the treble a little, which suits my ears. Anyway, nice monitors for the price. If you need larger nearfield monitors, I would consider the next models up in this line. For "real" monitors, though, you're looking at many times the price, and such may be required (I use JBLs, Yamahas, and Tannoys for this case - again a lot more bucks involved). But for the price of a decent PC-class speaker set, you could do much worse than the BX4s. I know, I've tried.BTW - nicely packaged! Double boxed, great packing, and the required cables are included.
Reviewer: Cristian Chavez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: HECK YES
Review: Im sure there are better monitors out there for more $ BUT for $100 these monitors are outstanding! I bought them for my PC (I was using a really old JBL speaker for like 5 years lol) and man am I glad I did. For music, movies or YT, gaming etc the sound quality is soo good, I mean they are studio quality speakers and for $100 there is no reason not to have these if you need speakers. AWESOME!!!
Reviewer: Matthew Geary
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: love these things
Review: sound quality is very nice for the price. comes with all the cables you need and pairs nicely with my M-AUDIO interface. no complaints!
Reviewer: Paul
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Sound for the Money. NOT 4.5 Inches.
Review: I just received these speakers yesterday so I am still playing around and getting used to them however I'm very happy with the sound. I have them set on my desktop to be used as reference speakers for video and sound editing. The sound is crisp and clear and full. They are very solid and seem to perform the function, for which they were intended, quite nicely. However there are 2 things which I have noticed which I will mention here. First, as you can see from the pictures, I ordered what was described as 4.5" reference monitors and the label on the back of the cabinet clearly states [4.5"]. It seems as though the folks at M-AUDiO may not be using the same type of ruler that I use. They are not actually 4.5" drivers, closer to 3.75". Second, and this is really my only actual functional complaint, as mentioned by others, the volume knob doesn't seem to take the speakers all the way down to a muted level without actually turning the power off. It's not a deal-breaker for me but something to note. Again, I'm still very happy with the sound and value.
Reviewer: Sreif78
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful PC speakers
Review: I had purchased Creative Pebble speakers as a place holder when I did a PC build in 2020. They were adequate but I wanted a larger sound stage to be more immersive. After a few weeks of research, reading reviews, listening to some audio tests (with a grain of salt in my ears) I decided on these for a few reasons. Price to performance and clarity of sound. I did not what I consider muddy sound with base overwhelming all sound. These were a great purchase and have greatly improved the gaming experience, listening to music and consuming video content as well. In games the sound stage was such an improvement several in games such as CP 2077 and Tomb Raider series was like a new introduction to the audio aspects of the games. Highly recommended for such use. Very I happy I went with these over Audio Eng A2+.Pros: Good balance of base and treble which can be adjusted. Front facing headphone jack port, Option for RCA or TRS connection for L/R channels. True stereo sound immersion (turn Char head left, sound from right speaker only, turn head right, sound from left speaker in-game. )Dimensions can fit easily with limited space and a 3.5" Sub with 1" tweeter. Build quality at price point (MDF except for front as it feels for the front panel).Cons: Would prefer High / Low adjustment on front of speaker or the side.
Reviewer: Avery M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good for a simple studio
Review: These have a really nice median between too quiet and too loud, making it really easy to adjust the volume to be properly set to your needs. Definitely need a mixer to utilize high fidelity at lower volumes from the speaker.
Reviewer: AngelBlood
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best small active monitors out there!
Review: These M-Audio BX3 BT's are high quality, powerful, and clear sounding speakers. They have all the connections you'll ever need, and having high & low shelving EQ's (@ 8k and 150 hz respectively) are a great inclusion at this price point.Tips: if you have something connected to the front Aux port, Bluetooth will not sound. This is understandable, and you simply need to disconnect the Aux plug for Bluetooth to work.Also remember that the more you Boost the Bass or Treble controls, (if you're Mixing on them) the more your mix will be Bass shy, and/or dull sounding on the High frequencies.All in all, these speakers are surprisingly loud and reproduce more bass than their small size would indicate.Highly Recommended, and Rock On, Brothers & Sisters!
Reviewer: Video Guy
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beware of the auto standby feature - that you can NOT disable
Review: While it does state this in the user manual as a "Precaution", I didn't read the manual until much later and discovered the speakers are the problem, not my soundcard.From the manual:Standby Mode: BX3 includes a Standby Mode to conserve energy used when powered on butnot in use for 25 minutes. To wake from Standby Mode, simply begin playing audio at any levelfor 3-5 seconds and BX3 will resume normal functionality.In reality, this is very annoying at times. Now I'm on the hunt for similar speakers that do NOT do this or at least give me a switch to turn it OFF.
Reviewer: Miguel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Tienen un excelente sonido
Reviewer: Luis Camino
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Mi estudio tiene el tamaño y acústica adecuada
Reviewer: Jules simard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I'm not going to lie, I bought these speakers after listening to a dozen YouTube videos whose titles began with "Best budget studio monitor". Well, I have to say that I don't regret my purchase at all!The sound is really good! Even when you turn up the sound a lot, it doesn't distort at all. The bass is very well pronounced and well balanced with the rest of the sound! Honestly not disappointed.(For those wondering, i use it with the Motu M2 audio interface)
Reviewer: JESUS ALBERTO
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Muy perronas las bocinas muy fácil de instalar se escuchan muy bien como me gusta el audio es claro y grave muy buenos bajos muy fácil de activar el Bluetooth muy buen rendimiento duran muy buen tiempo sobre el uso de las bocinas buen envÃo rápido.
Reviewer: E. BenjamÃn Ãlvarez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Suenan muy bien para su tamaño pequeño
Customers say
Customers like the sound quality, value for money, and build quality of the speakers. They mention that they have more audio output power than you'd ever want for a computer, are good for amateur DJs, and well worth it. Some also say the speakers look great and impressive. Customers are satisfied with clarity and size. However, some customers have mixed opinions on functionality and Bluetooth.
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