KRK 5" Classic Studio Monitor

Full disclosure, the only music genre I work with is Rock, (hard, melodic, metal etc.) so I can only speak to that with respect to this product.With 35+ years studio experience both as an artist and engineer, I can say these are perfect for all phases of recording, mixing and mastering. The bass has just enough punch to give you a reference when mixing a kick drum and bass to provide adequate separation between the two resulting in a solid bottom end. The mid spectrum is well represented helping to keep that "boxed'" sound at a minimum. The highs are a little on the bright side for my taste but once I got used to what the finished product sounded like on different audio devices I was able to compensate when rolling off 10k during the mastering process. I have no problem with the sleep feature, they wake up pretty quick once they sense audio. The LED logo looks cool and lets me know they are powered on. Not sure why other reviews take a shot at KRK for this feature.I chose this speaker for a few reasons.1. KRK has been in this space for a while giving studios an option other than the de facto yamaha2. I didn't want all the other options like the analyzer. (unnecessary in my opinion)3. Price. 20 years ago you pay $700 for a decent pair of monitors4. Size. They are small and light for a powered monitor.In closing, these speakers do exactly what they were designed to do. Give you an audio reference of your recording, mixing or matering project. They are not going to throw big bass or blast the room. You should have another reference speaker system for that. It takes time and experience to know what a good mix sounds like in a controlled environment like a studio and how that translates once its out in the public being played on thousands of different systems. These speakers provide a great reference to accomplish that.

Love these speakers/monitors. Nice flat neutral sound. You hear the music as the original producer intended it. The build quality is great and you can really push these hard without distortion. There are definitely better speakers on the market, but for the price you absolutely can’t go wrong with these.

Spent a lot of time reading other reviews etc. Already have 3rd generation 8 inch KRK monitors, with a 10 inch sub that I use in my living room, which are incredible, and wanted some desk monitors for my study/office. Decided that the KRK's are amazing but was not sure I would be able to tell the difference between the 3rd generation and 4 generation series (which are nearly double the price), so got the classic version (3rd generation). So glad I got the KRK's. They are absolutely amazing, I cant believe such small speakers reproduce such incredible sound, including amazing base response. Brilliant value.

I’m no pro, but these things sound great. I use them to mix my songs on GarageBand, as well as to listen to music and jam tracks.

I'm new to home studio type stuff. I didn't want to spend a lot as I am just a bedroom player. I have several amps, guitars, mics etc. I wanted a monitor(s) to supplement my headphones.1. These say they are 5 inch but they are not small. Not ginormous either but sizable.2. Solid and well built.3. They allow me to hear things I didn't hear before.4. Can also double as an amp. My guitar goes into a Boss ME80, out and into a Scarlett 2i2, out to the speakers. Gig ready? No, but for screwing around it's kinda cool.Overall a good deal for 100 bucks per.

Good box

muy bien

It's been working great!