PreSonus Eris E8 XT 8" Near Field Studio Monitor with EBM Waveguide (Single)…

Love these studio monitors. They sound great, look good, and are a great price.

The monitors are well designed, with drivers aligned in a straight line. Because of that the tweeters are moved backward. However, the designer cleverly gave the tweeters a horn shape cone to compensate for the sound disperse characteristic. The air space will make it sound like Sound Effect (FX), but I prefer without it as I am using a mixer with FX.

I'm liking these speakers way more than I thought I would. I love the big dumb bass it's got. They're not the brightest speakers but that could be my room too. I'm also using them way too close to my head, on a desk, on mo pad type pads, in a completely untreated small room I use for jamming and demos and the speakers are really very enjoyable despite the very not acoustically ideal space.I WISH THE CONTROLS WERE DETENTED THOUGH! What a pain. Fortunately, the set up I'm using them in doesn't require heavy accuracy from the speakers' controls. They're being fed by a small Yamaha mixer so I just adjust the stereo balance there. Without that mixer though, getting the stereo image correct or using the speaker's tone controls would be a real PITA.I mix in another room, there's more more accurate stuff in there but it's probably not as fun to hang with speaker-wise. These Eris's are warm and big and fat and I kinda loved them from the first minute I heard them. It was between these and Tannoy Golds and I've got no regrets.

I've worked as a processional audio engineer for 13 years. Wow. These are amazing for the price. Are they the best speaker out there? No. But the high end sounds fantastic, and the stereo image is great. They are LOUD. So better suited to a place where you can crank the volume -- not an apartment studio!

I am a sound technician for a local church and demo CD producer. I use them with a Roland VS-2480EX DAW. I picked these speakers for the 8" mid woofer and price and I was thoroughly amazed! The highs are crystal clear and accurate, and the lower end is tight and deep from 50 to 90dB. They are a little "present" but come with a mid range pad that I have turned halfway down. I think this is due to my 57 year old ears, because when I set them up for room acoustics with my reference mic, out of the box they were +- 4 dB of flat from 18KHz down to 38 Hz. Presonus is known for their DAW software and mixers and with this line of Eris monitors, the buyer cannot go wrong. Exceptional performance for a monitor costing 3-4 times more!