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 yamaha 2. 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 monitors 4. 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 'em!

This was the perfect gift for my boyfriend who’s a music producer! I got this for him almost three years ago, and to this day he uses it all the time!

Most home studio monitors operate the same way as cheaper computer speakers. For example: One of the monitors is hollow feeling, because it houses speakers only, and the other monitor cabinet contains not only speakers, but the stereo amplifier, power connection, volume controls, and cable pigtail to the other speaker. These features are familiar to most. Thus, one speaker is heavier and the other is lightweight. These KRK CLASSIC 5 monitors are individually powered. They include a pretty nice set of adjustment knobs on the back. What about the volume control? There is none. You need to have an Audio input device, like the ones made by Focusrite, Native Instruments, or one of the many other manufacturers. Those units have separate volume controls for both monitors and headphones. If you are researching these monitors, you probably know this. Thus, knowing that these units are separate, individual, self powered monitors, can explain the quality and price differences. These are the beginning of the next level up, in monitors. The size and price goes up from here!!

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.

great

These speakers do not have a "flat" frequency response. Almost, but there's a 1-2db boost at 2.6K and again at 4K and above. It can easily be dealt with with an equalizer. That said, they are good enough to mix on if you adjust the mid-range and they do sound good. You'd have to spend twice as much to get something even a little better.

10/10