KRKStudio Moniror (59107)

I finally got around to buying mixing monitors for my home studio and it has made all the difference. What used to take days of fine tuning takes a single night.As far as sound quality, they are great, but it's not about how pleasant they are, it's about how accurately they playback your mix. Many other speakers I've used have exaggerated highs and/or lows, designed primarily to make you think they have a wider range. I can't say for certain that they are "accurate" but what I can say is that after mixing my song with these, it finally played back on every device, including car stereos, without and harshness or muddiness. I know that if I remove the muddiness and harshness I hear on these monitors, it will be removed on others too without changing the overall sound.These are built solid, very solid, and very heavy.I was immediately satisfied after hooking these up to my output device. I use an old M-AUDIO Fast Track Pro as a 96KHz D/A converter for monitoring on these speakers and headphones. They are connected to the ch 1&2 TRS outputs via TRS-to-XLR cables. The only warning I can give is to make sure you power off the speakers before inserting/removing cables. It produces a very loud pop whenever you do.Quick tip: You don't have to waste money on overpriced foam pads for these speakers. The foam blocks used in the packaging is already cut to fit your speaker and act as very effective vibration isolators. They are ugly as heck, being while plastic packaging foam, but I can attest to their excellent function.

My review is going to be geared more towards people who are interested in these from a music production standpoint.These are my first pair of studio monitors even though I've been producing electronic music for about a year now. While they don't have a completely "flat" response, I found them to sound exceptionally good (assuming you know how to position them correctly and have applied appropriate acoustic treatment to your room). They aren't going to be able to emulate frequencies below 55hz (or whatever the advertised frequency response was). This means that without a subwoofer, it will be difficult to hear most of your sub bass content (85-30hz) while producing. Which for dubstep and other types of electronic music, is a huge problem as your sub bass is one of the most important parts of the track.It is also important to play them on lower volumes for 8 hours or more so that way you can "break them in". Just be aware of this so you don't blow them by trying to play them full force right out of the box.I'm also using this cable to directly connect these monitors to my laptop: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064P4F88/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_1Without a proper audio interface, you'll most likely hear very, very light high frequency cracks while nothing is playing. Just to emphasize, they are extremely quiet but they are still there. Be sure to invest in an audio interface if you plan on using studio monitors to achieve the best possible sound.So to recap, wherever you are on the spectrum of producing experience, whether you are just starting or a professional, these monitors are a great deal and they sound fantastic. You'd be hard pressed to find any professional recording studio without a set of Rokit KRKs sitting around somewhere. They have pretty much become the industry standard. So yeah, I'd recommend buying them hahahhaah.

These monitors have done wonders for the quality of mixes I am producing. What I mix is conveyed clearly and similarly when I re-listen on earbuds or in cars. They are accurate at lower volumes. I bought a set of auralex pads and stands to hold them at ear height while I mix- do not waste your money unless you are willing to do that. I was throwing so much bass resonance from vibrating a desk, and getting stereo image completely wrong until I got them to the right height. Once moved into position and properly insulated, I immediately noticed heard all the EQ doctoring I had made in previous mixes. Being able to hear a sloppily chopped out band of frequencies sold me on these for reference.Good monitors won't dazzle you with how good they sound- they'll portray your sound as it is. This is a decent set of reference monitors.

These things are amazing! Replaced a pair of similar size and priced pair of M-audio studio monitors after they died on me, and these blow those away. Before I ordered I read all the 1 star reviews, and I've come to the conclusion that most of those people have no idea what near-field studio monitors are actually for, or any knowledge of pro-audio. I have heard the weird "digital noise" that some people talk about, but it's DEFINITELY your computer. I use Linux for my pro-audio mixing, and there is no digital noise when in that OS. However, I go into windows and it's not these monitors, they're SO GOOD that they're giving you every little sound coming out of your sound system, and windows PortAudio backend is garbage and produces noise in the system. I'd actually rate these a 4.5, deducting half a star because they're no good at sub-bass frequencies(under somewhere between 100-120Hz. Anyone that mixes audio will LOVE these. If you're just a normal listener, you'll probably be disappointed if you don't set them up properly and set them close enough together.