A Big Thumbs Up
Mike from CORDOVA, TN on 4/29/2025
Getting unboxed, I set these speakers up in the living room on two short speaker stands. Connections are easy. That done, I'm thinking about what to listen to. Okay. I figure I grabbed the worst possible thing I could hook up: a 4-year-old SanDisk media player: $29.95. Most of my files are .m4a. I hook this to an old Craftsman single speaker music player in my garage for some noise. Despite the circumstances, I'm impressed. The next day, I sit them on stands in the computer room and run the Bluetooth. After four days, I shut off the Bluetooth and run it wired. A noticeable difference. Mostly on the low end. Vocals are fuller and the soundstage is much better. (In case you don't know, Bluetooth is limited compared to hardwired. Both the bitrate and bandwidth are better.) Transparent and exceptionally clean sound. Excellent transits. The upper end and midrange are neutral: that's good. The lower end is solid. Don't expect deep bass below 50 Hz. Without getting out a test disc and a decibel meter, good bass in the 60 Hz region. These speakers produce a well-balanced sound. Musical, is a word I want to use. These speakers are overkill for computer monitors or for use in a garage. Going in my garage. Yes, 'on occasion', I listen (main system) to music or movies loud: really loud. But not ear-damaging loud. Six days into listening to these speakers and I tweaked the volume up noticeably. Clean & Loud? Yes. Four days later: nope, not the garage but the
Pros: A lot of speaker for the money.
Cons: Bluetooth spends excessive time trying to connect: the blinking light on the speaker can get annoying. Cut out a circle in a roll of black tape and covered it.
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Mackie CR8BT and PreSonus E4.5
Wayne from Rogers, AR on 3/11/2025
I purchased these for use in my little home studio and to use for practicing live. I have the PreSonus E4.5 which are not suitable for live in the studio. I did a comparison of the Mackie vs the PreSonus all flat response via my Tascam Model 12 mixer, Tascam CD-RW900MKII player with the late Walter Becker's (of course from Steely Dan) song Down in the Bottom. The Mackie and PreSonus equal for the most part. PreSonus highs were higher and of course the Mackie's low end had more umph and overall more projection (which needed for playing live). Have yet to test playing live, but dare say they will work just fine.
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