I have these wired through an Avid 11 Rack, which itself also serves as an output for my PC based media workstation in addition to musical instruments and microphones. With just a few hours on the speakers so far, I have to say that these are far superior to previous speakers used in this train. This is a subjective analysis, but I consider myself very picky when it comes to sound and I am very, very happy with these. I might even want to add one more "very". So far I'd have to say these are a ridiculously good value for the price.

I have had these monitors for about 6 months and I'm a huge fan of them. I also bought a subwoofer from Monoprice and all items have performed great! I was borrowing a pair of KRK 5" monitors from a friend while deciding on what I wanted. These sound just as good as those KRK and were half the price. Very happy with my purchase!

Given my usage scenario, these seem outstanding for the price. I have them hooked up to a Chromecast Audio in my office at work, on a bookcase across the room. It's a little bit of a pain to get the cables sorted out (no RCA inputs; I used individual RCA cables with a RCA to 1/4" TS converters), but things are otherwise good. I don't have much to offer in terms of the sound itself. They are definitely good to outstanding, but my office is not a critical listening environment. I do think they are too big to be good desk speakers however, unless you have a huuuge desk. I also found the sound to be a little fatiguing at close distances. From across the room, they are great.

I am very impressed with Monoprice. I ordered their 5 inch studio monitors. The monitors were packed very good for shipping and arrived exactly when they said they would. When I opened the box and saw the monitors I was shocked. They are built well, they look well, not cheap looking at all. Then when I turned them on I was again shocked. They sounded just as good as the $500.00 monitors I had listened too at our local music store.Great job MonopriceJack Gautreau

I've had these 5" speakers set up along side my HS8's as A/B monitors. When adjusted for volume, they absolutely hold their own against the HS8's at medium volumes. Naturally they don't get *as* loud, but they have a sufficiently flat response and good bump to the low end that makes them perfect lil' monitors for home listening or critical studio monitoring.

The only thing that takes a star off of my rating is the heat.
the back panel, right above the power switch, gets hot. Like *really* hot.
I used a crude thermometer and measured the Monoprice speakers at more than 15 degrees hotter than my HS8's when only being on for a few hours. If you were to grab the monitors by that area without letting them cool down, you will most likely burn yourself... Luckily the extreme heat seems to be contained to that small 2x3" area, and cools down relatively quickly after powering off.

Sound amazing after almost a year of constant use .

These are the best small speakers I've owned and are very similar to a popular brand of 5" monitors but significantly less expensive. They will get warm because they are analogue rather than a more digital Class D amp technology available today, but they sound warmer too. Just turn them on when you need them rather than leave them on all the time and they should serve you well for a long time.

Good set. The monitors work well and sound great. We are using them for both music production and as booth monitoring while practicing spinning music at home.

VERY well built, great sound, excellent stereo imaging. Requires TRS or XLR cables - your RCA cables won't work. I would have had to pay sig more to get comparable.

A friend gifted me a Signstek Mini USB DAC. I'd been doing my home studio monitoring with my AKG cans, and checking the image with my cheesy little Altec computer speakers. The new sound box encouraged a speaker upgrade. I come out with an old Yamaha HT unbalanced rca cable that has a summed mono out for the little Yamaha sub I'm using, and then goes into the monitors 1/4" inputs through rca/TS phone adapters. It sounds hugely better, but does have a bit of processor noise from the computer. It's OK with the gains down to half on the monitors. Aside from that, these speakers sound very good, and image well. Performance way beyond their price, and all I desire.