Great value for the Black Friday sale price. We placed them in a sun room, where they fill the room nicely. Surprising bass response for the small size (although they look a bit larger than the usual bookshelf or desktop speakers), even at lower volumes. If Monoprice offers in-wall and in-ceiling speakers with comparable components, I would definitely consider when doing a future project for whole-house audio.

The built-in class AB amp for these speakers is perfectly matched to the size of the drivers. As a result, music and movies come across balanced and with no distortion at any volume. The sub-out capability is really helpful. With a powered sub, the result is a system that is complete and versatile with very little extra hardware and wiring. A space saving, clutter-free audiophile dream.

great, powerful, articulate speakers that punch far above their pay grade. use caution when purchasing, because these MM-5s will encourage you to upgrade other pieces in your sound system to catch to them.

They might be a little bass-y for some out of the box, but I found once I had a subwoofer connected by line-out, the crossover circuitry moved a bunch of the low end signal to the sub, and allowed the mids and highs to come thru with surprising clarity.

i've owned a variety of vintage and modern passive speakers, as well as modern fancy hyperdigital woofers from brands like Sonos, and these simple, affordable powered speakers just might be the best bang for the buck, especially if you get them on supersale as i did. Rated hell yeah/10.

I purchased these speakers to see how they compared to my KEF LS50W-2, and to my prior experiences with Audioengine A2+. I was surprised at how much musical enjoyment I'm able to derive from the MM-5s, which I got on sale for around $170. Obviously, the KEFs are much better at everything, as they should be at more than 10X the price. The A2+ is a bit better in tone neutrality and soundstage, but the MM-5s have much better bass, as expected. They are much better than any single unit active speaker I've heard. I feel comfortable recommending them to budding audiophiles who are trying to assemble an entry level hi-fi system.

I have used subsat speakers on my computer for years but as I downsize I looked for just 2 speakers that could give me good sound without a subwoofer. These Monolith MM-5 powered speakers do just that. They are great!

I am astounded at the quality of the sound. I highly recommend them.

a. very reasonably priced having all great features including Aptx-HD
b. Aptx-HD at 24-bit/192 kbs works great, you just need right streaming service to send (bluetooth /Airplay) the hi-res content to speakers
c. tested all inputs and they all work fine. Particularly Optical with TV and Bluetooth works great. Tested Chromecast, but I don't need it w/ high quality streaming w/ AptX-HD built in.
d. Overall sound quality is great, much better than JBL 3.1 soundbar and Sonos Beam i tested with. (probably not as immersive as Atmos Speakers or surround speakers)
e. Built-in Bass is very good, however i connected a cheap sub to process frequencies below 80Hz. Overall combination sounds fantastic.
f. Finally, I am have good ears for Country/Classic Rock/Classical/Easy listening type of music, but not expensive ears (so called audiophile), with that being said, these are a very good execution from Monoprice Team. Currently using it for TV and Streaming music, these sound GREAT in both combinations.

Since i only paid ~$200, cant complain much, but remote can have some improvements and/or possibly an App in the future would be great.

I wanted some active speakers to connect to my pc and xbox/TV setup in my office. These are solid speakers for the money. They look, feel, and sound great. My only gripe is that, even with the selector on ON/STANDBY, I have to turn on the speaker and select the source. I have a comparable unit from another brand that automatically wakes up when a signal is detected regardless of input.

Monoprice is all about value and if you throw a little more money at their higher end products, you get even more value. These are bigger than I thought they would be but I have a pretty big desk so it's all good. Sound is super clear and clean on the high end and they have good bass. I got their 8" pro sub and I probably didn't need it. I'd say try them without a sub first. Excellent fidelity from these guys. Get em while you can.

I have had these speakers for 7 months.
They have performed flawlessly.

When I first turned them on, the sound quality blew me away!!

I like that you are not forced to use a low-quality propriety cable to connect the speakers together, you can use good quality speaker cable.

The speakers have plenty of bass, in most cases you will not need a subwoofer.

The bass/midrange/treble is well balanced.

There is a bass and treble adjustment on the remote, as well as ?source?, tone defeat, ?pair?, mute and On/Standby.

If I could, the only change that I would make would be to add more RMS power because the woofers have the capability to handle much more power and it would prevent ?clipping? on bass-heavy material. Don?t get me wrong, these are powerful, great sounding speakers they would just benefit from more RMS power. I would also add a balance control.