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.

They are good for bookshelf speakers on stands yet not quiet suitable for desktop speakers. The supplied speaker wire is a little short to place these on stands around a desk. Placing these on a desk negatively effects the sound and really need to be on stands.
They worked perfect as TV speakers (on a smaller screen tv, probably less than 50") on stands and offer far better sound than available from budget sound bars. I would buy again and would recommend for the use-cases mentioned.

Note, I tried using other speaker wire since these have banana plugs in the binding posts but the output of the left speaker changes (since its the non-powered slave). Unless you can change the balance in software or in your tv's setting then you are stuck with the supplied speaker wire length until you go through trial and error to find a replacement wire.

Just a quick note; these sound amazing/great/fantastic. Pump out a ton of sound. My only suggestion is to pay attention to the size. I knew what I was getting into, but it's one thing to measure and put down tape ? it's another when they come and you see them in person. They are pretty, pretty, big.

How can you say that these speakers are BiAmp'd? Marketing separate amps,65w for the woofers and 35w for the tweeters. This would mean an active or passive line-level crossover in the audio path prior to the Amps, then each amp wired directly to its dedicated target drivers. This is an impossibility when there is only one speaker cable connected to the second speaker box, it would require a pair. This is only the misleading of the marketing/advertised falsehoods. I bought a pair and they do sound good through the upper midrange but have very laid back/subdued high end. They produce good output levels and have a very balanced sound up to the point where they seem vale the upper registers. They are still a decent price sound value, they put out a very consistent quality sound from all inputs (USB is my preference) but the marketing is very misleading.