They are great for desktop music production – although can’t be angled – and each feature 4.5-inch LF driver and a 0.75-inch soft-dome HF tweeter. These monitors are aimed at podcaster, video game enthusiasts and music producers, and actually perform well beyond their size and price (and, yes, that is the price per pair!). They deliver an open, excellent response, with plenty of detail and are easily among the best sub £500 speakers out there.
Like other speakers here, you can adjust EQ settings and, as with the Presonus’ – there’s a Boundary Control to shelve excessive bass frequencies induced when the speakers are close to walls.
MIXCHECKER 1.1 REVIEW SERIES
We used to say that you would have to spend at least £500 to get a decent set of studio monitors, but these have made us change that rule as they deliver simply exceptional results for the buck and are now even cheaper than when we reviewed them! These are the mid-sized point of the 3 series from JBL and feature a 6.5-inch mid/bass unit along with a one-inch Neodymium tweeter with a bi-amped, design delivering a maximum continuous SPL of 98dB (110dB peak) and a frequency range of 39Hz-24kHz. If you are tight for space – and funds – then these are well worth a listen. While there must be some enhancement built in there to extend the bass so low from a speaker so small, the response doesn’t sound too coloured it’s tight and rounded, offering a reasonably true picture. However, in that height, they manage to pack in EQ controls, enough connections and a frequency response of 45Hz – 22kHz, despite only having a three-inch woofer (plus 0.75-inch tweeter). The IK Multimedia iLoud Micros were touted as the smallest studio monitor ever released when they were announced at the NAMM show a few years back, and we were pretty sceptical about the claims, especially when they were unpacked for review measuring just seven inches in height. What this all means in practice is simple: these sub £300 monitors deliver a sound which is right up there with speakers three or four times their cost. We love these monitors so much that we even featured them in our Gear of the Decade list. The winning features, however, are the tech innovations that trickle down from ADAM’s more expensive monitoring options, which include that tweeter design and HPS Waveguard technology that gives an even dispersion to the sound both horizontally and vertically. Not only is it the cheaper model, but it offers a slightly more joined-up listening experience, with the five-inch polypropylene woofer and super-efficient Accelerated Ribbon Tweeter delivering a 45Hz to 25kHz frequency range. We reviewed both the T5V and T7V from ADAM, but we’re opting for the former option for this round-up. Here are the best dozen that we have looked at costing less than £500 a pair (all prices stated are street price). Over the last few years, we have reviewed just about every studio monitor ever released, and are noticing a trend that smaller and cheaper monitors are starting to sound better and better.
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