Mackie Studio Monitor, Professional Performance Superior Mix Translation with Logarithmic Waveguide design - Black 5-inch (MR524)

I have been using these for a few months and wanted to wait before reviewing. I was deciding between The KRK Rokit 5 and these and chose these, I am not disappointed. I like to produce various genres of music and find these great for that. They have the low end and then some! No need for a Sub if you are a bedroom producer. They are super clear and the way they are engineered I can have them pointing either directly in towards my ears or straight out and the sounds remains almost identical due to the logarithmic waveguide. To be honest I do notice a very slight buzz that's been mentioned in other reviews, however I maintain my five stars because I really don't notice it unless I am really trying to listen for it. It's barely noticeable and does not at all interfere with my ability to mix and master. I did purchase what I thought were magnetically shielded cables from Amazon but somewhere down the line I will purchase another higher quality set and see what difference it makes.

Great Monitoring Speakers and excellent for home recording purpose. Great detailing of Lows, Mids And Highs and its very crisp and clean Mackie MR624 6.5" Active Channel Studio Monitor .You can hear all details precisely .Great connectivity options and controls.You won't get any other speakers with this quality in this price Range.The Seller is very responsive and also shipped the item fast and safely

After listening to Behringer, Yamaha & Mackie it self for some time in the past(different models), when I bought this, i read quite a lot about it - there are not many reviews (due to it being a new product?) - my expectations were low due to the speaker size... But I was simply blown away when I listened to some wave files (earlier transferred from a DAT player) the sound is pristine - almost flat frequency response & lows are controlled & reasonably tight even at the loudest. The looks are pro and stereo imaging is just right. the room (or acoustic space control works perfectly) So if you are looking at ROI (value for each rupee you spend) this is the most appropriate close field monitor to go for - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Llevo un año y medio usando estos monitores, y han sido excelentes tanto para monitorear como para disfrutar música. Inicialmente, los elegí para escuchar música en alta fidelidad, pero con el tiempo, por azares del destino, me adentré en la producción musical y confirmé que fue una compra acertada. En aquel entonces, consideré comprar unos parlantes Hi-Fi activos, pero después de comparar varias opciones, estos me sorprendieron por su sonido mucho más limpio. Incluso tuve la oportunidad de probarlos en una tienda de música y compararlos con otros monitores, entre ellos los Adam T5V. Ambos suenan bastante similares, con los Adam destacando un poco más en los agudos y los Mackie sobresaliendo en los medios (aunque la diferencia es sutil). Al final, opté por los Mackie debido a su tamaño más compacto en profundidad. Su punto fuerte son las voces, que suenan naturales y bien definidas, además de su neutralidad que pese a ello para nada es un sonido aburrido. Los agudos tienen cuerpo, naturalidad y detalle excepcionales, algo que no encontré en los parlantes Hi-Fi activos que probé cuyos agudos me parecieron algo antinaturales y un poco delgados, Edifier (S2000MkIII), Klipsch (R-51PM), Audioengine (A5) y Kanto (YU6). Estos monitores mackie ofrecen un rendimiento sobresaliente a un costo accesible, además de una excelente calidad de construcción. Sin duda, los volvería a comprar.

I use my PC mostly for sequencing/arranging on keyboards, sometimes editing digital audio, sometimes I just want to listen to awesome music that I can just turn up and just about bathe in. I used 2 Alesis M1Active 520 Powered Monitors and absolutely LOVED THEM, until after 10 years of making incredible sound, I'd turn them on, and over the past year they would start making random white noise - it kinda sounded like thunder the way it would creep in. I needed something comparable, and Alesis has discontinued them since, and aren't selling anything similar in terms of size, output and price range. I felt like I was taking a risk with these Mackie MR524's. There very few reviews on line (newly released product?), but the price was right ($119 ea at the time), and the specs seemed just a tad nicer than the Alesis units. I have to say I am a little more satisfied with these than the Alesis monitors. The frequency response is very even, there's no noticeable resonance, their volume is pretty strong, and they have some controls to adjust some of the tweeter/woofer gains. The LED isn't terribly flashy, which is a good thing. It's a single green light on the front (which maybe turns red when it clips? I haven't experieced that yet). They sound pretty great: The highs are crisp, the lows are full-sounding, but everything is very well balanced. If you are one who likes loud thumping bass in your music, look elsewhere, these are not designed for that, but as a reference monitor, they are top-notch. There is also no residual noise like the Alesis units had. That may be because those units were old, but it's almost weired, you can't even tell they are on. My one complaint is, and you should take note of this if it's an issue for you, the power switch is located on the back in a non-intuitive location. Alesis put theirs conveniently on the top surface of the unit, but these have a switch in the back. It's not worth taking a star off for that, but I didn't realize this when I bought them, just a pain to reach behind them to power them on or off. These Mackie MR524s are great, and I am very happy with this purchase.