Alesis M1Active 330 USB | Professional USB Desktop Speaker System (Pair) with USB Audio Interface, 3-inch Aluminium Woofers and Bass Boost.

These little speakers pack a punch. Everything sounds great with them.

Well, both speakers sounded great.... for a short time. One speaker is already dead. What a waste.

Back in the day, when I ran a recording studio in NYC, I had a few pairs of near field monitors. My favorites were Tannoy PBM-8 which were powered by an Alesis amp. It was a dream setup because I needed no eq to balance them the audio. Whether I was listening to hip hop or freestyle, rock or jazz, Steely Dan or David Benoit, everything sounded great.Fast forward to now. You'd think that Alesis, having been in the pro audio business as long as they have, would produce a better, more balanced, set of near fields than these. Yeah, for 3" drivers, they're pretty bassy. But that's the problem. The entire package is just too bassy. Gone are the sizzles and sibilance which makes tracks stand out. And I'm talking about via the USB, all digital, hookup from my computer. When I hook them up to the headphone out jack, they're just too bassy and noisy. Completely unusable for a professional situation. Sorry, guys. Back in the water for you. Maybe a simple bass and treble eq built into the units might help. Maybe not.

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The speakers stop working so you have to unplug the usb cord from the pc and plug it back up constantly

Update: Even though they are sitting at my computer and being used only once and a while, the power switch has broken. (no "click" for on or off, no power)And here, I thought Alesis quality might have improved. I'm done with this company.I've owned both the 330's and 320's. The 320's output more volume for the same amount of power and have a noticeably brighter and full-range sound compared to the 330's. However, the construction quality of the 330's is better than that of the 320's making them more durable. This is really typical of products made by Alesis before they went bankrupt in 2001 (the 320's) and after they were after they were acquired by Jack O'Donnell. (the 330's) The old Alesis was a great design company with suspect manufacturing. O'Donnell mostly took pre-existing products from Asia and rebranded them using the Alesis name or simply kept producing the stuff that was designed before he bought the company.

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Completely dead on arrival. These do not work at all. Waste of my money.

J'utilise un enregistreur Br600 boss et je suis très content du son des enceintes que j'ai rapport qualité prix rien à dire excellent achat je recommande !!

Buscaba unos monitores pequeños y con buena calidad, para editar grabaciones vocales en mi home studio. Por el precio que tienen, me parecen perfectos. Recomendados para quien necesite un par de monitores económicos, que no sean armatostes y que rindan bien en un pequeño home studio.

Great compact size with a BIG sound and the added bonus of USB audio work Great on my M1 Monterey system

The most attractive feature is the inbuilt USB sound card which can be directly connect to any system and can be played it you don't have a dedicated audio hardware.

Da ich schon seit 16 Jahren ein Paar Alesis Monitor One als Hauptlautsprecher meiner Anlage besitze und bis heute nichts Vergleichbares gefunden habe, war die Entscheidung für Alesis bei der Suche nach neuen Nahfeldmonitoren für meinen Computer-Arbeitsplatz schnell getroffen. Und die Entscheidung war gut! Klein, aber oho - besonders in Sachen Transparenz und Ortungsschärfe sind die Kleinen echt beeindruckend. Auch die Direktverbindung via USB an den Rechner ist eine feine Idee, sie erspart mir das sonst übliche (wenn auch sehr leise) Brummen bei Sktivlautsprechern am Rechner, die man an den Kopfhörerausgang anschließt. Die Möglichkeit des zusätzlichen Inputs habe ich noch nicht genutzt, aber ich bin sicher, auch das funktioniert tadellos. Im Klang kann man von solchen "Winzlingen" nicht den Bassdruck ihrer großen Brüder erwarten, ist aber im Nahbereich auch nicht nötig. Das, was an Bass rüberkommt, reicht völlig! Daher sollte man sich beim Einrichten ein wenig Zeit nehmen - und vor allem eine Equalizer-App wie z.B. eqMac benutzen, um den für sich optimalen Sound zu finden. Denn der Output eines Computers ist natürlich nicht mit dem eines guten Receivers zu vergleichen, hier muss also nachgeholfen werden, um für Musik abspielen, Videos und in meine, Fall Musikschnitt und Demoproduktion den optimalen Sound zu finden.