M-Audio BX8 D3

The monitors arrived in an enormous, very heavy box (usually a good sign with speakers). In the box was the power cables, speakers and a thin set of isolating foam pads for the base of each speaker, if you want to use them. No XLR cables were included.

When making dance music, a problem I often encounter is that poorer quality speakers can struggle with bass and become very distorted. These have very accurate sound, and I have had them close to full volume and didn't have any trouble with distortion at all. I work in a small room and liked the feature to reduce the bass for small work environments (a switch on the back of the speaker).

I purchased M-Audio BX8 D3 monitors because of their low cost and good appearance for working in a home studio. The store's service was very pleased, the consultants are responsive and pleasant to communicate with. Monitors sound decent for their price category, in a poorly prepared acoustic room, higher-level monitors are an extra waste of money. After a couple of months of using the monitors, I faced the problem of a crackling in one of the low-frequency speakers, the reason was in the not fully inserted terminal inside the monitor, it was not difficult to fix, but an unpleasant residue remained. In general, I liked the monitors, they sound pretty clean without large spectral distortions.
Приобрел мониторы M-Audio BX8 D3 из за их невысокой стоимости и хорошего внешнего вида для работы в домашней студии. Сервис магазина очень порадовал, консультанты отзывчивые и приятные в общении. Мониторы звучат достойно для своей ценовой категории, в плохо подготовленную акустическую комнату мониторы более высокого уровня это лишняя трата денег. Через пару месяцев использования мониторов столкнулся с проблемой треска в одном из низкочастотных динамиков, причиной оказалась в не до конца вставленном клемнике внутри монитора исправить было не сложно но неприятный осадок остался. В целом мониторы понравились звучат довольно чисто без больших спектральных перекосов.

Solidly built. There are compromises however to achieve this price point. Firstly, there is a noticeable mains hum. It's not bad enough to make them unusable but its a lot more noticeable than, say, the Dynaudio BM15 actives I use in the studio.

Secondly, the input is very sensitive (probably about -10dB) and not calibrated to any particular standard, which is inconvenient when connecting them to pro equipment.

Thirdly, the level knob on the rear is vague. It took a lot of fiddling with them to get a mono signal into the centre.

Sound-wise, time will tell - once they're run in a bit I'll have a better idea but my initial impression is good.

(Also, the UK mains leads Thomann shipped with them were very short - barely reaching past the bottom of the stands!)

As an old man that has been a sound nerd all my life, i bought these studio monitors as a momentary budget choice, thinking i can upgrade later when i can afford some higher end ones.
But man was i wrong, thinking these would disappoint me. Out of the box not played in, listening to Tidal on high end output, these monitors are sweet sounding. I can't put my finger on any flaws, not at this price.
I have passive monitors in my living room that are better. But they have a price many times higher, being hooked up to big heavy amps and other gear at high price.
These cheap studio monitors plays nice out of the box. So in a few weeks i know they will be even better.
They are build heavy and at a quality that makes me wonder how they managed to produce these so low priced.
To budget buyers, these are a very good way to go, if you want quality sound for nearly no money.