Mackie CR-X Series, 3-Inch Multimedia Monitors with Professional Studio-Quality Sound - Pair (CR3-X)

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Mackie CR-X Series, 3-Inch Multimedia Monitors with Professional Studio-Quality Sound - Pair (CR3-X)

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Sure they might not have the best bass reproduction, but they are amazing for anyone looking for a pair of monitors on a budget. Controls are straightforward, construction is solid, hardware is robust.

The speakers are made of good quality (not cheap plastic) and feel sturdy. These speakers have a lot of clarity and sound amazing. They sound great for practicing and recording while using the ux2 plus pod farm guitar/bass modeling software.

Cons

The cr3-x speakers suffer from a hissing white noise that constantly pours out of the tweeter. When you power them on, they emit a constant white noise hissing sound, independent of the setting of the volume knob. The class-d digital audio amplifier i... Read More

These don't meet the expectations of even a backup system. I would recommend looking into edifiers or other competitors instead. Returned these after a couple weeks of not being able to tolerate that sound anymore.

First the l or r switch on the back develops a short, even though you never touch it. The left/right switch is defective and almost impossible to replace. This is a good speaker that is ruined by a bad switch.

It appears to be a 50/50 * shoot when ordering these speakers. The professional studio quality sound in the description of these speakers is also misleading as the sound coming out was primarily in the high and mid range with very little bass.

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Quality

Sound quality is pretty good and the durability is also pretty good

Controls are straightforward construction is solid hardware is robust

Im no audiophile just a random gamer but i just replaced a set of logitech z313s on my gaming pc with these threw on an old dru... Read More

Just get regular cpu speakers these are multi media monitors they are different then 34speakers34

Price

Id happily recommend these to anyone looking for a good little set of speakers for under 200

Still i highly recommend these for the price

I like the price i didn’t like the loudness of the speakers

Sounds very good for the price i use them just to practice djing in my studio

Packaging/appearance

Look exactly like the picture on amazon

Competitiveness

Better somewhat than my professional 699 studio monitors

Overview

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great, quality, good, bass and loud.

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Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 3163.

Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 79.5% of the reviews are reliable.

This product had a total of 2,334 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 25 2024.