On their own, the sound is very balanced and they do play the low frequencies somewhat when playing loud music or watching movies.

but I enjoy music with flat equalizer settings

It makes my music producing quadruply more enjoyable.

I stream music and love the clear sound!

Crisp clear audio, fantastic bass, and they get LOUD when you ask them to, these guys have provided music for more than a few house parties over the three years I've owned them

I wanted to listen to louder music and at around 50% the bass started to get distortion, at around 55% the distortion got worse and at 60% it ruins the music I can't say for sure what it is but the distortion at the volume sucks :/ but overall for normal volume I would say the volume of a UE Boom 2 at half or max the Mackie are fine

Keep in mind these are intended for music mixing and mastering, etc. if you are just going to be listening to music or gaming, etc

probably not, but for clear music listening at a great price, these are a great entry into the reference monitor space!

I wanted to buy a pair of inexpensive monitors to run my 'quiet' music setup in my office

Music sounds amazing, game vocals are clear, sound effects are distinct and I don't have to string wires all over my office to get that.

I love good music, accurately reproduced

With the CR4s it feels like the music is coming from thin air right out of my computer monitor

Music lovers who enjoy music with clean, well mixed, but not overwhelming, bass will not be disappointed.

Would definitely recommend this to anyone who love music.

just a music lover

I'm a hobby recordist who loves music, and I also bought these to monitor audio for video

I'd recommend these for producers and pretty much anyone who loves music, you won't be disappointed.

Time will tell but in the meantime, I am thoroughly enjoying revisiting my favorite music!

The CR4's sounded wonderful when directly hooked up to an Apple iPhone 5s and iPad 3 but the same music coming from the headphone out of a Lenovo E535 laptop sounded lifeless and flat

You won't hear them over a table saw or shop-vac, but everything else I do in the shop I can now do comfortably, without dangerous headphone cables trailing behind me, and with the benefit of great-sounding music.

It plays music good and loud, I love bassy

Recommended for none-critical background music, streaming music, U-tube videos and movies.

Because these are technically Monitors and not speakers, they deliver different frequency response that most users who appreciate music will be able to tell - clarity, crispness, etc

Now the music us much better and I can hear dialogue better as well

I am a video editor, electronic music producer and music lover

Music, movies, and gaming all sound rich, loud, and distortion free

Definitely a HUGE step from my god awful laptop speakers, and being an aspiring music producer, these things work wonders

$99 bucks is quite a bit of money to fork out on speakers, but whether you are a musician or a person looking for a pair of speakers to enjoy music and movies - you won't be disappointed with these babies

I do not consider myself to be an “audiophile”, but I feel that I listen to enough music to know good speakers from bad speakers

so your music may sound very flat or in other word, cold

The music was pretty loud but not remotely close to a volume level that I would be worried about this monitor set being damaged

speaker's built in amp isn't that powerful, and while music sounds good, it doesn't play that loud.

I'm not a fan of loud music, yet I can play these puppies at full volume (no distortion) with no annoyance

I'm very pleased with this purchase, for the purpose of office work, listening to student audio projects to grade them, enjoying some music while working, etc.

I'm a reasonably demanding listener, I have been using an external Audio-Technica headphone amp and ATH A900 headphones but wanted to enjoy music without the headphones

The music - classic rock, hard rock, rare good new rock

For me, that defeats the purpose of having two separate speakers, and, as a musician that produces and mix/masters my own music, having only one side produce sound would simply not work for me

Avoid this product if you're looking for something to enjoy music.

but the sound was so annoying that I realized I would no longer be able to enjoy my music in high quality through these speakers anymore

so make sure you play the most atrocious music for you neighbors to complain about

I love music and not just one genre, I listen to everything

I'm no audiophile or musician, I just wanted speakers that could play music with great quality when I'm hanging out at home (mainly through Pandora, Spotify or Google Music)

Headphones, however, aren't always the best choice when playing music or games, but specifically music

If you are looking for a way to gradually improve your home studio or enjoy the music you love, your worries are over

I'm literally relistening to all my favorite music on these because they make everything sounds so freaking amazing

I use these for mixing music replacing my long-dead M-Audio monitors destroyed when my toddler punched the cones in

These units replaced a pair of 4" M-Audio speakers, which my 4 year old broke by experimenting with connections.

I replaced some old M-Audio speakers that just died on me.

backward M-Audio.(3) The most important of all the sound is amazingly CLEAR and faithfully FLAT

I had many computer speakers before, including bose, boston, yamaha and they all base their sound on the small stereo tweeters coupled with bottom heavy sub, creating this U shaped heavy colored "modern" theater sound

Solidly built, excellent sound, all the I/O options you need, they come complete with cables, sound insulating pads, and have a nice option to "flip" the powered side to left or right