Micca RB42 _(Z Reviews)_ (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ .e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.e.l.s.e... 

"Gather your friends together" My what?

Note to Micca: Ship to Europe or let Amazon put a frigging container there with some Micca stuff.

Damn. Years later, I finally purchased these after you mentioned the new ones, and damn, these are fun! Can't explain the sound size from such a small box. Enjoying.

plot twist: zeos thought he had the RB42's plugged in but Ohm Walsh's were playing all along

"It was a guy, I blew his mind" -Zeos 2019

Kudos to Zeos for the Micca RB42 review. I ordered a pair and got them last week and they are certainly the real deal. Unbelievably great performance for a shoestring budget price. Have a sub connected and it is audiophile quality. They are on back order now on Amazon so I was lucky to order and receive them within 2 days. Thanks Zeos.

Thank you for the great review- you sold me on a pair of them and they are amazing! How the heck does a set of 4”drivers make that much clean low end?!?!!! Awesome stuff. Thank ya

Just received my set and these are extremely impressive. For only $130 and how small these are? That low end and balance holy crap. I've got these paired to SMSL AD18 as do all TV sound bar for a relatively small room and I get enough oomph to fill the room. Thanks Zeos for doing this review would not have been interested at all if it wasn't for this

Should def make some Amp recommendations to go with these to create a 'from scratch' setup for a living room.

These will take three times the power while greatly increasing dynamics if crossed over at 100 hz with a steep slope of 18 or 24 db/octave. They will sound much better too because the little 4" midbass driver won't have to concurrently reproduce 40 hz and the critical midrange, which will vastly reduce intermodulation distortion (IMD), especially at higher volumes. In other words, get a sub! Just like Zeos explained to you in previous reviews of the MB42 vs. MB42X, the addition of a well engineered crossover made a huge difference in the sound reproduction, especially in the critical midrage. Why? This improvement was largely due to a reduction of IMD caused by asking the tweeter and midrange driver to reproduce frequencies outside their intended capabilities. This same principle applies when asking a 4 or 5 inch speaker to reproduce the lowest octaves while simultaneously asking it to reproduce the critical midrage (500-4000 hz). It might reproduce 40 or 50 hz, but not without distorting or causing artifacts in other areas of the audio spectrum that become more noticeable as the volume increases. Everything is a tradeoff or compromise in audio and asking a little 4 or 5 inch driver to do bass duty while reproducing the midrange is far from ideal and not without fidelity issues. There is much fidelity to gain byond reduced distortion alone by utilizing a good subwoofer and crossover network that allows the midrange/midbass drivers to focus on that region exclusively, even at lower listening levels, such as: wider/deeper soundstage, better imaging, more natural tones and timber, less ear fatigue, revelation of subtleties otherwise not rendered, increased dynamics, and much greater power handling capability. All of these positive attributes are due in part to higher damping factor (faster rise time and fall time of the speaker motor) and greatly reduced IMD of the cone and voice coil. You just have to experience it to believe it.

worth the gamble... just ordered a pair. Zeos, your rep is on the line :D

Thanks for giving a shout out to us "young kids" Z with the Phil Collins. Hahaha!

Everyone in the EU could order these from Amazon US and have it shipped to Zeos. He could then pack a container for us all.

Taught a class of 15 yesterday about the fundamentals of audio reproduction and critical listening. The RB42's were on display and wowing folks. "Wait, that's from the little guys?" "Is there a subwoofer on?" "How much are they again?" "When you say inefficient, what does that mean?" I was also powering them with a 150w Vintage receiver, and they were *eating* up the power. Heed Zeos's words on giving them enough *clean* power.

Another fun and informative video from Zeos. Got my MB42x years ago watching your older vids... then the Fluance SX6 after that, also with your help. Now I have the Q150 yet find myself not wanting, but needing a pair of these. Thanks a lot! Also I'm digging the CCTV cam you have hanging around.

Just got mine 2 days ago paired with the topping pa3 and after a day of break in, muddy waters is bringing a tear to my eye. Thanks z

Damn it. I was holding off for a long time even after Joe N Tell's review to buy these. Your review tipped me over the top to try them out. I don't need them. Damn it 😅 Update : OK. These are just stupid.! Obviously it's only capable of what a 4" can do but I'm dumbfounded. Definitely best purchase this year. So nice to listen to and the bass sheesh. They're sitting on top of my subs and the vibration is going right through them hahaha. I have them in a rather large living room and they're doing fine. Not going to get to concert levels here but for a medium to small sized room, these are all you need for a two channel set up. Good call Z. I didn't agree so much with the Jamo 803's but these, YES. They are special right out of the box. Little copper leaf pennies for sure. Happy listening 😁😁😁

I have the micca mb42x because of your sound demo. And now I will be getting these to upgrade. It is amazing what that company has done with there speakers.

Thank you z!!! Got my RB42's yesterday. Still working out my TV optical nightmare. Running through a Old Denon receiver 75w per channel with a 8" sub. WOW!! These speakers are absolutely amazing for their size. They are shockingly good. Whats even better is the CFO has been streaming and jamming these speakers all day so far. She loves music even more than me. She has the hugest smile and is dancing around. Huge win!!! I see more audio gear coming soon.

First post...love the channel! Just picked up the RB42's for a budget home theater setup. Already have a Denon receiver and sub collecting dust. While sharing my plan with the CFO, she asked why not just get a sound bar. I smiled and said no way! I was never a fan of them and of course Zeos doesn't approve. Looking forward to hearing the setup come to life. Been lazy and anything is an improvement at this point. Next up is my desk setup. Again major space constraint so taking my time researching.

Now apparently sold out at Amazon. The price increase is next.. along with the mediocrity.

"World-endingly good speakers." Love it.

I have the Miccas in my office, I just upgraded the amp from a SMSL AD18 to a Peachtree iNova and Peachtree 220 amp, the iNova has pre outs so the 220wpc into 8ohms really makes the RB42s shine.

Wish I could get it in Europe :/

Just got a set of these bad boys in today and am loving these! And guess what, Amazon is now out of stock...that didn't take long. Thanks Zeos.

thanks for finally telling us what the thing on the ceiling is!! ❤️❤️❤️

This is why I started watching Zeos, great performance for great price. 👍Only thing is these aren't available in Europe but we'll see...

Sometimes I hate living in Australia. $130 USD. These are $515 here!

So we keep saying "power them right"... I don't want to execute this setup wrong, thus ruining the "budget" appeal! So what DO we need to power these? Which amps are good for these cute 'lil guys?

Definitely needed about 24 hours break in...Love 'em!

, this is called, good engineering & testing by Micca. they got it right with the crossover, speaker box, and driver selection to say the least. my problem is not the cost of these new Micca speakers. it's the cost of a new AMPLIFIER TO DRIVE THEM, DAMN IT ZEOS !!!!!! I'm going broke watching your channel cause I love love my little mb42Xs and Dayton mk speakers. but 50 wpc/rms won't be enough. so I'm buying the Yamaha stereo receiver rated @100 wpc/rms and it's only $149 on Amazon!!! very good quality, high current AB amp. good clairity too and built in Bluetooth. caint beat it. I'm gonna get a pair of these new Micca RB42 and beat the hell out of them within their limits as NOT to BLOW them. right at the edge of my ears to start to fucking BLEED!!!!!!!

Got my pair in on Friday and have been testing them since. They are a nice sounding pair of speakers but not getting the excitement like Zeos got. Considering their size, they sound pretty good. I have a pair of Elac Unifi UB5's and they are way better than these (which is expected based on size and price). The RB42's are replacing an old set of Polk Monitor 40's on my desktop. They sound better for sure for a desktop application. The RB42's are noticeable more power hungry. I have to give them 10% more volume on the dial for the same loudness. Being powered using a Yamaha R-N301. I'm planning on keeping them since they only cost me 130. Good value all things considering. I tested them in the man cave using my Onkyo TX-NR818. They were not able to keep up with the UB5's at all. The entire range of sound was lacking comparatively speaking. I see Zeos is using the Crown XLS amps in bridge mode to power his. That's another level of power and may explain why they sound so good to him. I'm considering getting a Crown XLS 1002 to play with an external class D amp. Anyone have an opinion on this? Guessing it would improve my Elacs and Miccas.

Thanks for all your reviews Zeos, been a fan for a couple years now and appreciate what you're doing. Im from Denver and will definitely be checking out your booth at RMAF this year! Can't wait...

Why can't Europe get nice things _edit_ OK let me reiterate nice *cheap* things

Just wanted to stop by and tell my RB42 story: I was planning on swapping out a dying Logitech 5.1 system being used with my computer with "real" speakers and amps, so I bought a pair of these to test them out before I took the plunge. I was blown away. No. I was in shock. They changed how I look at the world. I felt I had reached the top of the (very tiny) mountain and seen the promised land. Seriously though, they are now going to take the place of the surround speakers in my 7.1 home theater system. (My main speakers are a pair of old Polk Monitor Series II M70s that are now run by a MiniDSP active crossover that feeds into 2 Carver TFM-15bc amps for the big drivers and S5 Electronics kit tube amps that run the tweeters and look sweet sitting atop the speakers themselves. They sound nice. I might build a pair of LXmini+2 speakers. Look 'em up. They are supposed to be pretty nice.) I also nabbed an RB42-C, too, before they vanish from Amazon. (Btw, saw your review of the C.) Yep, they definitely like to have more juice. So they'll eventually be running on 100w vintage Carver TFM-15/15cb amps (I've got a bunch of TFMs of various flavors. I know there are those that don't like Carver amps, but I fell in love with them back when they first came out and ever since it's a "thing" I have. I know you'll understand. ;) ) once I finish the long process of upgrading my home theater. (I'm going to be moving into a new house in the next year, so I'm taking my time.) Anyway, yep, these things are freaking AWESOME for the price. I can't wait to show them to some people I used to work with at a hifi store back in the day. Again, to those thinking of getting these speakers: give 'em some juice! You will be greatly rewarded. :) PS: I wanted to get an OoO for my computer system, but... All gone! At least for now. :/ I wonder if their tiny concentric speakers sound any good. Was thinking of using them for the center channel on my computer system until more OoOs come back to Amazon...

I'm gonna order now too! (in Canada) Thanks Zeos. honestly was considering the Vanatoo T1E's but these are way less money and I already have the receiver & sub setup at my desk. :)

Just bought these speakers and received them,and my friend I'll tell u these little guys really kick some ass,hook them up with my klipsch speakers and that's all I needed.they sound Incredible.i live in an apartment building on the 6th floor and people on the first floor asking me what the hell u have up there cause they could hear the sound and power.hook up to my pioneer 440 watts receiver and the building is rumbling.

Micca RB42 vs Elac Uni-fi vs Sony SS-CS5 I was searching all over the internet to see if someone posted a comparison of any sort but couldn't find a solid one so I went ahead and got the Micca RB42 since I already owned the Elac Uni-fi and the Sony SS-CS5 I could just compare it myself. I was surprised, honestly. The Elac uni-fi are the better speakers but by a very small margin. The Micca RB42 sound better than the Sony and are 95% of the quality of the Elacs at an almost 1/4 of the price and 1/4 the size which is freaking amazing. Major note is that the Sony ss-cs5 are easy to drive and my 2x50watt D class amp was super happy to drive them. The Elac were significantly harder to drive and started to lose its magic and the Micca is even HARDER to drive than the Elacs. If you don't have a good amp, do not get the Miccas or Elacs, they sound worse than the Sony. I had to play them in my Marantz amp for the Elacs and Miccas to stretch their legs. Short version Good Amp: Elac >= Micca > Sony Bad Amp: Sony > Elac > Micca

Thanks Z, $130 speakers but $1000 amps to make them sound "this" good. What options do we have for low cost, high value amps (thinking the closest amp is the topping m3x with a sub out)?

O.o i've never lived in a city before. Feels like i'm watching a tv show with life going on out the windows.

I love these little speakers...not big enough for main system, but they work great in one of the spare bedrooms I use for project work....I'll probably never push them to their limits, which for a speaker that size, it is extremely rare to get satisfying sound without making them burst into flames...lol

I wish I could get these in the EU... Theoretically I can, but the shipping is more than the price of the speakers, which defeats the purpose... FML...

Sold Out on Amazon??! They’re currently not available. :/

Purchased the 4th to last pair on Amazon. Delivery tomorrow! I can’t believe how fast these sold out. Thanks for another review that triggered a cheap investment I couldn’t pass up!

Can the Micca Origain amp power these for a small living room? Or are there any other amps around or below the same price that will work better? Kind of on a tight budget...

They remind me of the Q Acoustics 3010s.

just got my pair yesterday. off my emotiva a2 amp these things are absolutely incredible. $150 bucks? worth double easily.

So since these plus something like the SMSL AD-18 are going to cost you roughly $300 plus cables and everything would it just make more sense to pay the extra couple bucks and pick up something like the Edifier S2000pro?

Thanks a ton for this review... need something that will impress me for my desk speakers, I'll use a solid 100w but not push em'..and have headroom to spare. On a very short solid stand and isolated i'm hoping this will do it. I used the link.. done! They will replace Klipsch RP-500m 's that are little too fatiguing at such a near-field duty. Felt a little de-ja-vu because when i listened to your Grado SR80 X review I grabbed a set and I'm still loving them but with vevor pads. Keep up the good finds brotha' !!

The "computer law " you are referencing is Moore's law Zeos . Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.

Zeos, love the content! One of my favorite channels! I caught the Micca bug! I'm running the RB 42, RB42C, OoO (sides), M6 (in wall rears), COVO 5 (height on Yamaha non atmos RVX867. My subs (2) R10SWs. The Yamaha has preamp outs. What kind of power/amp do you recommend? Thanks!!

Ahh Zeos, I own the KEF LS50Ws and was waiting for my new Buchardt S400s to arrive, but you still made me buy these RB42s! Now I'll have to pay shipping to Armenia that costs about half as much as the speaker itself. What is wrong with you, hahah?! 😅

Do these do better than the Jamo S803 that you reviewed?

I'm not sure if I watch this channel for the excellent reviews or the comedy show!

finally pulled the trigger on these. was liking them well enough until i put on julien bakers's "appointments". blew me away. thanks

They need to make a 5-1/4 or 6-1/2 version. Use this technology and make a $200-300 pair that own everything.

"Fuck you mica. And we're doneh here." So... SHPs of speakers.

Thanks, Zeos. Any opinion on SMSL AD18 vs. Topping MX3 to go with these for a sound bar replacement? Wasn't sure the MX3 could drive them enough given your comments on power.

For those who can and have not yet donated to the Go Fund Me, please get on that. The audio enthusiast community needs Zeos at RMAF.

Just got these in today and they are what you say they are!! My only regret is I only bought one pair. Thanks!

Jamo s803 vs these. Wish you'd do vs vids

I love you channel Zeos. I don't have a trained ear, but to me the Sony SSCS5 3-Way 3-Driver Are better than the RB42. Ignoring the fact that I got them half off, to me the sound is just better on the Sony. I'll be returning the RB42s

For L/R speakers are these better than JBL 130?

*Cries in European*

Just ordered a pair. Due here in a couple of days. I'll get back to you. ;)

Jamo Concert Series C601's you previously reviewed, YES! The Micca RB42's UGH!!! (in so many ways). I hope for your sake you kept the Jamo's.

so that was without a sub? they were making my dekoni blues rumble!

Great review. Z iz d'man for waking me up to cheap but great speakers! Btw, also because of Z, last year on a trip to the US, I bought a pair of SP-BS22's and stuffed them into my friggin suitcase between all my dirty laundry. Now, because these are so much smaller, maybe my next trip means I can bring four of these with me.

Just got my pair,, For such a small speaker it's amazing but they have their limitations. for the price, can't beat it. Love that this came triple boxed and they were surrounded un foam... These should never arrive damaged if they do then your UPS guy was playing soccer with them.

When you knock on the speakers and say "This is the sound of expensive speakers", some might argue that point. There are two schools of thought when it comes to speaker design. The majority of speaker designers use very rigid cabinet designs where the aim is to make the cabinet as inert as possible. Others use thinner walled, less rigid designs that moves resonant frequencies to part of the audio spectrum we are less sensitive to and use damping to disperse the energy.

MY FUCKING HAND HURTS FROM KNOCKING ON THIS GODDAMN SPEAKER

Okay so first off: I love you. Second: I made the mistake of buying those Sony SSCS5s and now I'm here so I'm buying these because you mentioned the rb42s in the Sony review! Thank you!

So far you got me to buy the shp9500's, vmoda boompro, smsl ad18, and some micca cables. All have done me well. Just ordered these. We will see Zeos, we will see.

what else do i need to order with these to get them to work? Cable, amp, everything. Considering these over the Edifier S350DB for my desk

Looking at this review again Z I did I did buy them and they are the cat’s meow ( dating myself)!!!

Thanks for the video, definitely buying these for my pioneer receiver.

I followed your suggestion. Bought RB42. The best you have ever heard. Threw the box away. I have Emotiva XPA-200 and Marantz 2230. What cables you have?

They are back in stock and they are not shipping here once again

How do these compare against Edifier 1700BT?

Got my pair today. Only had 5 minutes to test them out but sadly I really wasn’t impressed at all! Still need to let them burn in and play with positioning them, however they are VERY inefficient, I had to turn my marantz 100wpc amp ALL the way up to get them to a reasonable listening level. For the record, I’m used to my JBL studio 590 towers so it really isn’t a fair comparison, but I was still expecting more from them.

, identical to the Q3020i, same thing. I wonder which sounds better ? would be a great comparison.

OK so I just bought these and wired them to a fosi bl20c. Dude what the heck is this sorcery? My records sound fantastic. Even RU-vid music over Bluetooth sounds great. These blow the LG SL7Y away, especially for the difference in what they cost me. Now I just need a DAC with ARC and I'm golden. First thing I did was play my Metallica vinyl and the instant enter sandman came on I was instantly immersed.

Just got my RB42's today... they've been breaking in for only a few hours now and already my ears are doing double takes. This is going to be goooooood. Thanks Z.

Z is a salesman.

This video still cracks me up Z...lmao...still have mine and love them

Z great suggestion. I just put them up in my room and jesus!!!! Amazing. I'm going to get the RB42-c to match

0:35 My name is Micah... that hurts...

Bought them based on this review. Not because I need them but because I was curious. Did direct comparisons to first the Fluance signature bookshelves and the Emotive B1's. The output is limited due to the inefficient design and power handling of a 4" woofer. I put them on an adcom 545 and found their limits pretty quickly. The inherent mechanical limitations is their only drawback. The sound that comes from these little guys is pretty impressive. Nice full bodied sound that really sounds very buttery in terms of transition. They have a unique sound signature that is due to the steep slope of the crossover which creates very nice spaces between instruments on a sound stage. For the money these are well worth it. These would be perfect in a small room or on a desk. I think for the size of these speakers with the amount of sound quality you are getting is hard to beat.

Just ordered these because of this review. They should arrive tomorrow and I can't wait.

Per Micca website “Due to popular demand, the RB42 is out of stock. Our next shipment is due in mid to late June. We apologize for the inconvenience! The introductory special price of $129.99 will be extended for the second shipment as a “Thank You!” to the patience of our customers.”

I bought these and don’t regret it!! Price and sound A+

Hey Zeos!! Love your channel! I’m looking for a small/ wife approved set of speakers. I’m familiar with all the micca speakers and am a current owner of a set of Dayton B652s as rear speakers. I’ve noticed that Dayton has come out with some new speaker models.The MK402s specifically caught my eye. Would love for your to review them.

I wanna see Zeos reviewing iLoud MTM. I remember he liked the original one, but MTM calibrated? :thinking:

should i get this for a 2.1 set up w/ a n amp instead of the powered kanto yumis for a sound bar solution? Great Vid thx!!!!!

for a living room setup what amp and dac would i need?

Thanks Zeos for the review, was looking at mb42x and saw these new ones. This will be my 1st pair of speakers for my home once they go back in stock.

I hand built a set of speakers that are almost exactly like these a couple of years ago. They sounded awesome as well. I think a LOT of it has to do with the cabinets. Mine were very thick and heavy

Thanks for keeping everything amusing and informative 🙏🏾

I’m so looking forward to RMAF. Wish I could go. But I’m looking forward to watching your videos from RMAF. 🎧

Just sold out again!!!! Mine here tomorrow!! Mid August supposed to be back . Gonna get two pairs in August