Thank you for this great review, John. And thank you for calling these what they are -- MULTIMEDIA monitors. There is another reviewer on YT, hew must have called the BX4 like 101 times STUDIO monitors, That does not make them studio monitors, unfortunately. These are NOT studio monitors, They do not even have a balanced XLR input, for crying out loud. But they are great computer or PC monitors, multimedia monitors, which is why I got a pair of them myself. They are, however, NOT proper studio monitors. Don't be fooled.
You sold me on these monitors after I already put my order in yesterday 😂. I have a podcast and I make music so since I’m starting out these will be perfect. Leave the high end studio or multimedia monitors for the engineers!
Hi John, first time to watch one of your videos. Love your persona and style! I just bought these as my first studio monitors because honestly I can't afford better ones... So what would you recommend I adjust in my DAW to compensate for the small speaker size? Thanks!
There’s not really anything to adjust per-sa...what I would recommend is learning how the monitors sound in your room...meaning you need to listen to tons of songs that have already been mixed through your speakers...and while you are recording/mixing through them...always have a song pulled up that’s already mixed that you can reference back and forth between yours and it to see how close you are to the low end highs and mids of the other song
Great video John Mike, I am sure you know this, but just in case you do not, I feel like the mids would probably come through for you better if the speaks were at ear level. From the video I see they're pointed towards your neck/torso area. I do not see them tilted. It's just an observation I made. Having the speaks in level with your ears is usually the best way to listen to the sound quality of a speaker.
Nice review brotha, just got a pair for another smaller video editing set up. I love the maudio 3.5 ones for so long. Then upgraded to the Yamaha HS8’s witch I’m in love with currently. But something about the Maudio’s I always liked. Looking forward to 4.5’s
Thank you for this, Joe! I was looking for budget monitors to buy for my home studio setup and was just about to go for tho. But your video just pointed out the “reference monitors” tag I never saw. So helpful!
I have the Presonus Eris 3.5 BT, and for their size and price, they are absolutely great. I am impressed by their bass response (relative to the size), and they don't distort even on bass-heavy content. I am curious on how these new M-Audio speakers compare to the Eris 4.5
@@evolopterus Tried both the M audio BX4 and Presonus 4.5. The BX4 sound a bit muffled in comparison. Would definitely go for the Eris 4.5. There is a comparison video on youtube now.
Hi. Informative review. Would you know, please, whether the BX3s also lack in the mid-range and whether the BX5 D3s are suitable as more serious professional studio monitor speakers?
Great video John, I was about to buy these to set up a home studio connecting them to my Behringer QX2442USB but hearing you saying they got flat spot in middle and quality is good for producer but not mixer I stopped as my hearing is acute I not only hear every wrong note but if one instrument is a fraction out of tune with another (sometimes I wish I wasn’t so sensitive) so I Need to get Good speakers (but I’d like to keep the price down) What speakers do you use / recommend? Are you going to do a video on speakers? Thanks
I'm not sure why M-Audio went down from 5" BX5's to this 4.5" except for cost reduction. I refuse to buy anything less than 5".i have the bx5 d2 and would rather have the D3s.
What up homeboy? Question I plugged my bx3s to my laptop but only one side worked. If I switchback the passive switch the other side work's. How do I get them both to work at the same time? I appreciate your thoughts
Hey John Mike, would these work for keyboard amplification? What would be some other options? I'm thinking about purchasing a speaker-less piano keyboard for home - at this point NOT a studio - and am trying to figure out what's the best way (in addition to headphones) to get sound that would fill a small 8'x10' room. A keyboard amp? Near-field monitors?
hi there i got one yesterday after seeing your review, and after a hour of playing dolby music it starts having a humming sound, the bass starts to break, and i feel some heat out of the active speaker.. is this normal ? i mean are these meant for continious play ? or watch movie ? i tried changing 3 locations and computers in my home.. all nobs are at center(12 o clock) please help, its the first time im got a monitor speaker
Hi John. I’m thinking of getting the bx3, solely for the purpose of hearing what i record, outside my headphones. Just like you said, about this bx4, will the bx3 be okay for that?
Of course. PC, computer, multimedia monitors. But there is a foreign accent RU-vidr here doing a review of them, (M-Audio BX4s), he said like a 101 times that these are STUDIO monitors. With a straight face, too. So, you need to know whose video reviews you are listening to/watching.
These seem like a nice and cheap upgrade to AV40s. I can’t understand why people are raving about Presonus crap. I had Eris 5BT pair and while sounding good (probably better than BX4s) they had intolerable twitter hiss/noise when there was no signal totally independent of the volume and audible from 5 feet away. Audible even when playing music on low volume. Low quality D-class amp. I returned them after a week or so. Presonus QC is really bad. These BX4s have classic AB amp design with no hiss at all. I have AV40s since 2010 and also no hiss. They can run a bitt hotter but nothing alarming.
Yeah ima get these im mainly a producer I mix and master my beats sometimes but only general mixes nothing complex but it's not what I'm focused on im more of just a beat composer
@@kidhazel7698 one of them should have alot of plugs at the back that's the power one their should be a cable runs power from the power one to the other one and they should play
