Alesis Elevate 5 MKII

these monitors are amazing for the money! they give good stereo spread and (in the room I use them in) get very loud indeed!

the headphone out on the monitors is handy and they sit on my Glorious Workbench as if they where made for it.

Very , Very happy with them.

As a side note, the monitors arrived faulty and I contacted Thomann for a replacement.

I'd just like to say that I live in the UK so if your worried about aftercare don't be. the customer support is astonishing. Absolutely no problem, they sent a returns note (that even had instructions for the post office counter clerk) and they informed me that my replacement set was set aside for me before I had even returned the faulty ones.

I cannot recommend Thomann enough, the best selection of products and the best customer support I have ever experianced,

Support them...you'll be glad you did

Was looking for a decent pair of monitors without breaking the bank. I couldn't ask for more at this price range. I feed them with a UMC1820 which is hooked up to my main computer by USB, as well as my synths by their line outputs.

VERY powerful bass, which is probably what most people prefer, but personally I think it's just a tad too much (even with the bass boost set to OFF), so perhaps a little boomy for my taste. But no problem really, just use EQ to cut the bass a tiny bit and have no other complaints on the sound, well balanced registers and quite clear sound. Very powerful overall, I rarely turn the volume knob up more than to about 9 o'clock, or about 20-25%.

Pros: Balanced line inputs, as well as unbalanced RCA. (Note, do NOT plug in both RCA and line jacks at the same time, even if only using one at a time, because the circuitry amplifies the signal way too much, which means you could probably blow the speakers.)

Heavy and sturdy, which is a pro in my book.

Built-in transformer.

3.5mm headphone output on the front, with all other connections at the back.

Cons:
I personally would prefer a 6.35mm headphone output instead of 3.5mm

All in all, great value for not much money!

I used M-Audio bx5a's and Genelec 8040's in my old studio. I needed a small monitor for my home mixes, so i tried Alesis Elevate 5 MKII, I would say for this price, It is of course not comparable to Genelec 8040's but they are definitely as good as BX5's.

I can mix clearly with those monitors and also listening to music is very pleasurable. For a 5" speaker you would need to know what to expect, it is not possible to clearly hear below around 65hz and I do not use bass boost function as it sounds an unnatural boost around 80 - 160 hz. I use my headphones for sub - bass mixes with those monitors.

Overall i am very happy with the purchase and i find those speakers very good quality for their price.