Avantone Pro Active MixCube 5.25 Inches Powered Studio Monitor - Gloss Black, Each

This is a great addition to my studio. Has really helped fine tune mixes. Things jump out here a lot more clearly than they will on say a pair of Yamaha HS5s or similar. I'm just using one Avantone mix cube in mono. I believe the one is all you need, though it would be nice to have 2 for better fine tuning of stereo field. I suggest starting with one and going from there. You should really be checking your mixes in mono regardless. Bottom line -> Get your mix sounding nice and tight on this not so great sounding, but very honest speaker, and then switch back to your main monitors and be amazed at the improvement. Not having this or similar was def a weak link in my mixing environment. Highly recommend for anyone serious about improving their mixes.

They sound so bad it's great! Just bought one for mono referencing and so far it's extremely helpful for dialing in harmonic distortion on bass/808s to where they'll translate on a cell phone, bluetooth speaker, etc. I feel like it's a hard speaker to learn though, especially with just one in mono. I mix in mono 80% of the time with my HS8s but with these, vocals seem to stick out over everything and drums are barley present. I would assume using them in stereo would be a bit more bearable to where I'm not forced to listen to/mix vocals louder than everything else. Definitely a learning curve to these, but worth every penny.

This little box does what it's supposed to, and it does it well! Believe if anything sounds good on one of these, it will sound good on nearly anything. Had to buy the black one as they go out of stock very quickly, especially with Prime shipping. They come glossy and matched my HS8's despite the red aluminum grilling on the back. I was able to place this on top of a small micstand on top of my desk and I can imagine it working well on much larger mic stands as it is light in weight, Good stuff.

I said what I said.

Bought this monitor to check mixes on a small speaker mono system, works great and translates well on other systems.

Sounds great

Serves its purpose very nicely thanks.

Great for Mixing!!