 "Excelent for dorm rooms." | 2009-10-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: AZ8A93WEQWH21 |
I bought these speakers about 6 months back. I was initially impressed with the sound as it was in my Dorm. We later had a party in a large open room and these speakers produced excellent music. They produce great sound, I listen to techno and its hard to come by speakers that can support techno. You can clearly feel the bass and also hear distinct sounds. These are great for a dorm room as well as large spaces. For serious music listeners I would recommend the AV 40 as they are much better and can handle larger ranges of sounds.
Recently the left speaker has stopped working and I have been trying to get it fixed for about a week and a half now and it does not help when there are not many service centers around. So that's a down side with M Audio. and with the price I would highly suggest you go in for a different one at this price like a 2.1 as they will be much better.
However if you are a student looking for speakers for your dorm room or apartment, I would highly recommend these as they have the ability to let your neighbors know you are having a party when the volume is at 50%. |
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 "Left Right Unbalanced...say wah????" | 2009-01-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A30WESDX1WTOQE |
Nice looking I thought...taking them out of the box (and they were FREE with a Pinnacle Studion 12 upgrade offer). I plug them in and they sound very decent...then I start trying to unplug my left ear.
Nope. It's the speakers. If I switched the RCA L n R jacks same thing. The right speak is TWICE as loud as the left. Since they were free, I will adjust the balance on my soundcard output and keep them on my desk...they do sound decent for desk-jockey music. Please don't consider paying any money for these, though!!!!! |
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 "Not good enough but not bad either" | 2009-01-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A33SEAW5MIIP5 |
By no means, am I an audiophile. I was looking for a good pair of speakers for my computer.
The Advent speakers I had, would no longer power on right away, but they were 3 computers
old (10+ years) and perfect for me: clean sound at a volume loud enough to hear in an
adjacent room should I need to leave the computer, good bass vs. brightness, and lasted
a helluva long time for about the $70 bucks or so I paid at Fry's in the 90s. I was looking for
something similar sound, price, and durability: balanced sound, 50-100 bucks and
last over 5 years.
Given the reviews of the AV 40 I had read, and the discount available on the AV 20, I got
just about what I paid for, <$50. Durable, but not quite OK speakers. I found them lacking
in sound: bass and volume. They look and feel great, and will presumably last a good long
time, but a heavier gauge, longer speaker wire may be required. Ultimately speakers are about
the the sound and these didn't cut it for me.
They are good enough I won't mind "re-gifting" them, but if you work at M-Audio is that
what you really want to hear? The instructions were a little dubious, it was unclear if there
is a true left or right,I figured the on/off/volume control was meant for the right since that
is most folks mouse hand. The Amazon picture I am looking at, has it currently on the left;
I found a song with clear left and right channels, played it on the mac's internal speakers to
determine left and right, and then set the speakers to match. Little bothersome details that
would not be there if they were written in the writer's first language.
I probably paid about the right price for these speakers, 45 w/shipping, but felt gypped and
wanting more. |
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 "AV 20 Studiophile" | 2008-10-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: AY3CJF59RRYAF |
| My husband bought me these speakers and I really like them. They are a great size and produce a very nice sound. |
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| "GREAT PRODUCT" | 2008-10-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A18HGMJG3BGU3T |
| I bought these for my wife and she loves them. I would recommend these for purchase. |
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| "AV-20s a disappointment" | 2008-09-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3SLCKLMMPRQ6D |
| I purchased a pair of the AV-20s for my 12-year-old daughter's computer. I didn't listen to them very closely, but thought they sounded pretty good, so I bought a pair for myself to use at my office with my laptop. When listening to them a little more closely, I noticed that the right speaker sounded significantly louder than the left speaker. I thought this was strange so I played different types of music, hooked the speakers up to multiple sound sources, and placed the speakers in different locations. The right speaker was always louder than the left speaker. When I held a hand up to each speaker I could "feel" that the vibrations from the right speaker were stronger than the vibrations from the left. I then listened to the Av-20s hooked up to my daughter's computer and, sure enough, the same problem with the right speaker being louder than the left. I returned the pair meant for my office and got a replacement set and it, too, had the same problem of the right speaker being louder than the left. I have returned the replacement speakers as well, so I've now gone through 3 pairs of the AV-20s that all had the same problem. The returns were very easy with Amazon, but I'm disappointed in the speakers. I own a pair of the M-Audio Studiophile AV-40s and love them. They don't exhibit any of the problems I've had with the AV-20s. I'm going to roll the dice and try a pair of the AV-30s and see what kind of luck I have. |
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