BESTISANBookshelf Speakers, Powered Bluetooth Speakers with RCA Input and Sub Output, Wireless Bluetooth Speakers with 4 Inch Woofer, Wood Grain

I'm very happy with these. I wanted something reasonably priced and consistent for audio mixing, as well as just listening to music when I'm working. The typical 2.1 computer speaker outfits just weren't cutting it for me, so I started looking for something a little more classically trained.They feel like they're made from quality materials. The MDF box is solid and secure, so there's no rattling or unwanted resonance. The 4" woofer cone and dust cap are paper with a rubber surround which sounds very sensitive and well balanced at any volume level, and they do get quite loud. The drivers are well matched, as the frequency response seems consistent at all volume levels as well. There is no sub-bass response to speak of (below 60hz) which is expected, but as long as you're not looking for thumping bass, these do a great job of reproducing everything else.The controls are nice, with the only confusing aspect being the color of the LED that indicates which input is selected. The manual is the only guide to what each of the colors means. Blue = bluetooth, so at least they made that intuitive. The remote control takes all the guesswork out of selecting the correct input though. The remote works well too, it's not at all finicky as long as you point it in the direction of the right speaker (where the IR sensor is located). I'm kind of looking forward to trying the SPDIF input as that's a really rare feature of active monitors in this price range.The remote allows you to control track selection and play/pause when connected to a device via BT. The BT receiver does not stay connected to your device when it is not in BT mode. As soon as you switch the receiver to a different input, it drops the BT connection, but my iMac also reconnected to them within 2 seconds of switching them back to BT mode, so I'm very happy with the way that works. The audio quality with my iMac is slightly better when plugged in through the aux input vs. BT mode though, which is a bit of a testament to their quality I think (given that BT streams are compressed, its good that you can tell the quality difference between compressed and uncompressed sources).The DSP effects are too weird for my ears, but your mileage may vary. As far as I can tell the "movie" and "dialog" modes have EQ effects that are either "V-shaped" or vocally enhanced respectively, whereas the "music" setting is a flat EQ. All of the DSP settings still obey the bass/treble controls too. Both the bass and treble controls center at 0db with a clear click point. Turning the control left creates a negative tuning effect, turning them to the right obviously creates a boosting effect. Just judging from my semi-trained ear, they seem to tune +/- 6db db at 120hz and 4.5khz, at maybe 1 octave wide, so nothing extravagant.Overall I'd say you could spend 3x more than $80 to get anything that performs as good or better than these, so price per dollar wise these are an extremely good value.

I needed a small pair of monitors for the desk where I record music with my iMac. Went with powered units to avoid the need for a separate amp and bluetooth because I didn't want to add yet another set of cables to the spaghetti tangle behind my desk. Truthfully, recording monitors do not have to be great or accurate, just consistent, so that I have a benchmark for mixing and sound processing. Some sound engineers will have a pair of cheesy, crappy speakers or a cheap boombox to run their mixes through because, A) The average consumer listens to music through horrible, tinny and thin computer speakers, not $10,000 studio monitors...and a similar school of thought is B) "If I can make my mix sound good on crappy speakers, it will sound good anywhere". Certainly some truth to all that.I didn't purposely seek out bad speakers, however, as I mostly mix music for myself, and want to enjoy the best fidelity I can. For a sub-$100 pair of speakers, these Bestisans are shockingly good. If I didn't know the price and had to guess the price based on the sound and build quality, I would have guessed that these speakers cost $2-300. Good warmth and thump on the bass end of things without the dreaded "boom", smooth mids, and crisp but not harsh highs. These, to me, sound on a par with a small pair of bookshelf speakers from Boston Acoustics or Klipsch. At a third of the price. Do not hesitate to buy these; they will not disappoint.I've never given a 5-star rating on anything until tonight...because how can you call anything "perfect" without sampling everything else in the entire world...an obviously impossible task? Until one has sampled all 50,000 (or however many exist) <$100 speakers in the whole world, one simply cannot call any pair "the best". To me, a 5 star rating implies flawlessness. Perfection. So, mostly out of habit and according to the philosophy I just explained, I started to give four stars. But as I was writing this text, I kept glancing up at my four star rating. Then I asked myself, "Can I point out any flaws in these $83.57 speakers?" The answer was simple and clear: nope. Sure, they could have had better speaker output/input terminals. They could have used real wood veneer instead of vinyl. But then, to be honest, they would be in a different category. Plus that is some serious nitpicking, and neither example affects the sound at all. Not even most $500-$1000 speakers use real wood veneer. Do they have any flaws - for <$100 speakers? Not one. They may fall apart tomorrow, but based on the build quality, I doubt they will. Right here, right now, they deserve 5 stars. So I gave them...wait for it...FIVE STARS!