ADAM Audio D3V 3" Active Studio Monitors, Black (Pair)

Nice compact size with great sound

I love how they come with the feet that attach to angle them up just right. They sound great!

Overall I think given the price point and how small these speakers are, this is a solid product. The speakers are very compact and having all the controls on the left unit makes it easy to adjust volume, mute and configure room settings. Works very well for an ultra-nearfield monitoring setup. At this time Adam Audio does not appear to sell replacement or longer cords for the cable that connects the left to the right unit. This is unfortunate as the cord appears to be custom or at least not a common type and would be difficult to replace. In terms of sound, it is good but not amazing. These speakers have more bass than you'd expect for the size but do struggle with getting the fullness of bass that large monitors could produce. At first they were somewhat boomy, but selecting the correct room settings on the rear of the unit greatly improved that. The high range has a very good amount of detail and sounds pretty realistic. It might be just a little strong though. The midrange is where I personally found them most lacking. The detail here is only so so and when playing with a very nice grand piano VST, it sounded more like an upright and the midrange sounds kind of klanky and cheap. More "synthetic" sounds are generally ok to good sounding, but the midrange is definitely the lacking area for me. The good news is that these speakers get plenty loud, I had them about half way up and my keyboard volume at about a quarter and they were plenty loud. Some other minor thoughts: - There are no unbalanced inputs which may be a problem for some users. - USB input is only 16 bit, 48kHz which feels low. - If you are very limited on space then using right angle adapters will be essential but watch the connector length as cords with longer connector may be too tall to fit without putting the cords at an angle. - The stands can be removed to best fit your setup but it does not lock in place so be careful if you are lifting the speakers up as the stand could slip off. So overall I think these are good speakers so long as you cannot afford to spend more and do not have the space for larger units. If you are willing to spend just a little more and buy physically larger speakers, you'll get a lot more quality. If the size is truly a limit though, these are very strong options, especially as getting higher quality small speakers will cost two to four times as much as these. Final note, I did personally return these units due to wanting speakers with more detail. I ended up buying units that were almost four times the price and while they are definitely better, there were times when comparing the two were pretty close.