Moukey 3.5" Monitors active speaker with 2-Pack Including Studio Monitor Isolation Pads-Wooden Enclosure

I just got a hold of the Moukey MA20-2 Studio Monitors and so far I’ve been happy with them for the price. This is my first set of near-field monitors, but I’ve previously been monitoring my recordings and listening to music with a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro monitoring headphones, so this is my frame of reference when listening to these Moukey speakers. First, the build quality of the speakers is really solid out of the box. It’s also nice that they include the isolation pads in addition to the RCA-to-headphone cable, speaker cable, and power cord. The speaker cable is on the thin side, but it should still work for most folks. I experienced some speaker crackle after my initial set up, so I decided to try swapping out the provided speaker cable for my own and that helped, so maybe I just received a bad cable. Overall, the speakers sound really good for the price. If I wasn’t already used to listening to music on a nicer set of monitoring headphones, I don’t think I’d have any complaints at all. There are two dials on the back for bass and treble EQ, which I had to turn pretty close to the maximum setting for the speakers to replicate the more accurate sound I’m used to hearing through my headphones. Once I dialed the bass and treble in, however, I was happy with what I was hearing. Speaking of dials, the volume dial’s range was a bit different than I expected. The dial has a huge volume range between off and the 12 o’clock position at which point the dial clicks into place. Between noon and the 3 o’clock position you still experience a volume lift, but not nearly as much as between the 9 o’clock and noon position, which I didn’t expect. From the 3 o’clock position to max there’s not much volume difference to speak of. There is a slight difference, but not nearly as much as you’d expect from turning the volume knob a full quarter turn. This certainly hasn’t ruined my experience though. It’s just something to get used to when dialing in the volume. The bluetooth mode was a bit noisy for me (I tried to display this in the video attached to my review, you can hear some digital artifacts in the right speaker mostly during the music). I live in an older house and the computer setup is right in front of a thin, wood-paneled wall with some electrical behind it, so maybe I just experienced some electrical interference. I’m not sure. I tried using the bluetooth on both my phone (iPhone 11 Pro) and my wife's phone (Samsung Galaxy S10), and hers didn't experience the same noise as mine did. If bluetooth performance is really important to you, this might be something to look out for. I did notice another review of this product seemed to have really good results from the bluetooth, so maybe I just had some bad luck? Another small quirk I ran into was that if my phone was connected to the speakers but I wasn’t on the bluetooth mode, the speakers had the same electrical interference type noise as I experienced in the bluetooth mode. I plan to just be sure my phone isn’t connected in the future before switching to the other modes, but I did find that a bit odd. All that being said, I really do enjoy these speakers and I think they fit my needs well. If you’re on a budget and you’re looking for your first set of studio monitors, or you want to set up a home studio without breaking the bank, I think these Moukey speakers are a good way to go. If you have a lot more money to spend on studio monitors or if you have a lot of recording experience, another option might fit your needs a bit better.