MB42X G2 Passive Bookshelf Speakers for Home Theater Surround Sound, Stereo, and Passive Near Field Monitor, 2-Way (Black, Pair)

So, I have these hooked up with amazon special banana plugs, some good clean OFC shielded speaker wire to my RSL ia255.1 with my Modi 3+ and Loki mini + in conjunction with an RSL Speedwoofer 10e, and the sound is awesome. If you have access to an EQ, whether digital or physical, I'd recommend it. They sound good, but being able to adjust it to your ears will always be best. They're decent sized speakers, and play loud enough for my use. Setting them up was quick and easy with the speaker wire and banana plugs. They hold tight, with no perceived wiggle of loss of quality. I live in a 600sq foot studio, and I can hear these while washing dishes in my kitchen, so they're loud enough. You're not going to have a house party with these, but a small get together is not out of the question. I primarily use these for gaming, listening to music and watching TV shows/Movies/YT videos. The range of audio fits all my needs, and they function well. You WILL need an amp/dac with these, so you'll have no ability to control the volume without that. Overall, great speakers, especially for the price. I've spent more on worse.

Killer little speakers! Exceptional bottom end for the size, crisp and clean highs, excellent soundstage and imaging. These were very well reviewed by ASR and the measurements are very good; real-world agrees. For my money, in this price range, these are end-game passive desktops or small-room bookshelfs. Get 'em, you won't be sorry.

This "no-name" (maybe I should say little-known) company has impressed me with the MB42X speaker system. I am powering them with the Topping TP22 mini amp, rated at 30 watts per channel. It seems to be a good combination of clean power that can get the speakers surprisingly loud for their size. They also stay quite clear at "loud" volumes- of course I can get them to distort if I turn everything up beyond reasonable levels in my sound card settings. I am using the speakers in a 2.1 desktop system, primarily for music, some movies and Netflix, as well as a small amount of gaming. The complete setup consists of a HP desktop with the ASUS Xonar DX sound card installed, Mediabridge 3.5mm to RCA cable connecting the sound card to the TP22 amp, cheapo speaker wire (will be replaced soon) to the MB42X, and finally the Polk PSW10 powered subwoofer- which has now become the weakest link of my system, as well as the crappy speaker wire. The little Miccas will almost completely drown out the PSW10 when I play them loud, even with bass heavy music. Now keep in mind the small 4" woofers will not go down to sub-bass frequencies, but they play what they can hit with authority and clarity. I am listening to them now and should mention even though I have not played them a full 20 hours or whatever to fully "loosen" the drivers, I am hearing sounds in my music I was not hearing before with a big name branded "studio monitor" called the AV40. I suspect the amp has something to do with that, as the drivers of the AV40 seem of decent quality, but they must use cheaper electronics to keep prices down. The MB42X/TP22 combo is far and away better than the AV40, in my opinion, and with sale prices can be had for not much more than the AV40 and is still cheaper than the next level of powered monitors or bookshelf speakers. The MB42X seem to have a fuller sound across their range, sound just fine and detailed at lower volumes and really start to shine when you give them some power. I like the magnetic grills- makes it easy to remove them and watch the little woofers work (they really like to move when turned up) and the speaker looks very clean with and without the grill as there are no holes on the face of the speaker, but really I don't think one should worry too much about how a speaker looks for obvious reasons. I was trying to keep this short, but if I am taking the time to write a review, I feel it's worth offering all of my feedback to help people make their decision. The build quality seems good, but they are quite a bit lighter than I expected when setting them up and that made me skeptical of their performance ability...until I turned them up. Again, not of much concern but worth mentioning. the 42X is lighter than the satellite AV40 speaker- the one with no amp inside. I think the cabinets are not as thick material. People have talked about box resonance, standing waves, this, that and the other technical terms the hard core "audiophiles" like to throw around. I would not label myself as such, but do appreciate a high quality sound system and this should be more than satisfactory for anyone looking for good sound quality at a reasonable price. Micca got this speaker right and the price is why they get 5 stars from me. I would probably give the speaker itself 4 stars as a 5 star speaker will have even more range. Again, you are looking at $200 or more for just the speakers. This setup was less than $200 for everything except speaker wire since I had some laying around. They need a more powerful sub. I have my eye on the Dayton Sub-1000, which effectively doubles the power of the PSW10, and should be good for a mix of music and movies. The Sub-1200 looks nice as well, but I think the 10" should be a good match for my setup and I don't need super loud room shaking bass, just enough to fill out the bottom end and hit hard in movies or bass heavy music. That comes out to almost $300 even for a very nice sounding desktop or bedroom system- both in my case. Some have said the speaker could even be used as a studio monitor, which I do not doubt. Finally, everything I have mentioned here was purchased through Amazon and the service has always been great. Prices are always competitive and shipping is usually very fast, even the free shipping. This order (speakers, amp and cable) was an exception due to a delay with Amazon and my bank processing the payment- these things happen. One phone call to Amazon got that cleared up and they sent my package over night, which was not requested by me at any time. Mostly, I was just calling to make sure everything was in stock, etc. because the order had not shipped for a couple days after placing it, which doesn't happen often in my experience here. They explained everything to me, then said it would be delivered the next day- still free shipping. Thanks again Amazon for the service and offering so much helpful information through the website itself and allowing us to post our feedback. 5 star service rating for the Amazon team!

Well. I've got a few ways to put this. I previously was using a Sharp 50 Watt Stereo Set that I bought from Best Buy for $150 to listen to bluetooth tunes with my buddies. I ended up running it through my PC simply with an average 3.5mm aux that ran from my sound card to the audio in on the mediocre sharp stock mini receiver the stereo came with. At first test, the sound on this mediocre set of speakers way actually much more impressive than the Micca's. Let me explain: Out of the box, by themselves, plug and play.. these speakers are a major let down. I'm not a hater, I'm not picky, I'm not pessimistic.. I've had $30-80 logitech sets and bluetooth "best buy" level shelf speakers my entire life. I simply think the lack of constructive criticism is drowned out by users trying to ride the bang wagon of "OMFG miccas MB42's!. These speakers are not NEARLY as good as the top 10 amazon reviews make them out to be.. "best small speakers in the world"? Not by a mile. Out of the box by themselves, the highs are deafening sharp to the point of them being far too bright and tinny. The lows kick for a typical shelf speaker, so that's cool. They don't act like a sub, but they get the job done to a mild extent. The mid's were absolutely non-existent. I powered these with an SMSL SA-50 amp, something that is MORE than enough to power these speakers to sound well as well as high quality OFC 16 guage wire. Then my soundcard is an external Creative Soundblaster XFI that sends out superb sound. For about a day I was seriously heart broken with these, but I stuck with it and made upgrades. I purchased these with my very first subwoofer, a Dayton 800 8" sub that has glorious reviews for his price effectiveness and great sounding rich bass for home audio setups and desk setups. After a couple days, I think I have them where they want them, and they sound good. I made the following tweaks: 1) Tweaked sub up the wazzoo, cranked up the crossover to the max to take care and fill the lows for the Micca's so they wouldn't make muddy bass trying to play with the Dayton sub. That helped a lot, then turned gain way down because it sounded very muddy as well with the speakers. Currently have crossover maxed with sub gain at 3/10 notches, fills the bass perfectly without being muddy or too quiet. Just a rich sound. 2) NoAudiophiles EquilizerAPO Correction: Used this with a few corrections to try and get the sound right. I have all the "tweaks" from NoAudiophile's Equilizer APO preset enabled up to the 1100hz peak filter tweak. All peak filter tweaks are disabled after that, and it sounds best. Just trust me. 3) Put them on foam stands with optimal placement: Raised them up off my desk about 4 1/2 inches placed to the edge of home-made foam pads from some packaging (still looks great) and it's helped soak up muddy sound turning my desk into a vibrating subwoofer of its own, and offers a greater clarity and sound stage. Formed an equilateral triangle with my ears with the tweets and 4" woofer. 4) Creative's SoundblasterXFI software equalizer. Used the dance preset (Crystal highs, calm mids, deep lows) and then brang down the lows a final time just a tid bit (.8 - 1.2 decibels each) and that was the final cherry on the cake for getting rid of any muddy bass the woofers couldn't blend well. 5) Stream non-garbage quality music. 320KBPS Vorbis OGG from Spotify of the studio quality songs is your friend. 6) Break them in: Been playing a lot of music and letting the subwoofers low-mids and lows expand out and breathe a bit. All in all, these went from an extremely overrated 5/10 speaker that you WILL be dissapointed with for what the expectation was to a good 7.5-8/10 speaker for the expectation. Follow my above recommendations and give it some time to break in and you should be just fine. They need a sub, no exceptions. If you don't have a sub and some time to EQ these to how I said above, you should probably return these.

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its a good choice for a base level studio.

Excellent value for the money.

I'll use my pictures to guide anyone through this review. A picture is worth a thousand words. I'll be making several references to the last $77 pair of passive bookshelf speakers I bought from Amazon as well, the Singing Wood T25. Let's go! Pic 1. Box is nice and well detailed, see the photos 2. Product features are highlighted and pictured 3. Good for Micca to put a 'new product' seal (merely a piece of paper) on the box. Makes it slightly.... less tamper-proof. Reminded me of my last review (one star) I gave to a center speaker I ordered (Monoprice) that arrived all gunked up as it was opened before and used. 4. Speakers were indeed brand new, even individually bagged. Excellent so far. 5. They don't come attached with rubber feet, you need to put them on yourself. I think it's so you can use those acoustic isolation pads or whatever, if you choose, and the feet won't get in the way. I'm not going to as them sponges gather dust, 'nuff said. 6. Rear of the speakers, binding posts/banana inlets aren't as quality as my Singing Woods. Plastic here feels cheaper tho not that brittle. Disappointing. I know this is a budget speaker but if you want to be king of budget you'll have to pay attention to these things... 7/8. Wah. Build quality is def a little lower than my SWs. There is a vinyl wrap that looks and feels quite ok, but I wonder how it will hold up over time. Considering it will be situated near a window, I'm just crossing my fingers. For my SWs, DVD the lovely beech wood grain wrap looks quality and can fool you as being actual wood. The magnet front grilles also are a little loose, and not quality either. I guess most ppl will remove them but I need them to ward off the dust and kids.... 9. This is where all the negatives end. I hooked them up to both an av receiver and a small tube amplifier. I would say the small tube amp kicked the Pioneer receiver to the curb.... Sound quality was amazing with this speaker! I even did a direct A/B comparison with my SW T25s, the Micca Mb42x, which costed $40 more at $118, truly sounds that much better and even more so! Treble: Good, yet not harsh, unlike the Singing Woods, when cranked up loud. Mids: As good as the SW. Bass: Without a proper crossover, the SW's bass response really gets very unfocused and complicated bass passages just blend into each other. It just comes across as if the woofer can't keep up. But the MB42x, with a properly designed crossover, nailed fast and complicated bass passages excellently. Literally you can hear every note; it's actually like the bassist was playing better, on the same recording! A truly astounding difference! I listened to Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary album, comparing both speakers. In conclusion, you get what you pay for, more ex than the Singing Wood and sound is proportionally and also exponentially better. You can't ask for more than that. I'm pretty sure speakers of this caliber would have costed much more years ago. Only con is the crappy build quality. Oh yeah, no speaker wires, unlike the T25, which came with 2x 2.5m 18awg wires, nicely soldered at the tips! Micca could learn a thing or 5 from Singing Wood!! I hope the vinyl wrap won't start peeling off after a few years....

These little things suprised me in every way. Connected to an old Marantz 2500 receiver, they produced a sound, incredible for such a small speaker! Listening with eyes closed, it is easy to imagine hearing very large, bulky speakers. With a very natural presentation ik of voices, crisp, clear high's and a rich, powerfull bass you would not believe!! And everything even more suprising, knowing the price of these dwarfs: I payed 140 euro's for the pair! AMAZING!!