All user reviews of 3/5 for the Alesis M1Active MKII

CHARACTERISTICS, see manufacturer ...
adjustments to the low acute t have desirable ...

SOUNDS

Ok, this week I go to a dernire Magasi its monitors to choose me. In this range, they offer me the Alesis and Fostex PM-1, that's all they had in stock

Good with prvu the blow, I brought a bunch of cd of all styles test ....
First song: Hallucinogen Horrorgram: synth lines in all directions, small subtle effects etc ...
Go zou go: high-volume, gives a pretty good: good bass good Submitted, almost balanced mids, treble mtalliques a little but hey I was going to j heard worse
Therefore test the normal volume (<95 dB) .. and is the cata ...
o they are mediums? that the low volume ringing loudly and widely Submitted drool over all the cots ... the treble is ultra metal and break the eardrums ....
So neutrality curve rponse: hahahaha I laugh .... least to the bottom, but I have neighbors ...
I think that is perhaps the song, but nothing will actually spend all my CD and it's getting worse, even the seller can not get to sell stuff like a..
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Stereo image is not too bad, I could not judge well becaufe the HP taient a bit too close

dynamics is not bad ... in the low, otherwise the cata ...

Finally, it is not too bad either, it's far better than a hi-fi, but hey, mixi without mediums and with super low slobbering ... pes is gnial

OVERALL OPINION

Conclusion: I tried a lot of models in this price range: Fostex, M-Audio, Behringer and others a bit more expensive: Mackie 624, V6, 1031 and ... far Comments: I fell in love with these small, must be said that for the price diffrence with Alesis (150 euros) but then nothing see nothing, the monitor is real (even if not descend low trs trs low, but good with a sub, a password)

The Alesis is not the worse of their categories (behringer ....) ... but surely not the best (fostex my taste, M, or audio)

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Very good on paper ... a little less attentive. Purchased in late September 2003

SOUNDS

These are my first monitor speakers and I have been guided by the sellers after having had MSP5 Yam listening. I thought these were too much in the midrange and not enough in the bass, it's certainly what motivated them to sell me the Alesis. I can not absolutely say that I regret this purchase, however, it is difficult to make a proper mix for Ambient music. General feeling of softness niveau.Les low frequencies are obviously lacking the bass too cumbersome to puff a little more discrete mediums too. I have no complaints on my part of the treble. Everything is very listenable on gender more dancing and loved the atmosphere they give color to a CD of Diana Cralle (especially on his voice).
I think for some time to buy Yamaha MSP5 I did not want at the time but keeping the Alesis. My opinion is that all s' would balance perfectly. Each has strengths the other missing. Of perfect opposite in fact I could be wrong but I am novice.

OVERALL OPINION

What I find even more disturbing than its color, it is the volume buttons to betray me already after just one year from very poor bill. A real Achilles heel that I have a bit across the throat

2002
Proximity to powered speakers 2-way Bass Reflex.
The finish is very good, as well as rendering and power.
You can plug the openings to the low rduire if they turn in your studio (Looking back, etc., etc.

SOUNDS

The curve frequency drives is neutral with a small spike in hts mediums which you get used very quickly.
Attention in the low as it dscend qd same 38 Hz, which is excellent for such small volume. We tandence to beginners wanting to keep the bass you hear and in the end they are too important for other costs ... A little habit.
The image is good with Stereo sound prcis and clear and especially that no fatigue.
Very good dynamic variations in the precision of Equ on the console.
Mdiums good.

MODIFICATION March 2005: APRS qq years of use, I find it important to even a dsiquilibre between low frequencies and the rest.
Too low touffent spectrum and you have to work a volume large enough so that the spectrum s'quilibre "a little" down .. Note ---> 6 / 10 instead of 8 / 10

MODIFICATION June 2010: Having worked the sound of my studio, I realize that low due taient circling the room acoustics.
I can mix Submitted by having it properly learned his default (too low), so used me ..

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using for over a year, I am very satisfied. She did not fatiquent Despite the long hours of listening and whatever power.
Ample power and well rpart.
Speakers who cash very well with low power very rich and round despite their low volume.
Prior to NS10 I tried with which I am unable to work, and Genelec 1031, as many j'apprcie Mackie as well as colors that seem too my taste.
The M1 Active colors are somewhat neutral, but all the same, unlike the NS 10, which are not neutral as we can tell, but that sound like cardboard!
I found a little sound of Genelec I appreciate that for less money and better down the bottom.
I think they are good to suprieures Tannoy Reveal, Event or other Divatech.
Trs good choice ... There are cheaper but less and vice versa, Obviously!
EDIT: Can be a little more color but the Mackie HR824 seem more balanced and I would do the selection of Mackie.
M1 660 euros payroll, all the same!

2011: But Now I would like better because I feel as I do not know what ...

I purchased these speakers about 3 years ago. I beginners in the sound.
I've taken especially for the price and the amp Intgr. the era in this price range there was virtually the Alesis and Behringer.
These are large speakers 8kg/pices. There is a rear switch on / off and gain niveua. The entrance is either jack or XLR 6.35 to a power combined!
They are bass reflex with two event

SOUNDS

If we talk about monitoring, it is better to take something else. To mix these monitors do not suit me as a good mix of pieces of rotten MKII sound on any other System. on the other hand to compose or prparer lives of electro I think it is perfect.
Its main default is the bump in the bass gnreuse mdium. Problem is to limit it can block the vents. thus it pert bottom but mid gaining precision. But hey it's not a toutjours for neutrality.
Otherwise these are speakers that have a good dynamic and powerful sound well!

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for 3 years now I will go something else (HS50M) but I do not know if I'll sell them. Maybe I will keep them in second Listen to compare.
To date in this price range I think you can beat the monitoring speakers.
I t trs happy to have them because before I "mixquot, with speakers pc c'tait so much better. Now that I work in the sound mix and I on Systmes large these monitors do not suit me more.

What motivated my choice is mainly the price, then the size and the era that these speakers are not neutral, since they were first used as listening to music, movies and just do some work with Wavelab.
In my setup silent era and a VAIO ESI Quatafire, no more, no less.

Between a combo jack / XLR, a potentiomtre volume and on / off switch. In short, the minimum ...

Winds faade is a good point when there is limited space, we can at least stick them against the wall. Too bad they are made with rolls of toilet paper (see below).

SOUNDS

Absolutely non-neutral curve (which is not problmatique when we know) with a big wave at low frequencies and a lightweight hollow in the bottom but less mdiums problmatique (more fr Quent in monitoring). The sound remains clear and prcis but it remains far from the dcoupe prcise that some models may have better range, absent here. Stereo image is what it has to be on such MODEL: enough. A dynamic low trs my taste, whatever the volume. For someone looking for real monitoring speakers, they are bad. Even when I put 5 / 10 because it gets worse. The big problem for these speakers, regardless of the use made of it, remains one of the winds. They are at least poorly sized and result in a vibrant breath of big bass, but the volume trs forcment push away. One hears nothing, everything is false.

OVERALL OPINION

I use them for 3 years during which I worked on MODELS much more professional. Now what I love most about these speakers is ultimately they are small, it is convenient. The report price is good quality, however (this is just one example) are the Studiophile BX8 same price and better. They agreed I was perfect beginners but it is now forward I think the change. However they will not leave my HS so far as given that their sound remains INTERESTED, for example, the COST MP3. I exprience with the economy a little more to buy something more neutral. To advise the amateur who wants a good sound on their computer for MP3, games and movies, and who occasionally does some fruityloops ...