Eris E3.5 BT : Good little desktop speakers

Bought these to replace a set of Mackie CR4 speakers, which had been giving trouble from early on. These are slightly smaller, and a lot lighter, but the sound isn't far off. The woofers are 3.5" compared to 4" on the Mackie set, and there is a noticeable difference in the low end, but overall these seem nicely balanced for general use, music, voice, etc.

These are being used as near field speakers on a home desktop for some voice audio and music editing, as well as for music and video playback.

Pros:

- Nice clear highs

- Can get very loud for such small speakers

- Easy bluetooth connectivity

- Headphone, aux, volume and on/off switch all on front for easy access

- Simple/Professional looking

- removable (standard) two pin power connection

- separate adjustable acoustic tuning for lows and highs

- balanced inputs (not present on some other small speakers in this price range)

Cons:

(nothing really, but compared to Mackie CR4)

- no way to set right/left for main powered speaker, which is the left speaker, so not ideal for every setup

- Bass is lacking a little, and I'm starting to think of pairing them with a subwoofer already, something I didn't consider with the CR4s.

- Very small bump on the speaker knob is the only visual indication of its position

Overall, these little speakers will blow away any comparably priced consumer focused desktop multimedia speakers when it comes to sound quality and flexibility of inputs. I believe they are useable in a home studio for editing, especially voice work. No regrets in getting these, so far.