Eris E4.5 : Excellent home studio monitors

My Eris monitors are in a small room on top of a rather boomy desk. The positioning isn't great, the bottom of the woofer is about level with the top of my head when I'm sitting down. Despite these (currently unavoidable) downsides, the sound is still very good.

This is partly thanks to the excellent build quality of these units but mostly because of all the options on the speakers themselves. There's a 3-way switch to attenuate the output by 4dB, 2dB or 0, another 3-way switch for a low cut at 100Hz, 80Hz or 0, and rotary controls to provide +6dB to -6dB to the mid and high frequencies. Thanks to all these controls it's very easy to 'tune' these speakers to the room which makes them particularly useful for home recording enthusiasts who often don't have the best rooms to mix in.

Even without the many options on the back these would still be good value for money given the good sound quality and solid build. If you have a big room and the resources to treat it profesionally you may want to invest in some higher-end monitors, but for any hobbyist up to semi-pro with a less-than-perfect room these monitors are brilliant.