IK Multimedia iLoud MTM

I've had these speakers for about 3 and a half years now and I'm still very happy with them. I use them in an untreated room (unfortunately) but the integrated room correction feature helps mitigate these issues. There are of course persistent bass nodes in my room which no speakers alon can fix so that's why I use reference tracks and check my mixes on other playback systems. These monitors get me most of the way towards getting a good mix though so I highly recommend them.

Great Studio Speakers!

Amazing monitors for smaller rooms, also good for 5.1 mixing.

Disappointed

Good sound, but not very loud though... had to send one back, as it kept turning on an off. Frustrating!

Amazing!

I got these iLoud MTM's blind, just decided on them based off of reviews and I am very impressed.

They sound great right out of the box and once calibrated, have exceptional detail in the mid range and top end as well as having a hell of a bass response for such small monitors.

I am setup in a small room, with a few DIY panels, far from acoustically optimal, but with the calibration I feel I can trust these within only a few weeks of use.

Highly recommend!

My rating for the IK Multimedia iLoud MTM - Borislav Gradev

One friend of mine who is a professional music engineer told me about these speakers, it was my first time hearing of them. After a small investigation I decided to purchase them mainly because of the calibration option because I am renting a place at the moment and I am not able to treat the room acoustically. I have them for almost one year and I have to say that these are the best speakers in this price range that I've heard. Also the options on the back of the speakers give you the freedom to match them to your room even if it's not treated. Not to mention the bass is also really good for the size of them. Small speakers with huge sound, just amazing !

Awesome speakers for not treated room

Awesome monitors if you need good sound in not treated room.

Fast calibration awesome mids, awesome stereo.

Really quiet (Clipping on medium volumes). Rear ports makes noise. You WILL HEAR IT.

Low Cuts

40Hz- you can't use it. Literally every second track will produce rear ports noise. It sounds like a list of paper wobbling. NO USE IN MIXING

50Hz- usable but every 10-th song produce rear ports noise.

60Hz- no problems but no base.

By the way, if you don't mix or don't listen to bass heavy music, I don't think you will hear any rear port noise. But for most genres you will notice it.

For mixing stereo and mids it is awesome tool. If you want to control bases you need additional speakers or headphones for 20-80 Hz. Or Sub. With update MTM have 80 Hz cut. So you can use Subwoofer to compensate this spectre.

My favorite monitors

It was my best offer, really amazing speakers! Love it so much!)))

True Pros. Amazing value for the money!

I work in radio and post production for more than 20 years. I spent my last years on Yamaha‘s HS7 and Genelec’s 8030s. My studio is acoustically treated and everything is well calculated but you cannot defeat the room. The size of the space is something you have to accommodate to.

All the work I have done on the Genelecs perfectly well on broadcast and also on stage. The only two aspects that kept bothering me where the clarity of the stereo imaging and the lack of low end. I could have got myself a subwoofer but that would not solve the room problems. I also took into consideration Sonarworks, but it is out of discussion since it uses almost 20% of the CPU resources of a strong Mac 24/7. So my only solution for the small studio was to find some speakers with room tuning built in. Before going the extra mile with Genelec and Neumann, I decided after reading a lot of reviews and watching a lot of videos to order the MTMs.

Installing was easy and fast since they went on the same microphone stands. First they sounded a little bit bassy, but after calibration the meds the highs and the details came to life and the low frequencies got tailored tailored. I want to mention that all the settings were at the beginning and are now on flat with 40Zh. The low end is absolutely amazing, you will have just enough bass to understand and be able to control everything properly. So in this regard they are the best choice over all other speakers with 5, 6, or 6,5 inch woofers. The tweeters are mild and silky and the highs will never give you your fatigue after long sessions of work or listening to different genres of music. Also after calibration the stereo imaging is absolutely fantastic. I also connected the USB B cable that came with my Pioneer DJ console and managed to update de firmware on both units to the latest 1.2.1.

My honest opinion is that these speakers are totally underrated on the market. At the moment I can say that they are fantastic value for the money and if you do the calibration and place them correctly in your treated room you will have tremendous results!

PS: After sending some pictures with my new speakers to my friends, they asked me what model of Genelers are they 🙈

Great idea, flawed execution

The good:

-Excellent sound quality and low-end for the size, particularly well suited to people with limited space and low listening volumes like myself

-Very sturdy build, would easily handle moving between multiple locations

-The phantom center. Simply phenomenal.

The bad:

-Quality control is inadequate. Both speakers I received had a very audible coil whine coming from the power supply unit, at a rather fatiguing frequency that could even be heard over quiet tracks. This has led me to returning the speakers unfortunately.

-The built-in automatic calibration has a tendency to overcompensate. It did successfully fix some issues I have in my room, however during the process some frequencies had been cut too much, especially the midrange.

Conclusion:

Great choice if you have limited space and don't need high SPL, perhaps the best price/performance on the market for that use case at the point of writing this review.

But you need to be lucky enough to get units with good QC, as well as be prepared for the built-in room correction not working for your room in particular, so it helps not to plan to rely on that exclusively.

Great value for money

The 20 degree angle base really helps position the speakers to the ear level, the auto calibration is an incredible feature that really helps out in tricky rooms. The speakers are sturdy and transportable, the only downside is the power switch on the back, which can be hard to find.