KRK RP5 RoKit Classic Reviews

Doing great job

I've been using Krk RP8 RoKit studio monitors at audio engineering school. I decided to try a smaller version RP5 for my own home studio and they're doing great job.

I strongly recommend them for smaller rooms.

very good indeed

I'm not talking too much about this.

These monitors have become quite a standard, and there's a reason for that. They're very good quality made. The sound is just beautiful, warm...

Just one thing: they enhance low frequencies a little too much, so one has to keep that in mind while mixing, otherwise one can have some awful surprises listening to the mixes in other equipment :)

Great monitor for the price but poor quality and lengthy returns process

Bought a pair of these for my new home / semi pro studio.

They are used for mix monitoring at below 85db SPL (usually around 70db)

The sound is clean, nice mid but a little lacking in the bass response but that's to be expected from a 5" speaker.

However, the first speaker started making a buzzing sound within an hour of its first use and a week later (only after about 5 hours of use), the second speaker went also.

Good speakers

These are great sounding speakers, just a pity that the logo was missuing off the front of one of them which I am now waiting for a replacement - but other than that, they will not disappoint in terms of sound

Good for begginers

I use these for my music production, mixing and mastering, and of course listening to music.

Pros:

- Good quality in sound, you can adjust the highs and the lows at the back of the monitor to fit your rooms reverb/dampening.

- You can make them loud and i mean LOUD.

- the colours are nice, they blend in with my desk i ordered ''Glorious Workbench white

Producing Workstation'' very nicely, doesn't get dirty at all, no finger prints or anything of the sorts, easy to maintain. ( though i can imagine the holes for bass get dusty after a long time )

- The body of these is quite strong and would probably survive a fall from a small height but no more than once. ( i don't recommend trying that out though)

Negatives:

- The lows are sadly barely there with the cutoff at 45Hz you can hear barely any bass with some of the tracks that reach that low bass zone, in this case my music doesn't sound as good sometimes because i'm missing that ONE frequency. i suggest just getting a subwuffer or buy bigger version of these monitors, either 6 or higher if you want that loud bass.

- The speakers them selves are very delicate so if you have children or a cat/animal that can get to them they can be easily damaged suggest keeping at high points away from reach of anyone other than you.

- One of my KRK rokit 5s came scarred with a big mark on one of the corners so i suspect someone has dropped it before it was packaged, so like i said, the body is strong, the monitor still works, but the mark will stay there forever now. the small plastic logo with he light inside it as well, came out when i unpacked it.

Overall:

it's a pretty good product, for beginners only though, if i were to replace these i would go with the 6 inch or above ones because the bass really is needed here.

Clean and powerful sound

I use them for my productions in my own house studio and I'm really satisfied with the sound, especially the low frequencies. My genre is mostly house and techno music. I really liked the feature of switching off automatic after a period of no use. The volume is more than adequate for a medium scale homeparty. I definitely recommend them for beginner studios.

Great monitor

There is no need to put any rewiew od those. The best thing for the price. Just make sure that you buy 2 pieces :-)

One of the best things out there

I purchased the RoKit`s based on reviews and this year of usage has proven to be great. They have a clear and crisp high end as well as a rather punchy bass response. I do not have any cons for these studio monitors, they look, sound and feel great. I would recommend these anytime, since the price is also amazing.

Sound

Really good sound quality, had one already so bought another one, living in Ireland so got extra cable for uk socket for free

Buying 3 More

My first experience with KRK monitors was in fact with the larger 8inch cones and they blew me away. I knew i wanted them.

So i went for the smaller 5inch cones, the KRK RP5 RoKit G3 and what a great purchase they have been. I bought them as part of a bundle and they were great value for money.

Weighing just under 6kgs they are very lightweight for active monitors. i absolutely love the features incorporated into these monitors with multiple inputs giving me plenty of options and also allows for me to be able use these monitors with my Mackie Mix5 mixer which only has Jack outs.

Because I often use these monitors with this small mixer and its great to have the ability to adjust the highs and lows on the monitors themselves as i often feel im losing some high end running it through the mixer and also with my latest edition to my home studio, the KRK 10inch Sub, i have taken some of the low end out of the monitors to compensate for the sub. Having the option to do this is one of the reasons i purchased these monitors.

One of my favorite things about the monitors is the auto standby feature. an excellent addition. I also think that what your getting for the price is undoubtedly excellent value for money, which is why ill be buying three more to complete a 5.1 set up. Cant wait!!!

KRK RP5 RoKit G3

I'm using the KRK RP5's in my own little studio @ home.

They have excellent stereo image, great sound clarity for material that's excellently done (Sting, Toto, Mylene Farmer, Janet Jackson).

Once you get a song sounding good on these speakers, after hours of working on them, the song will definitely sound excellent on all other references, because they're very linear.

The general sound of these speakers is very crisp (except somewhere around 180-260 hz in the low freq area where I can feel a slight amplifiying in these speakers). This is a good thing because in that area there's usually a build-up in frequencies in songs, accumulated from all the present instruments / channels, that if not take care carefully, your song can sound bad on other reference or non-reference speakers.

Because the low-drivers are 5'', you cannot hear the sub-bass that much (as in 6'' or 8'' woofers).

The sub-frequencies are actually audible, but you really need to position the speakers perfectly in your studio room, with at least 60-80 cm distanced from you, at your left and right, so the low frequencies can have space to reach your ear.

For this budget they are excellent, have knobs in the back for room adjustments and they also auto-shut-off, when the signal is not present for 30 mins (when you're not working).

Exactly as expected

There is a reason so many studios use these. They are fantastic and perfect for my home studio. The sound is crystal clear and all frequencies carry through perfectly. Couldn't be happier

The best start-up home-studio monitor money can buy

These monitors are compact as monitors go, but they really pack a punch especially on the bass end. You can have a full spectrum of instruments going through and they are all really clear and also very loud-It has great low end considering the speakers are not large. I chose these as I am working in a small room in a corner.

High and low end frequencies can be adjusted in 1 dB increments, from -2dB to +2 dB to compensate for room set-up/acoustics. For example, I have them placed on desktop in a corner so I had to dampen the bass frequency to -1dB as the bass is emphasised in this case. It has all the inputs that you would expect from a studio monitor: balanced jack, XLR or RCA (unbalanced).

Fantastic bargain for price. I don't think you could buy a better studio monitor for a start-up home project. Don't forget item is priced singly-order two not one like I did! Having said that, I spent about 6 months mixing in mono on a single speaker with great results.

I intend to purchase monitor stands with isolation pads (bundles are available) and I expect even better results.

A good place to start!

Bought a set of these as my first studio monitors. The frequency response isn't quite as flat and transparent as others in this price range and the bass can be pretty "boomy" at times even with the front ported design, and placement of these speakers in your room seems to be pretty important in getting them to sound right!

The added EQ and level controls on the back panel is pretty useful and helps tailor the speakers to you room easier.

All in all, a decent monitor for the price!

Great Budget Monitors

After some research, I finally decided to buy these monitors, and in good time I did. It sounds really good and I believe that in that price range, it's the top of the market. A couple of friends told me I would have a problem with the low end, but with adjustable low end volume and a room with good acoustic treatment, I must say I have not encountered that problem. I totally recommend these monitors for any budget homestudio, it will blow you away!!

Amazing for Home Studio

I work as sound designer and composer in a small home studio, with higly professional instruments. Near fields are a true challenge, especially when you design patches and/or produce music that other composers and listeners will use in their rooms: so, you must find a truly good compromise.

My advice is to buy the very best sound card available on the market (no compromise here, please...), then come the KRK RPC Rokit 5 in the game, and it's been a very nice surprise to see that the factory setting is already perfect for my set up (I placed them as distant as possible from the walls).

Perfectly built in a solid case, flat enough to mix and master, these speakers let me hear the spaces (distant-near, left-right, reverbs, delays) and the balance between instruments without stressing my ears, which means I can work for many hours without getting tired with the speakers quite near to me.

After using Rokit 5 for a while, I see my mixes and masters tended to be a little bit too low-end oriented, so I learned to give them a bit more high-end without fear.

Yet, of course, if you have a high end sound card and professional studio headphones, you will mix and master with no problems using these small speakers.

Of course, expensive and bigger speakers may be better than what we find in this price range, yet.... they cost a lot more, and in a small room (near field listening is a world on its own, and the "right" equipment to buy should be evaluated carefully) they might not the perfect choice. Bass traps may not help so much, unless you buy the very expensive ones... So, think about it!

I higly recommend these speakers for the great quality/price balance, and for the surprisingly good sound in a small home studio.

The best

I've bought these and a Focusrite iTrack Dock along with my new iPadAir2, I think I'm done with studio gear shopping for a while. Selling old stuff and buying a new car with that money, maybe even a boat.

They are worth double in comparison to all the others I've tryed. If you are willing to spend 300¤, don't waste your time searching like me. This is it...period.

All pross, No cons

The best for the price

These really are very good for the price, and relative to genelec's comparing the sound vs price. Really built well and the connectors are pretty good quality. As near field monitors at ?300 for a air your really will not find better in that range. for cutting videos we prefer the 5' versions compared with the 6' but that is our opinion.

So good we bought 4 sets for our tier 2 edit suites.

Super Monitors For Home Studio

The previous ROKIT G2 models have been the speakers in my office editing suite for the past five years. So, as you can imagine, I was very interested in seeing what has been changed in Generation 3. KRK sent me the 5" version; I received one of the first pairs in the country a few months prior to launch and was sworn to secrecy.

After about a week of bass-thumping burn-in, I put the ROKIT G3s straight to work. One of my jobs is as the Audio and Technical Director of Grace Church in Racine, WI, and my tasks there include recording and editing podcasts, mixing sound for video, and mastering the music from Sunday morning services. As I mentioned before, this is where the ROKIT 5 G2 monitors have lived for the past half a decade, so I know them well.

Great for a Project / Home Studio

If you're in the market for a cheap yet high quality small monitor then I would highly recommend these.

After seeing a mixed bag of reviews surround these monitors I decided to give them a try myself. I would add that I am most certainly not disappointed. Incredibly sturdy and aesthetically pleasing.

They aren't perfectly flat with regards to frequency response, with a small boost of 1-2 dBs in the lower mids. However with the useful addition of upper and lower mid controls on the back, they can be tailored to suit most rooms.

Plenty of connections on the back so there are many ways to easily set them up.

Fantastic for a home or project studio with either a low budget and or space restrictions.