the box MA 205 Reviews

Very good for its price

We mounted 12 pieces in a church about 3 years ago.

They still work perfectly.

Great monitors

I love these monitors, one of my best investments, I have 4 of them. I didn't expect much from these due to size and price, but had them about 5 years and still working well.

The mountings were a disappointment, I have had my own design quick release angle brackets made which I mount onto sturdy cymbal stands and are now very stable, mounting on microphone stands was not working well for me, they didn't feel very secure.

I would prefer if they had a separate mains lead as transporting them would be a lot easier.

Sound wise they don't give a lot of very highs or very lows but that is fine for monitoring and is good in terms of feedback

Great Monitor

Great extra Monitor for Drummers etc. I hook it thru a littl eq. Works a treat.

Make a nice compact foldback speaker

Purchased several of these to use as on stage foldback for a Church. We were having problems as the room we use was very reverberant, so wanted to b able to lower the level of on stage sound. By having more smaller speakers, closer to the musicians we were able to achieve this. For the cost, they are perfect for what we required.

They mount well on either short or tall mic stands and can be angled to point at your ears nicely. Nice choice of inputs (XLR, Jack, RCA), and able to daisy chain them. Volume control on the back so individual can change the overall level of their mix, but not too obvious so as to have people constantly tinkering with them. As they are quite compact, they are not obtrusive on the stage.

They are quite heavy, so make sure the stand you put them on, if doing this, is not too flimsy, and that you make sure you do all the adjusters on the stand up tight, or you may find the speaker moving!

Overall, for what we wanted to achieve, these have done the job really well, and value wise are perfect. The quality of the product, and the quality of the sound from them is ideal for our situation.

Decent monitor for the price

We use this monitor for our drummer. It mounts on a microphone stand which, due to the heavy weight of the monitor, tends to seem slightly unsteady but it has never fallen over yet.

It works perfectly for our drummer (5 piece covers band) and really helps him hear what he wants to hear.

Its a no frills quality monitor with a budget price.

Very good

Packs a big punch

I bought this to use as a stand mounted monitor for the bands' singer and guitarist. It works a treat. compact unit but delivers the sound.

Amazed

Bought this as, being a keyboard player Im often at the back of the stage, and standard wedge monitors are blocked by my keyboards. This little beauty has a mounting bracket that allows you to mount it on a mic stand, so now the monitor is at ear height, and its small enough not to be obstructive!

Ive only given it 4 stars for sound as it has only got small speakers, but sound quality isnt what this is about, it so I can now for the first time actually hear what Im, and the band is playing.

The Web page says you need an adaptor to mount onto the Mic stand- but that is only true if you have a stand with the smaller 3/8" thread, but mine didnt

Great for the price. MA 205

Great speaker for the money. Good sound and ideal for a personal monitor. The mic stand mount option is handy. The plate that screws on to the speaker housing is attached to the mounting arm with a bolt. The head of the bolt is proud of the mounting plate by a few mm, which means when you attach it to the speaker the bolt makes contact with the speaker before the edges of the mounting plate, which is not ideal. I fitted four self adhesive felt pads to the plate. This ensure that the plate is supporting the speaker and the head of the bolt is not touching the cabinet. Now it is very secure although the two thumb screws that secure the plate to the speaker are not very large only M4 thread. I would recommend leaving the mounting plate attached to the speaker. Not sure M4 will take much abuse. Other than this small issue I am happy with the sound and compact size.

Not great for use with a band

These are well made chunky little cabinets but I found that fitting them so a stand was a bit awkward and then transporting them difficult because of the bits of stand sticking out. I ended up sawing of bit of the bracket in order to get a good fitting

They would probably be good for gentle jazz etc but in my case they just could not get over the sound of the band.

Mini monitors

We have 4 of these used as monitors. Although they could sometimes do with a little more power, in most cases they have been fine. We find they are best on top of mic stands (minus boom arm) as this height is great for singers to hear. Also seem pretty resistant to feedback too.

Box MA295

Found the sound quality very good and worked well as a wall mounted monitor - not so god as a free-standing or pole mounted unit due to complicated fixing system and instability. No carrying handle. Sold them to a studio in the end and went for TC Helicon (discontuinued) close field stage monitors.

Used as small nearfield monitors

Got 5 of these to use as small nearfield monitors in a church. They are well constructed, and stand up to the general abuse they get, including being dropped and knocked over. They provide a good sound level, which can be controlled on the back of the unit.

I imagine the mounting bracket would be good for wall mounting these, but for mounting on a microphone stand (we use short stands) it is far too long. I have modified it by cutting down the length of the supplied mounts so they are much shorter, and now have them mounted on the stands with the angle adjustable.

little pricy

very nice many options, i would like a better price for its little size, 100 watts is okey but not too much if you re next to a drummer for example. heavy too.

Versatile little boxes

Very handy active boxes. Useful range of inputs. The supplied multi-angle mounting is versatile, but not all that secure - I've fixed a socket so I can pole mount when I need to. But the sound is good, they are loud and clean. Very useful for near-field monitors; can even do a simple monitor on a stand for drums.

perfect for a monitor

out of the box its durable, i dropped it and it took the drop to the floor, overall its nicely made and as a drummer it is a nice sized speaker for a monitor, only draw back for me is the controls are on the back, so to adjust the volume you have to reach around the back,

the clarity is brilliant and i have used this as a speaker in small acoustic set up as you can plug in a mic or jack to jack lead, so it can give you a little bit extra when doing a session or even busking

overall its durable, well made and a nice addition to anyone who needs a small monitor in there set up

mini-monitors

these are the answer to a prayer,especially for the older working band.The weight and portability are amazing,I carry mine in the passenger footwell of my car.as to performance,they well outperform our old 1x12'' wedges...the drummer uses a cymbal stand and gets his within 500mm.of his ears. I have a friend who has had a pair for well over a year and he is also very happy. We have about 100 years playing experience between us...we can't both be wrong!!

pretty good

a compact very powerful little active monitor, good sound simple to use

Small is all

Ok, I like these, but disappointed with the power. They may well be 100w RMS, but they dont sound like they can deliver 100w RMS, and that clip light discourages the careful user from pushing further.

Mounted on a micstand, kept close to the performer, they will work well as a stage monitor for small to medium sized gigs, but on the floor, they are too far from this performers ear to be of use.

If small is what we want, these are good to have. For intimate, semi acoustic gigs, they perform well as the main P.A. and/or monitors.