What do you think of MTX home audio speakers?

[texlle]

Decent? No. Reliable? Depends. Cheap in every way? Yes.

[royphil345]

Sound quality ain't the best. You don't want to try to sit in front of these and listen to jazz (or anything else for that matter). They'll chew up your eardrums and spit them out!!!

For basement dance parties, they're hard to beat. They are efficient, cheap, and can handle high power levels as well. These speakers will take quite a beating without being damaged. Still need a sub even with the larger models. Loud, but not great in the bass department. I'd say about 80% the sound quality of Cerwin Vegas at a fraction of the cost with even a little better reliability. Fun to have around (large power amp and sub a plus).

[bjornb17]

I sort of agree with the post directly above this one. I never looked at MTX as a great home audio company. in fact, a lot of their home audio stuff is kinda crappy, but i recently put together a 5.1 system which includes MTX Monitor series speakers and a velodyne cht-12 sub. I absolutely love every bit of it, but i was wondering if i was nuts for having mtx home audio speakers and liking them. The only thing i dont like about them is that they dont have the best highs.

Anyway, I just was trying to make sure i wasn't a lunatic

[royphil345]

For dirt-cheap speakers, these have a reasonably flat frequency response across their range. Highs are a little lacking which makes them a little harsh to my ears. Pretty good for home theater. Most speakers in this price range have very poor crossovers, uneven frequency response, and won't come close in durability. The efficiency / high power handling is a plus also.

[bjornb17]

exactly my thoughts. playing test tones, they are flat from about 35 hz to about 16000 hz.. but they are rated from 25-20k. might be that my ears cant hear those high notes though too They sound pretty good for movies without a sub but the velodyne makes them shine.