Joined on 12/13/22
Monoprice T4 Monolith 3 way Tower Speakers

Pros: I was looking for something to compliment my bedroom sound system and decided to purchase a pair of T4 speakers. Having a room exactly 14 x 14 feet square [or any square size room] is NOT what you want. A room that is longer... say 15' by 12' wide is most ideal. It all has to do with resonation, harmonics, standing waves, etc. Anyways; I previously used a Logitech Z5500 Digital 5.1 system [designed for gaming primarily] for home theater use and honestly had no issues with it since I bought it back when it was released. Amazing as it is I wanted a bit more control over the tone and surround modes to add a bit more definition and thus hooked up my slightly older Onkyo RZ-830 receiver along with the two Monolith T4 tower speakers for the fronts and a Monolith 5" x 2 center channel speaker. I am about to purchase two back surrounds shortly. The T4's are excellent for the price. The bass is adequate with the two woofers & one mid-bass driver, however, for movie content a sub is a must [my older Klipsch RS12 to the rescue]. The T4's provide you with a warm, balanced frontal stage or imaging. The crossover is optimal and sounds natural as it should. I noticed no significant 'gaps' across the 56Hz ~ 20KHz supported bandwidth/spectrum. The build quality is very good and the packaging was excellent. Many say speakers usually have a so called 'break-in' period in which the electrical & physical tolerances of the components 'loosen up'. I have a service monitor hooked up and will run some basic tests just for kicks. My primarily home theater is a 7.2.4 configuration with all Klipsch Reference Premier speakers and I certainly don't expect to achieve the same immersive experience with this bedroom system however it is very pleasant and pounding setup. In summary; there are a lot of systems out there and I can honestly say these T4 towers are perfect for a students dorm, stereo or a secondary theater system at home. Don't let the 4" dual woofer size fool you. I recommend these T4's for stereo or home theater use. With a subwoofer and other surround speakers configured correctly using [Dirac/Audessay/MultiEQ] it's a great system for starters and/or a secondary setup.
Cons: Not so much a Con, however, unless you look at the dimensions of the T4's specifically as stated you might be surprised at the overall size of these. They are relatively short coming in at about 32" tall 7" deep and 5.5" in width. The pictures you see on the product page gives the illusion they are much taller....only because there is nothing else shown to give you a frame of reference with respect to size. It's not a big deal however. I have a pair of wooden stands ~ 10" in height to raise the them so thet are in line with my center channel .
Overall Review: A very good bang for your buck.. Please note that the price shown is for EACH or ONE speaker not two.