Works great!

The sound quality is excellent I have the KRK rockit5 gen5 and I spent double for those then I paid for these and these sound better 🫡

Awesome sound

They sound great and at good price

Please take a look at the photos as I wanted to list everything these speakers include and what you see on the box is exactly what the speakers look like I didn't see the need to show pictures twice essentially. Now with that out of the way let's get into this review as the speakers are somewhat of a topic of debate.Now before purchasing the speakers, I went on a ton of different forums, and I have heard them referred as to "toy speakers" by true Audio heads to "subpar" speakers, all the way to "great" speakers for studio work, it seems like the verdict could not be any more unclear until I did my own testing. As far as my verdict goes these are 4-star speakers and I'm not going to keep you waiting to give you my rating, but I want you to really appreciate everything these speakers offer. I ended up getting the 5-inch variant of the speaker, they have an 8-inch variant, and they have a whole home theater set up with a subwoofer with the 5's and the 8's that you can get as well. Unfortunately, that wasn't available at the time, I could not find them available in the store, but these 5's are amazing. They have their own mids and highs built in that are very well balanced and you can further tweak that balance to your liking via the knob on the bottom left corner that acts as a simple balance and then of course software that you're using especially if you're using these for studio speakers. The possibilities are endless as far as what you'd like to use the speakers for. You can use these for home theater they can be interchanged with other speakers due to the multiple ways of connection which let's get into that.Aside from the newest protocol of Bluetooth, yes these are Bluetooth and can play independently from your devices, that's a plus in my book right there, however they can also be hooked up via RCA, auxiliary, in-line wire, pin connectors, banana plugs, Wi-Fi adapter, Optical, and that's just what's there and what you can see in the photos I left there are adapters out there now you can get that give you a few extra options as if what options were not plenty. Great versatile connection options for these speakers in my opinion.Set up with these speakers are very straightforward and easy whatever route you choose to set the speakers up they're going to sound fairly optimal right out of the box they have a sleek look to them little green accents to the hall block speakers and everything looked pretty much spot on what I took the speakers out of the box as it did outside of the box. You can get stands for these speakers off their site and I would definitely suggest taking a look at this store's site via Amazon as they have a lot of cool accessories to go with these speakers and if you want to add the subwoofer when it's in stock at a later point and the smaller five inches that could be an option for you as well.Sound- Ok, after reading all those forums and reviews on how these speakers sound, in my opinion, these speakers are amazing, and they sound amazing. Now I do occasional editing work, a little bit of mixing and production, but I can't say I'm a studio engineer or a sound engineer doing live sound but from what I can tell from these speakers thus far and being around those types of situations/industries for years, I am comfortable saying that the speakers are contenders, and they're not slouches when it comes to their sound performance. These are the new CR5 series they sound amazing I did get a chance to hear the CR3's which those are lackluster compared to these (CR5's and those (CR3's) sounded good then. I will say depending on how you hook up your speakers will give you slight advantages or disadvantages. In other words, say from hooking up optical to in-line wire you're going to have a difference in sound ever so slightly if you don't say have an equalizer for the inline wire which you can again help navigate that via the speaker itself or software on a computer. However, the beauty of these speakers is it doesn't have to be that technical, it doesn't have to be studio speakers, they can be simple speakers for your living room when you're streaming movies or watching TV, really whatever you want them to be. You don't have to be a professional to get these operational and sounding great in minutes is what I'm getting at to get a full rich and a full of bass sound out of these speakers. The speakers have a respectable ohms/impedance rating of 8 Which is pretty average to be honest but again sounds great 4 would produce more power but you would lose in other areas. So, typically your speakers are going to be within the 4 to 8 range. As far as wattage you're looking at about 80 watts depending on how you again connect it you could get a little bit more out of these speakers but again it's all right where it needs to be for a good rich and crisp sound. Gaming is a great area these would come into play as well aside from just listening to music or watching TV or doing any kind of studio work.Construction- The construction of these speakers are well done and well-made along with the design. They have adequate portholes in the rear of the speaker so you're going to be moving air as you should and need the speaker to do so to get a good bass out of a smaller speaker along with the mids and highs. So, no issues there with the construction and it's pretty average as far as what most of these styles of speakers will be presented as or look like or the design of these speakers will be, it's about right on par. However, there are no grills to these speakers they are exposed so you want to handle with care.Summary- As a total package, this pair of two Mackie 5-inch CR5's, I personally have to say they're deserving of a 4-star rating, and they continue to get better and better through the series. Mackie has come a long way. I think where a lot of the debate came in with these speakers in particular was you get the best of both worlds with these, you get a pair of great speakers that are versatile enough to be used as legitimate studio speakers with a sound board and the whole 9 yards or speakers that are just going to sit in your living room and give you great sound for your movies coming in at a price point at the time I got it which was 149.99, $50 off from the original price tag of $199.99 I had no complaints. Just so there's no confusion these are not the X Series just so people know but again these CR series continue to get better overtime and that's all I would expect. These speakers sound great they're built well, they come with a slew of options, they're stylish, and you can always add to the set later. I absolutely recommend this set of speakers and use them for whatever you see fit as they are a solid set of speakers. Lastly, the best part is you do not have to be a professional to get these up and running and sounding great. However, if you are a professional and want to have them in the studio and do professional audio engineer work, you can with these they will hold up. Great speakers.