Reviews by spronkey

These are *fantastic* for the price. Compared side by side to some old Sennheiser MX500s, that cost at least 4x as much, the Monk+ absolutely wipes the floor - they are hugely superior.
 
Warm sound, detailed sound, strong sound. Good cable length. Build quality is absolutely fine for the price - even good.
 
There's really little else to say - they are substantially better than the earpods that come with iPhones and iPods, and if you use those, you owe it to yourself to at least spend the $5 on AliExpress to get a pair of these! 
 
I recommend the Ex Pack, especially if you have had any trouble at all before fitting earbuds.

These things are really, really good. I'd rate their sound above the Z-5500, and above the more recent THX sets.
 
They have plenty of power, and are reasonably articulate. No, they're not Hi-Fi, and won't compete with a good KEF speaker system paired with a reasonable amplifier. But they're nowhere near that price range either.
 
They have proper screw terminals on the speakers for cabling, no RCA plugs, so you can use whatever wiring you want.
 
I personally much prefer the look of these satellites vs the newer speakers as well - and still get comments on how good they look and sound, despite them being 10 years old now.
 
After about 8 years, one of the satellite speakers burnt out - I believe the voice coil, as the speaker is more rigid than it should be and sounds very muffled, so now I use them as a 2.1 system which still sounds great. Not sure what I'll replace them with when they finally die...