KRK GoAux 4 4" Portable Monitors

These speakers truly deserve their 5-star rating for the incredible value they offer. Pumping out 100 watts, they exceed expectations within their price range. The added bonus of Bluetooth functionality, portability (including a soft travel case), adjustable stands, and high-quality construction make them a standout choice.While adjusting the volume can be a bit tricky due to the continuous knob design, they still deliver ample sound for various uses. Plus, you can easily control the volume from your sound source like a phone or MPC. At just $200, these speakers provide exceptional quality compared to competitors. Especially for music enthusiasts in production or DJing, these speakers are sure to impress and satisfy. Highly recommended!

Feels fair to give these 5-stars for teh value. THey pump out 100 watts, which is damned impressive for the price range. Add the bluetooth functionality, the portability (the soft travel case is quite nice), the adjustable stands included and the quality looks/construction, complaints should be minimal.Yeah, the volume is fiddly, since its a continuous knob rather than a 0-10 type, but they are plenty loud for their use and you can adjust volume with your sound source (phone or MPC for instance) and be quite pleased. For $200? Thats a lot of quality compared to the competition. If you are using them for music (production/DJ) in particular, I think you'll be happy.

Great on the go speakers ! I love the carry case as well . I normally run full sized monitors with a sub in a well treated space and also way in the past had Mackie 3.5s also in a treated space and these krk go aux 3s really can be put anywhere and be useful . They perform way louder than speakers these size would be expected to be and really loud enough with a generous frequency range to hear what is needed . Having minor room eq adjustments on the speakers is also a great plus especially being on the go and not always being in a treated space . They adjust well to their environment and I would have bought these for my first speakers when I started making music if they were out at the time because the value and size of the speakers is really beyond worth the investment to a great musical journey and doesn’t break the bank . They look great, catch eyes and sound great even in my treated space for additional reference monitoring.

EDIT: KRK_stayawake on github has a 10hz_tone.wav that you can loop in windows media player or another player and it will keep the speakers awake without any perceptible sound. Kind of annoying having an extra window open, but i can run this while I'm working and close it when I'm finished to get around the forced sleep "feature" for power savings. The intended way to play it in browser is no longer easy, as browsers have disabled autoplay.Speakers sound great, however the main thing I've had to consider returning them for (or try to get used to) is that they turn off automatically after 30 minutes without sound. With NO way to turn off this feature. You have to wake them up every time you sit down by pressing the power button twice, and worst of all through USB it takes a good 10 seconds to start hearing sound. Now while this might be great for power savings. I should be able to choose if i want to waste my electricity bill in the name of convenience. All drivers like these DO take up a decent amount of power even while off. I can hold it while they are on to manually put them to sleep as well if i want (I don't). I am trying to get used to it in order to be environmentally friendly and save on electricity. I really wanted the smaller GoAux 3s to save on desk space which is at a premium for me, however went with the larger GoAux 4s (for $50 more) to get the 3 extra premium features. (USB input, TRS Left/Right Input, and Auto ARC) (ARC = Automatic Room Correction, that calibrates the speakers to sound better in your room by listening to feedback from itself through a mic that they include in the box.) I was not able to get AutoARC to work by reading the manual. Really, all I wanted was the USB input because I tend to get distortions and interference from AUX cables, AUX cables also tend to be flimsy and fall apart quickly. They did not include the USB Type B cable in the box. I had to go out and buy one separately. After plugging them in, I was surprised to see that they do not care what the windows pc master volume is set at, even when muted or at 0. They only go by their own physical on-speaker knob for master volume, and you can dial in using things like software specific digital volume control (eg volume slider in Youtube videos, slider in Spotify) that will also contribute to the sound up/down. I assumed since they were USB, they had some kind of included software control center or driver, but they don't. The stands also add to the overall size. I wanted to leave them off to save space on my desk, however I need them on to provide enough leverage to press the button twice to wake them up from sleep every time I sit down otherwise they slide back from the force. A benefit of using the stands is it allows them to be angled upwards incrementally. I would love to see GoAux include a software component for these class of speakers that allow us to dial in sound settings, as well as turn off auto-sleep, or at least allow and increase wake sensitivity to sound. Waking up from any sound at all instantaneously through sound would be optimal for me and should be achievable from some kind of developed driver I would assume. I have not been able to wake them up using any sound yet over USB, however other people say they can when the sound is loud enough. There is a hack online that someone made that will play a claimed inaudible sound every 30 mins that keep any of your KRK speakers awake, since this is a known forced feature of KRK. I have not tried that yet. I have not tried TRS Left/Right input or Bluetooth yet, and after trying to use AutoARC I have not been able to get it to work. Holding the button to activate it as stated in the manual does nothing. Just so you know, you would use TRS Left\right if you want to use aux on the other end. There is no aux port.So in conclusion, the speakers are built extremely well and look cool with the yellow highlight, they sound great to me as an average user. Every detail of sound is audible to my untrained ears. That is all I really needed them for, monitoring production audio. The price is reasonable and the build quality and look makes the price worth every dollar. The auto sleep function after 30 mins without sound to save on power is irritating, with no way to turn it off, and through USB it takes 10 seconds to start playing sound from sleep. I wish they included a software to dial in sound settings and turn off or manage auto-sleep. Also the mic input on the front of the speaker is only for the AutoARC calibration mic, not for regular microphone to passthrough into the OS, unfortunately. The carrying bag is also quality.

love these little speakers.. cause they are little but heavy and solid bass and nice highs, great for a bedroom shelf system. I use them for my home dj setup. have the larger ones for my studio setup

It's what you expect from KRK, sleek design with a great sound on a budget. I initally bought these as a travel "studio" setup as I travel a lot for work, but still like to track guitar while on the road. These bad boys are perfect for $200 for the pair of monitors, travel case, and monitor stands. The 4 inch monitors come with a mic to tune the them to your work space. These are clear enough for me to get great tones, while still keeping the volume low enough to play them at night in a hotel.I've got the classic 5's at home, and these actually hang with those quite well. Way louder than I need for a hotel/apartment setting. For $200 you can't beat these for the size, performance, and looks with the iconic yellow cone that KRK is known for.Oh, and these WILL fit under a seat on a plane as a personal item. They will also fit into luggage without taking up much space. The closest thing I can find comparing the size of the whole system in the bag is about the size of a shoe box.

They don't sound like "speakers." They sound like the source! It had been many years since I had excellent speakers, and this is a wonderful improvement. I'm hearing things I had not noticed before. The stands make it easy to securely position them optimally. Almost magical. A fantastic value!