KRK 5-Inch Classic Studio Monitor Speaker - Professional Audio Monitor for Music Production, Recording & Mixing | Perfect for Home Studios, Podcasting & DJ Setups

Full disclosure, the only music genre I work with is Rock, (hard, melodic, metal etc.) so I can only speak to that with respect to this product.With 35+ years studio experience both as an artist and engineer, I can say these are perfect for all phases of recording, mixing and mastering. The bass has just enough punch to give you a reference when mixing a kick drum and bass to provide adequate separation between the two resulting in a solid bottom end. The mid spectrum is well represented helping to keep that "boxed'" sound at a minimum. The highs are a little on the bright side for my taste but once I got used to what the finished product sounded like on different audio devices I was able to compensate when rolling off 10k during the mastering process. I have no problem with the sleep feature, they wake up pretty quick once they sense audio. The LED logo looks cool and lets me know they are powered on. Not sure why other reviews take a shot at KRK for this feature.I chose this speaker for a few reasons.1. KRK has been in this space for a while giving studios an option other than the de facto yamaha2. I didn't want all the other options like the analyzer. (unnecessary in my opinion)3. Price. 20 years ago you pay $700 for a decent pair of monitors4. Size. They are small and light for a powered monitor.In closing, these speakers do exactly what they were designed to do. Give you an audio reference of your recording, mixing or matering project. They are not going to throw big bass or blast the room. You should have another reference speaker system for that. It takes time and experience to know what a good mix sounds like in a controlled environment like a studio and how that translates once its out in the public being played on thousands of different systems. These speakers provide a great reference to accomplish that.