Behringer MS20 24-Bit/192 kHz Digital 20-Watt Stereo Near Field Monitors

by Behringer

Product Features

• 2-way active studio monitors ideally suited for computer studios, audio and multimedia workstations and keyboard monitoring
• Built-in 2 x 10-Watt powerful amplifiers with immense headroom
• Powerful woofers and high-resolution tweeters provide an ultra-linear frequency response
• Ultra-high resolution 24-bit/192 kHz D/A converters for an incredible dynamic range
• Individual volume controls for both Line inputs plus Bass and Treble EQ controls

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 9 x 11.2 inches ; 15.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00181YT9S
• Item model number: MS20
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,754 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
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Product Description

24-Bit/192 kHz Digital 20-Watt Stereo Near Field Monitors (price per set, each set consists of 2 speakers)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent sound and look, April 7, 2010

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After 2 month use, I am very happy with the speakers - great replacement for stock PC speakers from years ago. Full clear sound and great look. they are not small so make sure you have space.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2/3 the price anywhere else and digital inputs, optical and coax, October 8, 2010

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HMMWV "God, Country, Corps" (santa clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behringer MS20 24-Bit/192 kHz Digital 20-Watt Stereo Near Field Monitors (Electronics)

Behringer makes good speakers, these are very linear for the size and well designed for good bass response. I thought about dinging it one star just because they are a tad underpowered with 10W per speaker (20 total) but they have enough headroom for their size as pc speakers or digital mixer speakers that I did not. SELDOM do I ever need 20W at my mixing workstation but it's nice to have headroom, which these do have. It's just that they want so much more money (1.5x) for the 40W total / 20W per channel version of the same speaker. They should drop the 10Wpch and just make the 20Wpch which would be an excellent product. Still, getting this ability for less than a benjamin is a great pricepoint.

The advantages are that these work well with all digital systems - I am moving to all digital workflow now and these speakers take optical or coax directly to the speaker, which is a great benefit. On the coax digital you can use a video distribution amplifier to make multiple coppies of a coax digital signal to feed several devices from one digital source.

I use 24 bit / 96 khz most of the time but the speakers are rated to 24 bit/ 192 khz and autorange the digital input, so things just work no matter what you are sending to the speakers.

If you are not all digital yet, they feature a full compliment of analog inputs so you can buy these today for your analog mixer and when you move to digital your speakers won't need to change.

For flexibility - 5 stars

For value - 5 stars

For audio output only - 4 stars

For ease of connectivity - 5 stars

In summary - its a 5 star product at 99 bucks

In all honesty you don't need more than 10 watts at a mixing board - save the kilowatt amps for the house speaker systems - hopefully someday we will run optical cable to our house amplified speakers and connect them digitally from the mixer.

I would recommend you measure the power in watts you use at your workstation today and decide on the 20W total or 40w total version of this when going all digital. That way you do not underbuy power. Keep in mind that both designs have ample headroom on the amplifier.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great computer speakers, May 4, 2010

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DD "S" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

for the last 10 years I have used a mini stereo as my computer speakers, had the analog go into the JVC CD player/receiver, and the 10 watt speakers worked perfectly, I just liked the sound better than cheap computer speakers and didn't want a 5.1 setup. After I built my last computer I noticed a buzzing coming from the speakers which was really annoying (and this happened when no cell phones were around it). I read that an optical connection should eliminate this problem. So I starting looking for a pair of speakers with optical in, but the trick was that I didn't want a 5.1 system, just wanted 2 speakers which for me is great for games and casual music listening.

I found these speakers which seemed to be just what I needed, the price was a little steep for computer speakers but since I also wanted quality I had to except it. Hooked them up last night, no more buzzing, the sound is GREAT, I couldn't believe how clear and crisp it was and it had decent base too. I was a little dissapointed there was no subwoofer out since I do have a mini sub in that room, but don't really need it. I cranked it up to see how much space it would fill and I could hear it perfectly clear in both bedrooms on the same level without maxing the volume.

These speakers are a little big, bigger than my mini stereo JVC speakers but they aren't too bad, right speaker is sort of heavy as that has the amp in it, left is pretty light. I would recommend these for anyone wanting computer speakers with optical in and don't need full surround sound for their games, no better option out there.