Eris E8 XT 8" Near Field Studio Monitor with EBM Waveguide

So overall these are pretty good speakers I have been using them for 2 years now and have very little complaints for the price being what it is. Overall I think the only thing I can say bad about them is that the low ends can kind of sound a bit muddy imo at times especially if you don't have them set to cut off anything lower than 80hz when its using the full frequency range it is honestly kind of muddy if you have the volume any higher then maybe like a 20 on windows so it's great when you're working at a low volume in the middle of the night or something like that but when you get the chance to be loud during the day it's a 8/10. I personally do enjoy them a lot despite this complaint they are great for gaming, great for movies, great for just listening to music and for producing music genuinely a 8/10, if you can produce with the 80hz cutoff id say you'll feel like theyre a 10 but i personally enjoy the lower range frequencies while designing basses. DO NOT USE THESE WITHOUT A INTERFACE TOO, you will get a static background noise that will piss you off more than anything else. when i first started producing i thought these speakers were complete poo because of that but after getting a interface they jumped up greatly and i am glad i waited to write a review they are very functional and much easier to work with now.

Just what i wanted

I will say before continuing, I purchased these at a 51% discount so Im looking at the perspective of these being about 160$ each or 350$ for the pair after taxes. In this context, despite my preference for the JBL 308P's, 350$ for a pair of 8 inch studio monitors is a no brainer. Given the choice Id be more than happy with these if I were a beginner producer wanting or needing large studio monitors. However I am not a beginner producer, so I need something more accurate and honest about what Im creating to make the best product I can. I will start with pros with the Eris E8 XT's. - Very professional looking and requires very little cleaning. microfiber cloth will be more than enough - Options for tuning the speaker is plentiful and should be good for adapting to any room - Packaging is simple and produces little waste - Mids and highs are clear and powerful - Listed Feq. response is accurate and can actually go below 20Hz with ease. Port is tuned to about 35 Hz. - Can get as loud as the JBL 308P's... kinda Cons about the Eris E8 XT's - Can not for the life of it handle any signal over about -10db. Will distort and become VERY muddy and bloated sounding. This is with gain in the middle and AS set to -4db. Sounds the same across all three settings. - has a certain Freq. range where the woofer just sounds like it wants to die. I believe around the 50-120ish Hz range where your kicks and most bass lives. Ive tested several genres of music and its the same results. kicks just huff and chuff and sounds like someone is hitting a wall - Bass sounds best behind the speaker? or like, right beside it? but nowhere infront of the speaker. Interesting. - Woofer is hitting max excursion at about 60-70% volume and I fear for its life span Eris E8 XT Vs. JBL 308P (as a reminder, this is subjective and this is taking MY specific setup into consideration. This may not apply to you) Bass reponse - JBL 308P Mids and Highs - Eris E8 XT Adjustability and versatility - Eris E8 XT High volume stability - JBL 308P Out of Box experience - JBL 308P Mix and Master - JBL 308P Best sweet spot - JBL 308P MSRP - JBL 308P Price to performance (at MSRP) - JBL 308P Price to performance (on sale) - Eris E8 XT Aesthetic - Eris E8 XT Now let me talk about introducing a subwoofer. If you let the subwoofer do all the bass work that the E8 XT cant do, these are better. However standalone I dont believe the JBL 308P needs a subwoofer, not unless you really need it. The JBL 308P is just a more refined speaker. My source is a Soundcraft Notepad-8fx and everything is running through Worlds Best Cables XLR cables. Speakers are place Aprox. 6 ft away from me and are 6 ft apart from eachother at the tweeters. All in all, I dont dislike these. at about 150$ a piece this is a great speaker. I just can not justify it costing over 300$ with its weaknesses. Be smart, buy these on sale.

I'm liking these speakers way more than I thought I would. I love the big dumb bass it's got. They're not the brightest speakers but that could be my room too. I'm also using them way too close to my head, on a desk, on mo pad type pads, in a completely untreated small room I use for jamming and demos and the speakers are really very enjoyable despite the very not acoustically ideal space. I WISH THE CONTROLS WERE DETENTED THOUGH! What a pain. Fortunately, the set up I'm using them in doesn't require heavy accuracy from the speakers' controls. They're being fed by a small Yamaha mixer so I just adjust the stereo balance there. Without that mixer though, getting the stereo image correct or using the speaker's tone controls would be a real PITA. I mix in another room, there's more more accurate stuff in there but it's probably not as fun to hang with speaker-wise. These Eris's are warm and big and fat and I kinda loved them from the first minute I heard them. It was between these and Tannoy Golds and I've got no regrets.

I am a sound technician for a local church and demo CD producer. I use them with a Roland VS-2480EX DAW. I picked these speakers for the 8" mid woofer and price and I was thoroughly amazed! The highs are crystal clear and accurate, and the lower end is tight and deep from 50 to 90dB. They are a little "present" but come with a mid range pad that I have turned halfway down. I think this is due to my 57 year old ears, because when I set them up for room acoustics with my reference mic, out of the box they were +- 4 dB of flat from 18KHz down to 38 Hz. Presonus is known for their DAW software and mixers and with this line of Eris monitors, the buyer cannot go wrong. Exceptional performance for a monitor costing 3-4 times more!

Love these studio monitors. They sound great, look good, and are a great price.

I like them. Plenty of punch but not colored ....I have them paired with a presonus 10" sub

The sound quality is so good! No subwoofer required.

The Eris E8 XT is definitely incredible, it looks better in person trust me. It's been a more than a week and I have no issues, despite receiving one damaged box from shipping. I will keep everyone updated. (JAN 2022) I WILL ADD PICTURES SOON. Pros: I definitely love all the audio customizations they offer, it's definitely loud as well as the bass (seriously). It may not sound as flat as the Yamahas HS series but it's one the best alternatives to get for a more affordable price, its still a bit pricy though. Cons: There is no protection for the box, so don't be surprised if your box gets damaged like my second monitor. Keep in mind, they will ship it to your door and leave it there. You would be lucky if they even ring your doorbell. Luckily I was home and waiting for it both monitors so I kept an eye on my front porch.

The monitors are well designed, with drivers aligned in a straight line. Because of that the tweeters are moved backward. However, the designer cleverly gave the tweeters a horn shape cone to compensate for the sound disperse characteristic. The air space will make it sound like Sound Effect (FX), but I prefer without it as I am using a mixer with FX.

I've worked as a processional audio engineer for 13 years. Wow. These are amazing for the price. Are they the best speaker out there? No. But the high end sounds fantastic, and the stereo image is great. They are LOUD. So better suited to a place where you can crank the volume -- not an apartment studio!

I’ve bought many speakers over my 20+ years of DJing and home studio setups, these are great monitors. Small room (bedroom) paired up with a set of 4” monitors. I use them them for mixing sets and creating my own tracks. The quality is very good and not to mention the cost. Of course there are better. I have owned some very expensive monitors which were very very crisp and clean. All that aside, for my application, for what I use these Presonus speakers for, at the volume levels I use they’re great. I do recommend them. If someone reading this is just starting out and building a home studio. In your basement or bedroom these are perfect. Keep in mind these are not “club or venue speakers”, these are for reference and creating. Clean,crisp and great $$ value.

I bought a pair for my home recording studio as reference speakers. For now, I have no clue how to make them sound right. They sound bad on anything I have thrown to them including some incredibly famous and perfectly mixed albums. Dark side of the moon for example. I do understand that reference speakers are not made to be flattering and should help us hear everything that is wrong in our mix and EQ but I have not figured out how to use them so that my mixes will sounds right on other equipment. It seems like everything sounds dull and in a tunnel. Four band compressors, extremely accurate Presonus EQs have not helped up to now. My other pair of speakers (Mackie CR4) are certainly easier to work with.