4.0 out of 5 stars Great speakers, may not last forever

2025-12-27    -Robert Forde

I got a set of Eris 4.5 gen 1s (non-bluetooth) about 5 years ago and until recently they were fantastic. They have great performance for the budget and were a significant step up from the cheap edifiers I used before them. They sound clear, had very low self-noise, and performed well. I paid $200 at the time and they were good value for that price.Unfortunately after about 5 years of use the built in amplifier started to fail, developing a constant loud hiss and significant distortion at higher frequencies. Checking with my oscilloscope showed me the amp was injecting a 24kHz signal into the speaker which was aliasing down to the annoying hiss and tone I was hearing. (I can't hear 20khz+, I'm too old, but the aliased frequency matches what I was hearing) Both speakers use the same amp which means the set was now effectively dead. (I did verify this was the speaker, and not the power, environment, etc)For that five year period I had no complaints. I've since upgraded to a much nicer set of monitors but I would still recommend these to someone wanting a nice set of studio monitors without wanting to spend $400+, just understand these may not last your whole life.For anyone curious, when I opened the case to diagnose the dead amp I saw the bluetooth and non-bluetooth gen-1 models are identical. The bluetooth module sits on a daughter-board on the amp. The non-bluetooth version contains the PCB but the components are not populated. You could probably reverse-engineer this to inject your own signal into the amp.

5.0 out of 5 stars Get these instead of the PreSonus e3.5s.

2026-02-09    -Steven Tarren

Pro,1. I got these on sale for $5 more than the standard PreSonus Eris 3.5 studio monitors.2. They have a lot more features like a remote control, a sub out for use with any home subwoofer, a 3 output option for switching between devices like TVs, record players, MP3 players, consoles, PCs and laptops.3. A USB port to interface straight into a PC or a laptop.4. A larger 4 inch main speakers and IMO better bass ports.5. Better all around sound quality IMO with very adjustable highs and lows on the speaker control.6. Has speaker grills to protect your speakers that are also removable(also look under cons for this).7. A great look that goes well with anything from a living to an office connected to a PC.8. It's very well rounded and works extremely well as a PC studio monitor if you're recording and listening back to recorded music tracks.9. Very well built.10. Very comparable to the Edifier R1280Ts Powered Bookshelf Speakers at around a similar price and they look very similar as well. The difference is the PreSonus are 50 watts RMS vs 42 watts RMS and the PreSonus comes with a sub out.11. These speakers can get pretty loud for their size without breaking up. I was surprised.12. Adding a separate subwoofer takes these speakers to a whole new dimension. It takes all the lowend off the speakers so they can get better clarity and midrange.Cons,1. When not on sale these are more expensive than the PreSonus Eris e3.5s.2. For a little more you can get the Bluetooth version of these same speakers. This didn't concern me because I'm using these as PC speakers and recording studio monitors. Others might want this feature so that why I mentioned it.3. About the grills, they are removable and if you're using these as studio monitors or you just want more highend and midrange I'd remove them. IMO with the grills on they sound muffled.4. Unlike the PreSonus Eris e3.5s, these speakers aren't as flat in sound like a studio ideally is, but the PreSonusErise3.5s tend to lack midrange. These speakers do have more midrange, but to get a flatter sound for recording music you may want to adjust the tone controls. I lowered the bass since I'm using a subwoofer and I increased the highend.I bought these to replace a set of PreSonus Eris 3.5s 1st Gen I got a while back that blew out. I bought these because I liked the way the PreSonus Eris e3.5s sounded, but I wanted more midrange, a sub out so I didn't have to but that expensive separate subwoofer being sold separately and more volume. This set delivers 💯. The only thing is to get that flatter sound for editing music takes a little tweaking, but it can be done. I'm using these with an older Elac 1010 60 watt subwoofer and it works great with these speakers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Best speakers on the Market!

2026-01-26    -Alex M.

Well worth the price, probably the best pc speakers on the market. I’ve had them for about 7-8 months now with no problems! Easy to setup though it looks a bit intimidating compared to other speakers. Quality is clear and it’s very loud!I will note that when you first turn your pc on or start using the speakers after a while they do take about 5-10 seconds to kick on. I just call it the “warming up” phase. Again it’s quick and not that big of a deal and the quality makes up for the few second inconvenience!I can’t speak to the Bluetooth as I got the wired but if you are considering the wired version I’d go for it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Best speakers on the Market!

2026-01-20    -Alex M.

Well worth the price, probably the best pc speakers on the market. I’ve had them for about 7-8 months now with no problems! Easy to setup though it looks a bit intimidating compared to other speakers. Quality is clear and it’s very loud!I will note that when you first turn your pc on or start using the speakers after a while they do take about 5-10 seconds to kick on. I just call it the “warming up” phase. Again it’s quick and not that big of a deal and the quality makes up for the few second inconvenience!I can’t speak to the Bluetooth as I got the wired but if you are considering the wired version I’d go for it!

Awesome

2026-02-11    -Arunabho Mazumdar

Thankyou Amazon for this awesome product for my studio, its one of the best monitor in these range ,if you are a music lover you definitely gonna love this product

Awesome

2026-02-16    -Arunabho Mazumdar

Thankyou Amazon for this awesome product for my studio, its one of the best monitor in these range ,if you are a music lover you definitely gonna love this product

5.0 out of 5 stars Get these instead of the PreSonus e3.5s.

2026-02-11    -Steven Tarren

Pro,1. I got these on sale for $5 more than the standard PreSonus Eris 3.5 studio monitors.2. They have a lot more features like a remote control, a sub out for use with any home subwoofer, a 3 output option for switching between devices like TVs, record players, MP3 players, consoles, PCs and laptops.3. A USB port to interface straight into a PC or a laptop.4. A larger 4 inch main speakers and IMO better bass ports.5. Better all around sound quality IMO with very adjustable highs and lows on the speaker control.6. Has speaker grills to protect your speakers that are also removable(also look under cons for this).7. A great look that goes well with anything from a living to an office connected to a PC.8. It's very well rounded and works extremely well as a PC studio monitor if you're recording and listening back to recorded music tracks.9. Very well built.10. Very comparable to the Edifier R1280Ts Powered Bookshelf Speakers at around a similar price and they look very similar as well. The difference is the PreSonus are 50 watts RMS vs 42 watts RMS and the PreSonus comes with a sub out.11. These speakers can get pretty loud for their size without breaking up. I was surprised.12. Adding a separate subwoofer takes these speakers to a whole new dimension. It takes all the lowend off the speakers so they can get better clarity and midrange.Cons,1. When not on sale these are more expensive than the PreSonus Eris e3.5s.2. For a little more you can get the Bluetooth version of these same speakers. This didn't concern me because I'm using these as PC speakers and recording studio monitors. Others might want this feature so that why I mentioned it.3. About the grills, they are removable and if you're using these as studio monitors or you just want more highend and midrange I'd remove them. IMO with the grills on they sound muffled.4. Unlike the PreSonus Eris e3.5s, these speakers aren't as flat in sound like a studio ideally is, but the PreSonusErise3.5s tend to lack midrange. These speakers do have more midrange, but to get a flatter sound for recording music you may want to adjust the tone controls. I lowered the bass since I'm using a subwoofer and I increased the highend.I bought these to replace a set of PreSonus Eris 3.5s 1st Gen I got a while back that blew out. I bought these because I liked the way the PreSonus Eris e3.5s sounded, but I wanted more midrange, a sub out so I didn't have to but that expensive separate subwoofer being sold separately and more volume. This set delivers 💯. The only thing is to get that flatter sound for editing music takes a little tweaking, but it can be done. I'm using these with an older Elac 1010 60 watt subwoofer and it works great with these speakers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding clarity, detail and flat clean sound

2026-02-22    -Robbster

Eris Accent BT 4" Wood Grain (connected via USB): These are VERY nice monitors. I always prefer monitors for my office computer speakers for the flat, uncolored response, and that is what these deliver. These replaced a pair of Mackie bookshelf monitors that gave up the ghost on the left/passive channel. There is a beautiful level of presence, detail and clarity in both vocals and individual instruments on the Eris Accents that makes it feel like I'm listening to certain songs for the first time. Very nice, and considerably better than the Mackie's.Low end is solid all the way down to where it naturally cuts based on the driver dimensions and port resonance. Of course, the rest of the low end below this point is attenuated. Will eventually make this setup a 2.1 by adding the PreSonus 8" Sub to fill out the low end. In the meantime, I added +3db on the low end eq on the speaker which helps a bit but want to get back to that uncolored sound across the full spectrum.There is plenty of volume for my home office. Set my Windows volume to 50% then dialed in the mid-level of loudness that I desired via the speaker remote (remote is line of sight only), and this results in plenty of volume control via Windows alone.Connectivity options abound. Besides USB as my main source, I'll route my Echo out to the 3.5mm port, and connect my phone on BT.This amp is really clean through the USB connection, with absolute silence between tracks on Amazon Audio using the Ultra HD quality setting. This is another area in which the Mackies lacked.Overall very good monitors at a reasonable price.Highly recommended.

Nice

2026-01-27    -Amazon Customer

It works well with the drumset.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding clarity, detail and flat clean sound

2026-03-02    -Robbster

Eris Accent BT 4" Wood Grain (connected via USB): These are VERY nice monitors. I always prefer monitors for my office computer speakers for the flat, uncolored response, and that is what these deliver. These replaced a pair of Mackie bookshelf monitors that gave up the ghost on the left/passive channel. There is a beautiful level of presence, detail and clarity in both vocals and individual instruments on the Eris Accents that makes it feel like I'm listening to certain songs for the first time. Very nice, and considerably better than the Mackie's.Low end is solid all the way down to where it naturally cuts based on the driver dimensions and port resonance. Of course, the rest of the low end below this point is attenuated. Will eventually make this setup a 2.1 by adding the PreSonus 8" Sub to fill out the low end. In the meantime, I added +3db on the low end eq on the speaker which helps a bit but want to get back to that uncolored sound across the full spectrum.There is plenty of volume for my home office. Set my Windows volume to 50% then dialed in the mid-level of loudness that I desired via the speaker remote (remote is line of sight only), and this results in plenty of volume control via Windows alone.Connectivity options abound. Besides USB as my main source, I'll route my Echo out to the 3.5mm port, and connect my phone on BT.This amp is really clean through the USB connection, with absolute silence between tracks on Amazon Audio using the Ultra HD quality setting. This is another area in which the Mackies lacked.Overall very good monitors at a reasonable price.Highly recommended.