305P MkII

There are newer products that we would usually recommend people over the Yamaha or JBL. For example the Kali Audio models: Kali Audio LP-6v2 (EAC review) ASR review of Yamaha HS5 EAC review of JBL 305P MkII ASR review of JBL 305P MkII

WiiM’s products are likely the way to go. And note, as you probably have seen, that they don’t otherwise have microphones for voice control — besides in their additional/optional remote controller. Also we would usually recommend at least WiiM Pro Plus, because it has better DAC than Mini or Pro. Bu

Speaking only from knowledge and not experience since I don't have the space/privacy to grab myself some nice big monitors, but I've gone down the rabbit hole of "ooo what shall I buy": KRK Rokits, HS8's, JBL 305P's, Adam T5V/T7V's and Kali LP6's seem to be what come up most in this kinda price rang

I found the jbl 305 poweredmonitors to be more fun than yamaha hs to use as portable party speakers. Got them for 175$ a pair used. Never heard krk rokit so can’t say, also I don’t dig the KRKs looks. However, in my home setup the jbls suck so i use my cambridge amp and ohm walsh speakers instead wh

The JBL 305P MkII (EAC review, ASR review) aren’t that good of a purchase, especially compared to Kali products. Besides many users report fairly high levels of background hiss with them. And Edifier products are far from Kali or JBL quality. The newer Edifier MR3 might be worth considering, but not

Generally yes, though it's not like there's a huge difference between the two in terms of sound. Though I've learned that the JBL 305P MkII emit an audible hiss when they're running, so if you're sensitive to that then I would go with the Mackie MR524 instead as they don't have this issue.