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Mackie CR3-X 3'' Multimedia Monitors (Pair)
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Your Price: $134.99 CDN
or from $20 CDN/mo
CR Series Creative Reference Multimedia Monitors offer studio-quality sound with cosmetics that compliment any desk whether you're making music, creating content, or just relaxing to your favourite tunes. CR3-X 3 monitors feature a sleek design with a brushed-metal panel and distinct outline. Convenient front panel headphone out and volume control make daily use easy. Flexible rear panel inputs include balanced 1/4" TRS, 1/8" Stereo, and RCA. High-quality cables are included in the box to get you up and running quickly. Upgrade your listening experience with Mackie CR3-X monitors.
Features
Signature CR Series Sound
• Professional studio-quality sound
• Perfect upgrade for your desktop speakers
• Great for home studios, content creators, gaming, listening to your favorite tunes, and more
Fresh Look
• Brushed metal front panel
• Distinct outlined design
Plug and Play
• Choose which side of your desk gets the volume knob with the convenient speaker placement switch
• Convenient front panel volume knob with on/off/volume control
• Front-facing headphone jack auto-defeats speaker output
• Flexible inputs - 1/4", 1/8, and RCA
Professional-grade components and design for optimized sonic performance
• 50 watts of clean, articulate stereo sound
• 3″ polypropylene-coated woofer
• .75″ ferrofluid-cooled silk-dome tweeter
• Specially designed waveguide delivers unmatched clarity and sound dispersion at all listening levels
• Custom-tuned rear ports for smooth, even bass extension
• All-wood cabinet provides a natural sonic character superior to low-grade plastic designs
Included accessories
• 1/8″ to stereo RCA cable to connect computer output to speakers
• 1/8″ to 1/8″ cable to connect a smartphone or media player
• Speaker-to-speaker cable
Features
Signature CR Series Sound
• Professional studio-quality sound
• Perfect upgrade for your desktop speakers
• Great for home studios, content creators, gaming, listening to your favorite tunes, and more
Fresh Look
• Brushed metal front panel
• Distinct outlined design
Plug and Play
• Choose which side of your desk gets the volume knob with the convenient speaker placement switch
• Convenient front panel volume knob with on/off/volume control
• Front-facing headphone jack auto-defeats speaker output
• Flexible inputs - 1/4", 1/8, and RCA
Professional-grade components and design for optimized sonic performance
• 50 watts of clean, articulate stereo sound
• 3″ polypropylene-coated woofer
• .75″ ferrofluid-cooled silk-dome tweeter
• Specially designed waveguide delivers unmatched clarity and sound dispersion at all listening levels
• Custom-tuned rear ports for smooth, even bass extension
• All-wood cabinet provides a natural sonic character superior to low-grade plastic designs
Included accessories
• 1/8″ to stereo RCA cable to connect computer output to speakers
• 1/8″ to 1/8″ cable to connect a smartphone or media player
• Speaker-to-speaker cable
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Great PC Speakers, not great "monitors" 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
I bought these just as affordable speakers for gaming / general use.
I'm happy with them overall. The biggest con is the bass is nuts on these, which is not good for monitors.
I absolutely would not use these for mixing / editing audio. I'd upgrade to a set of Rokit monitors for that, or switch to studio grade headphones.
Need an affordable set of PC speakers that are just "fine"? These are great.
Need Studio Monitors? Maybe invest a bit more money.
Posted by Lou on Mar 30, 2023
re-Too BASSY 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Posted by Brad Ketchen on Aug 31, 2022
Too Bassy 0 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Montréal, Quebec
I can't even get rid of mine on Kijiji for $80. Way too bass heavy, not good for mixing.
Posted by Cody on Jun 1, 2022
Great monitors for the price 0 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
I just started noodling around with home recording and bought these to use with my audio interface. I have to say I\'m very pleased with them; the sound is good (much better than my old USB speakers) even using unbalanced speaker cables, and build quality is good. I also love that the left/right speaker is switchable. Stealing my one complaint from one of the other reviewers, stop using Styrofoam for packing material; maybe the buyers at L&M can push back on the vendors about this?
Posted by bp66 on Nov 29, 2021
Great Prosumer Product 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
These are a wonderful prosumer level product. Sound is sold and clean, don't run the source level at 100% from the computer other wise you may get processor noise. The compact size fits nicely on my desk as multimedia speakers.
Frequency range is ok, given they are 3inches the bottom end is lacking but the mids and highs are there nicely and well balanced with plenty over overhead for when you really want to rock out.
Posted by Sean on Nov 14, 2021
Great Value 14 of 14 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Abbotsford, British Columbia
Pros:
- Right/left switch on the powered side.
- Sounds is well above my expectations for the price, on almost all of my usual audio testing songs.
- Good variety of inputs.
- Volume knob on front but also master power on front.
- Materials feel and quality is good. This was a fun unboxing, they feel more pricey than they actually are.
- Sound when using headphone throughput is good.
Cons:
- The green trim is cheesy on an otherwise good-looking package
- Background noise - I think people are getting more and more used to class D products that are silent and consume almost no power when there's no signal. Not the case with these. This is totally in line with the nature of the product as a utilitarian monitor, but this might be a thing to note if you're comparing against more consumer-oriented products.
- The only complaint I could make sound wise is in the low-end on particularly challenging tracks. Response only goes down to 70. Honestly you won't notice this much, I only noticed it in one of my testing tracks (Thievery Corp - Let The Chalice Blaze). This shouldn't be stated too strongly - for the price I'm impressed.
- Volume knob is one of those ones where you have to go all the way down to turn it off.
- Headphones don't go very loud - if you've got a high-impedence headphone coming through the speaker, you can expect to have the volume to max.
- Styrofoam used in packaging. Mackie, you can charge me $2 bucks more to use paper and stop manufacturing styrofoam. We all need speakers but we also want to take care of our planet.
Posted by anonymous on Jun 24, 2021
Sounds great 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Orleans, Ontario
Great neutral sound with good bass, they don't get too loud, but they can make you really uncomfortable at max volume while retaining quality. I use them as computer monitors to play games and mix music, but I wish I bought them earlier for gaming.
Posted by Alex on May 14, 2021
Home keyboard monitor 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Cobourg, Ontario
I was having trouble getting decent sound with my Roland keyboard at home with an amp I had purchased. Long and Mcquade recommended these and they are perfect for playing my keyboard at home. The sound is clear and accurate. There are no additional adjustments that can be made on the speakers themselves...no extra knobs for reverb, mid, low, high etc...but the sound is great and I can adjust all those things on my keyboard.
Posted by Linsey on Mar 16, 2021
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Because of this, Long & McQuade provides our customers with a FREE one-year Performance Warranty on most of our products. The Long & McQuade Performance Warranty supplements the manufacturer’s warranty to ensure that our customers receive complete “no hassle” warranty coverage within their first year.
How does the Long & McQuade Performance Warranty differ from most manufacturers' warranties?
- Performance Guarantee: Normal wear and tear is covered, so your product will be performing as well as the day you purchased it for the entire duration of the coverage. Band and Orchestral Performance Warranty does not include replacing pads or cleaning for woodwind instruments, unless deemed necessary by our repair staff. Ultrasonic cleaning for brass instruments will be provided if deemed necessary by our repair staff, but is not routinely offered under the Performance Warranty.
- Product Replacement: If your product cannot be fixed or costs too much to fix, we will replace it with the equivalent model for no additional charge. If this is not possible, a full refund will be provided.
- No Lemon Policy: Your product will be replaced should the same problem occur multiple times.
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- Accessory Coverage: Any peripheral devices or accessories that come with your product (i.e. foot pedal, case) are also covered.
- Commercial Use Coverage: Music and recording professionals who purchase gear for “heavy-use” commercial purposes will still be covered.
Long & McQuade reserves the right to restrict the purchase of additional years of Performance Warranty. Used products come with a 3-month Long & McQuade Performance Warranty. Some products (i.e. computers, software, cymbals and other items) are covered only by the manufacturer‘s warranty. Consumables (i.e. strings, reeds, drum sticks, batteries, tubes, cross faders) are excluded as they are designed to be replaced. Cosmetic Damage, Accidental Damage, or problems caused by Humidity or Temperature Issues are not covered. Speakers damaged by overpowering are generally not covered. Our coverage does not provide compensation for loss of use. As of June 2018 the Performance Warranty is no longer transferable. The warranty is only valid in Canada.
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- NEW products: 4% of the current new selling price to double the warranty from 1 year to 2 years. 4% for each additional year.
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| CR3-X 3'' Multimedia Monitors (Pair) | 727023 |
