Monster Clarity HD Model One High Definition Multi-Media Speaker 2013 - Red

Quirky trapezoid vintage (ish) 100w speakers - only working pair with cables for sale online . These guys are pretty close to monitors , light weight and easy on cabling . 1 Active and 1 passive , connected using included 8-Pin DIN . Clean highs and mids , occasionally inconsistent bass - bottoms at 50hz. Cable inputs stable.

a review from 2021

"I can't find anything to criticize about the performance of these speakers. I'm actually getting a headache over that conclusion, because as I mentioned at the beginning of this review, I had never expected this sort of refined sound quality from Monster. I certainly did not expect a pair of speakers that could play flat, loud without distortion, and with perfect clarity. I did not expect the extraordinary and almost hallucinatory imaging, which brought singers right into my room, creating the illusion of an actual orchestra in a concert hall behind my speakers. The Beatles classic "I Am the Walrus" twisted time and space in a most unusual way. I've had them for about a week now, and I've made it through a number of my favorite songs several times. I'm left with no choice but to rate the Clarity HD One as a significant upgrade to my system's overall sound quality."

Monster made Beats by Dre lol

Press release from the time:

The Monster ClarityHD Model One is engineered and meticulously voiced to maximize the audio quality of today's digital music, with a clear focus on articulation, intelligibility, accuracy, dynamics, and realistic soundstaging.

The high performance loudspeaker redefined: Clarity HD delivers the kind of big sound you wouldn't expect from a bookshelf speaker. In addition to the built-in iPod dock, the auxiliary mini-jack input allows the Model One to integrate seamlessly with all smartphones, MP3 players and computers. Use the RCA inputs for audio or video components. Musicians can connect to the balanced 1/4 inch TRS inputs to use the Model One with recording gear, mixers and DJ gear without the need for stacks of amplifiers and preamps.

As lifestyles changed, audio got lost in the shuffle: How we listen to music has changed. Thanks to portable, digital music players like the iPod, we no longer dedicate a room to music listening that's built around stacks of high fidelity audio gear. Now we're carrying our music collections in our pockets as CDs begin to disappear. Meanwhile, lossy digital audio formats like MP3 sacrifice quality for smaller file size.

Clarity HD, the Name Speaks for Itself: The Clarity HD Model One is voiced for high resolution playback of digital audio files, so it reproduces all genres of music with amazing fidelity. It handles the vital crossover function entirely in the digital domain. This results in an incredibly smooth octave to octave balance with zero signal degradation. Whether it's an orchestra exploding from a quiet interlude to a thunderous roar or a high-decibel rocker taking it down to a whisper to bare his soul, Clarity HD reveals the full dynamic range of your music.

Clarity HD takes the great audio experience to new heights. Centered on your iPhone, iPod or any digital music player, it is uniquely voiced to reproduce your device's digital media at its highest resolution.