The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: From Budget to Immersive
The best new monitors for home and pro studios.
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In this post, we’re looking at some of the most innovative and best studio monitors released this year in different sizes and price ranges.
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More than ever, we are seeing compact studio monitors with extensive DSP-correction features for under $300 a pair, which is great news for home studio users. Meanwhile, if you are a pro user looking to configure your studio for immersive mixing, there is a range of options to take your studio to the next level.
The Best Studio Monitors of 2025
Overall, we found some really exciting options for content creators and musicians, while some manufacturers updated already-trusted studio monitors with a range of new pro features. Let’s take a look:
The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: KRK Kreate
In the affordable end of the studio monitor market, the KRK Kreate series has a range of options with features designed for musicians and content creators. Within the Kreate series, there are three different options, starting with an active/passive desktop system (Kreate 3) with 3-inch drivers and going up to an 8-inch studio monitor (Kreate 8).
Across the entire range, the monitors use rear-ported MDF enclosures with glass fibre aramid woofer cones and fabric dome tweeters. This gives the Kreate series monitors a good balance of power, dynamics, and a wide frequency range for dealing with any kind of audio material, from music to speech and sound effects used in video creation.
The Kreate series is also equipped with multipoint Bluetooth, so you can connect your laptop and smartphone simultaneously for a centralized solution. In addition, there are acoustic adjustment controls to boost or cut the highs and lows to compensate for any reflectivity or boundary issues in your listening space. Get it at Thomann.*
The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: HEDD A-CORE
In the current musical landscape, where DSP-driven studio monitors dominate the market across virtually every category, Heinz Electrodynamic Design has opted to move in a completely analogue direction with its most affordable series of speakers yet. In place of digital processing, the A-CORE series uses an advanced analogue filter board, allowing precise but natural tuning.
So far, there are two models in the A-CORE series, equipped with five and seven-inch honeycomb cone woofers and the Air Motion Transformer low-distortion tweeters, all built by hand in Berlin, Germany. Setting up the A-CORE speakers in your studio is decidedly simple, with an XLR combo port for balanced signals and an RCA input for unbalanced devices.
Despite its simplicity, you can still make acoustic adjustments of up to 6 dB with the built-in high and low shelving filters. This gives you the ability to compensate for any environmental interaction occurring in your studio. In addition, the A-CORE series can be used in vertical or horizontal configurations or mounted for the more precise positioning required in immersive setups. Get it at Thomann.*
The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: Eve Audio EXO
The EXO series evolves the Eve Audio range of studio monitors by combining the latest technology standards with innovative design for the best possible audio performance. With a newly developed high-frequency driver system, the EXO series uses Precision Air Motion tweeters that go up to 24 kHz and a GDC waveguide to maximise the dispersion range.
Within the EXO series are four models, including 4, 5, 6.5, and 8-inch options, with coated aluminium woofers for a more articulate low-end. Meanwhile, the accompanying EVE Control Software allows you to make precise adjustments both globally and to each individual monitor in your setup. This is made possible with Ethernet connectivity on the rear panel.
Besides the balanced XLR port and the unbalanced RCA input, there is S/PDIF I/O for up to 24-bit 192 kHz digital connections. Overall, the EXO series has been created to cater to immersive audio users with a wide range of configuration options and mounting capabilities. Get it at Thomann.*
The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: IK Multimedia iLoud Precision MKII
IK Multimedia has redesigned its flagship iLoud Precision series with a range of new performance features alongside the release of the new ARC X software, which provides acoustic correction and speaker modeling. The construction of the Precision MKII series speaker enclosures has been improved with reinforced internal bracing and damping, reducing resonances.
In addition, the high-frequency drivers have been upgraded with a higher rigidity graphene-reinforced tweeter design, offering lower distortion levels and increased detail. Meanwhile, the onboard DSP system now operates at a higher resolution of 96 kHz for more precise correction and speaker emulation.
With the ARC X software, the analysis of your studio space is now taken at three different height levels for more detailed 3D acoustic profiling. Overall, with easy mounting for immersive setups and over 20 speaker emulation models, the Precision MKII offers even more value. Get it at Thomann.*
The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: Neumann KH Subwoofers
Besides the RIME immersive headphone monitoring software, Neumann also added five new models to its studio subwoofer line, including options for immersive setups. The new KH series subs are built with wooden front-ported bass reflex cabinets, and each model features a 32-bit onboard DSP system.
At the base of this new range is the KH 805 II, with a 10-inch ELFF (Extremely Linear Force Factor) driver that offers a huge headroom extension compared to the previous model, with response down to 16 Hz. With similar performance specs, the model directly above this is the KH 810 II, and its AES67-equipped counterpart.
Designed for immersive systems, the KH 810 II provides multichannel D-Sub connectivity, while the AES67 model offers redundant audio network capabilities. Finally, the KH 870 II (and AES67 option) sits at the top of the range, with dual 10-inch drivers for ultra-precise low-end reproduction. Get it at Thomann.*
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3 responses to “The Best Studio Monitors of 2025: From Budget to Immersive”
It’d be great to list some monitors/screens for studio work as well.
Refresh rates, panels…
what about the Yamaha HS3? just bought a pair for 172 bucks and very impressed and no hiss.
Neumann KH-120II’s smoke these cheap boomboxes in terms of accuracy and detail.