Bought these to supplement my other speakers, and thought I would use them to adjust volumes in the mix and as a reference.
First impression when opening the box, was that it was very annoying and unnecessary to not include power cables for the speakers. As I didn't have any spare ones, I would need to use the ones meant for my other speakers.
That put aside, after trying them out for a while, I feel they give a quite good impression of what's happening in the midrange. They appeared quite neutral and nice sounding, although obviously lacking bass.
After getting extra power cables I used the Auratones as a reference when mixing two songs. First I thought they could be a useful tool, but very soon I started to feel like switching back and forth between the monitors just gave me ear fatigue and that the Auratones didn't give me any information I couldn't get from the rest of my setup.
I also thought it was annoying the speakers don't have any gain or eq adjustment.
So, considering they are not cheap, I decided to return them.
They look good though, and I'm sure they could feel right for many others, just not for me. We all have personal references when it comes to speakers, so it's good that it's possible to try them out and return them to Thomann if they don't feel right.
