Venture Electronics Monk Plus
Price range: ₹ 799.00 through ₹ 1,249.00
The VE Monk Plus from Venture electronics is a closed-design set of earbuds housing a 15.4mm dynamic driver in plastic. Celebrated for producing a level of sound quality seldom found in the earbud category at an affordable price, they’ve taken the audio community by storm.
The sound signature is balanced, natural and engaging, with mids pleasingly warm and a smooth Treble. This harmonizes almost all genres and makes the VE Monk Plus a perfect earbud. The Monk uses its 15.4mm driver to produce a sound that is open, light and detailed.
The build quality also hits above the price, with strong and durable housings that are entirely made of plastic and a soft-touch, tangle-resistant cable that finishes in a straight 3.5-millimetre plug.
The VE Monk earbud offers an amazingly rich listening experience for those on a budget. The sound is balanced, it displays excellent details and has a big soundstage not common with some premium earbuds. Lighten your wallet and get ready to smile knowing that you got an awesome set of earbuds that sounds well above their price range.
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| Driver Type | Dynamic |
| Driver Size | 15.4mm |
| Frequency Response | 20 - 20000Hz |
| Impedance | 64Ω |
| Sensitivity | 116dB (1mW） |
| Plug | 3.5mm Stereo I-Shaped 24K Gold-Plated Plug |
| Cable | 1.2m OFC cable |
shahabudeen syed (verified owner) –
Best earbud under Rs. 4000
I got my monk a few days back and have spent some good amount of time with it. The earbuds came in well packed via FedEx, the delivery was very quick. opening the main package had some extra foam sets. The supplied foam is the only thing I disliked, it is super thin and cheap. The earbuds have decent build quality. The wires are thick and good. The connector comes with gold plating, you can use it with your phone without removing the case because the connector is super slim and doesn’t require extra space to be plugged in. Coming to the sound… it sounds full and has an impact. Bass and high extends well on both sides of the spectrum.. usually I use foam with a big cut in the centre for better sound. the bass is more than adequate the mid’s are punchier and the highs are super smooth without any harshness and peaks. Soundstage and separation are good too. These are 64 ohms earbuds so, make sure you have an amp or capable DAP to power these things.. they are truly amazing earbuds every Audiophile should own!!!
Rupam Datta (verified owner) –
Best Audiophile Earbud
My hats off to Venture Electronics for what they’ve achieved for the audio world. Frankly, they’ve changed everything, and this isn’t an overstatement. They’ve told everybody, including all the big boys (Sennheiser, AKG, etc.), quality HIGH FIDELITY sound can be delivered to the public for pennies. Sure, this is helped achieved by the absolute BARE BONES packaging and build quality. But nonetheless, it tends to blow people’s minds that such a product even exists, as it did mine.
What this product does right:
-The attempt at neutrality: even across the board audio representation. Nothing is recessed, nothing is artificially EQd to oblivion. Each frequency has a presence and is able to shine through without so much as touching a neighbouring one. This bullet point is not just a breath of fresh air, it’s a complete and utter anomaly for audio gear at or anywhere near this price point. Anything around this price is coloured (read: aggressively EQd to distract away from the horrid quality). Near-total neutrality here is something that is. Not. Found.
-Clarity. The sound has a presence and texture that are immensely detailed and articulate. Instruments can be analyzed.
-Spacing. For earbuds, the soundstage on these is stupidly wide. Instrument separation is stupid also. You don’t have width elements where everything scrunched together and jammed into a tiny ball. You can be “there” with the recording. These earbuds produce outstanding clarity and precision in combination with great resolution over the whole frequency range.
-Price. This doesn’t need to be explained. Who will give you audiophile-grade sound for the price of a medium size pizza!
What this product does wrong:
-Lack of sub-bass. Speaks for itself. Obviously very easily forgiven given the price.
-Ergonomics. Comfort is a major issue. You have vast numbers of people complaining about these being able to fit in their ear canals. These aren’t for tiny ears. One of my ear canals is particularly small and I can never get a totally true fit in it. Besides this, the plastic material is simply rough and uncomfortable. The foam pads help, but not by much. Why VE even toyed with the idea of earbuds is bizarre. There is a pretty good reason their existence has been so phased out over the past decade.
-Quality of foam pads. The foam pads included are of horrendous quality. They’re extremely difficult to attach and are hugely prone to tearing when engaged in this prolonged period of an attempt to attach. Most importantly, they are far more prone even still to FALL OFF and get lost. Just taking them out of my ear is nearly always guaranteed to rip one or both of them off. The solution is to be sure to never just take them out as you would with any other normal earphone; you need to be incredibly delicate and slow.
-Isolation and leakage. These are horrifically bad at letting in outside noise. Any slightly noisy environment will be letting in noise that will interfere with your listening. Sufficiently noisy environments will prevent isolation period, even when turning up to high volumes. Conversely, they also leak noise to the environment. Bad for listening in quiet spaces. But keeping them at a low volume doesn’t yield bad listening, at least.
To conclude, while I did indeed list off a string of noteworthy flaws, the price point negates every single one almost completely, save for the foam pad problems. The quality of the listening to price point ratio is simply too astonishingly high for any fault to properly distract.
Comparing with my newly acquired SoundMagic E10C, I find Monks to be better for my music taste which includes Trance, Instrumental, World Music as they provide a wide engaging enveloping soundstage which makes up for slight lack of bass. They are far more revealing than SoundMagic E10c. I don’t understand the hype behind the SM E10c on website reviews. Monk has better quality wire than SM E10c.
Monk wins ……
Suresh Vipperla (verified owner) –
Wonderful product
Best value for really audiophile-grade sound and wide soundstage. Simplify audiophile quality…Music has a tremendous emotional impact. All the instruments are clearly placed with a wide soundstage and it’s easy to follow each instrument and voices. The little nuances in the audio are clearly felt. AWESOME.
I have an AKG K720 pro but I keep coming back to this!!!
Krishnakanth Sasikumar (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Product is great for the price paid. Sounds excellent on budget mobile phones. Could be introductory to the world of audiophiles.
Delivery was a bit delayed than the estimated date.