Status, October 2026: current. Pioneer DJ still lists the VM-50 in black and, as the VM-50-W, in white.
What it is
The VM-50 is a 5-inch active monitor speaker from Pioneer DJ, the smallest of the three-model VM Series alongside the VM-70 and VM-80. The series was announced at the end of March 2021, with the speakers in shops from early April (DJ TechTools). Pioneer DJ pitches it both for recreating a club sound when DJing and for a flat response when producing.
It is a bi-amped two-way bass-reflex design with a 5.25-inch aramid fibre woofer and a 1-inch soft dome tweeter on a constant-directivity horn. Class D amplification with 96 kHz DSP gives 30 W to each driver. Pioneer DJ lists a frequency range of 40 Hz to 36 kHz and a maximum SPL of 107 dB. The hexagonal front baffle is 4 mm aluminium, and the bass port on the back has ribs that Pioneer DJ calls the Vortex Bass Accelerator.
Two four-position knobs on the rear set the DSP voicing. Low EQ chooses Room 1 (a bass cut for placement near a wall), Flat, Room 2 or Club Bass, and High EQ chooses Room 1, Flat, Room 2 or Bright Treble, for 16 combinations. Inputs are a balanced XLR/TRS combo and an unbalanced RCA, which are mixed together if both are connected.
It measures 198 x 300 x 256 mm and weighs 5.5 kg, and the manual asks for 15 cm of space above, behind and to each side. Each box holds one speaker, a power cord, a sheet of four bottom cushions, a precautions sheet and the manual; a stereo pair means two boxes, and signal cables are extra.