Incredibly well done video. It takes decades of experience in the hobby to be able to bring this kind of perspective to a speaker review. Thanks Tarun!

Tarun, I would like to commend you on your video presentation skills, I thoroughly enjoy your videos, even when I sometimes only understand 65-85% of the subject matter. I love the clean structure of your videos, the clarity of your voice and the 'no-frills' approach, all while keeping a warm but professional atmosphere at all times. You see, I am not an Audiophile, but I do appreciate great sounding music and the challenges it creates to get to that best sound possible. I just do it on a very tight budget, with 80's / 90's equipment which I maintain and service mostly myself. Thanks, Lee UK

Your videos have superb educational content.

Great review. Monitor Audio have always hold their own in the market for quality build and musical reproduction like the other similar renowned brands. But choosing is about firstly auditioning with your own set up before purchasing. Keep up the great work Tarun 👍

Hi Tarun, your reviews are always spot on. IMO you have the right criteria for selecting the most interesting models on the market, and gave very detailed reviews. Wonderful! I wish that you could do a review of a speaker that I have been very curious: the Dali Rubicon 2… that I believe that was very recently replaced by the Rubicore 2.

Great review as always. Like a Friday up load 😀

Excellent review! I enjoyed this one. Thanks Tarun 👍🏻

Very nice. Great detail and nuance. I still own a pair of GS60 that are not bright at all. A little dark even maybe. I later realized I love the sound of “bigger” boxes.

Absolutely love the styling

Tarun, Really do enjoy your clear, well delivered, personable, and highly informative reviews! Every Saturday morning, on our front porch, cup of coffee…learn so much and then dream of partnering equipment 😂 Exquisite presentation, every single time 🙏🏼

Congratulations on scoring a launch model, Tarun. As usual a very thorough job on the review. I love the thought of small stand mount speakers making a plucky attempt at filling a room with realistic sound. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find a pair that satisfies my need for an effortless bass and hence I gravitate to floorstanders in the end. This is true even in my small listening space. It just takes more effort to find the right match to the room. I’ve loved all of my Monitor Audio speakers and they’re my go to when helping budding audiophiles choose a first system. A pair of Bronze BX2 or 2 with a NAD amp is a classic combo.

Thanks for another great review! As for your question: Love my Kef R7 Metas with UniQ drivers. Superb soundstage and imaging. Keep up the good work 👏

Appreciated this quality review Tarun, as this is a speaker I could buy from my local dealer (and there is only one dealer in my small city).

After my years of testing I currently favor Transmission Line speakers due to the more realistic bass response and lack of bloat in the mid bass.

Superb review.

Nice review Tarun. I think I'd miss the bottom end too much to choose these speakers. I've tried the KEF LS 50 META and even with a sub I felt that there was something was missing compared to my Paradigm Studio 20 V4's.

I was looking at those online just the other day in fact. The brand has an excellent reputation, I have no direct experience with them myself. I blamed you directly for my getting the Quad Revela in my review :)

Another Stellar review Tarun🤩 learning a new technology I never heard before. Wondering how are You getting along with those Stack audio isolators underneath you source components?🎼

Hi Tarun,i found a great offer for a Mission ZX-3 speakers and it was an impulse buy becose my wide and i liked the looks. They are also MTM design and i have never ever had a speaker that disappears like that,even for 4x the price,so they stayed and we are very happy with them

Good review Tarun, good looking speaker. I tend to favour sealed box (IB) or transmission line ones. I find that reflex ones tend to get One note bass on longer term listening. Maybe it’s just me. Thank you for your review. Cheers😊

Good stuff Tarun. Never heard D'appolito speaker design before. Cool. Unsurprisingly they seem to share several characteristics with the MA Platinums. Also interesting, most of your nitpicks with the 89 appear to be addressed with the Platinums, as you'd hope at over double the price (full juicy but controlled bass, midrange weight and palpability). Terrific review.

So very appreciated.

Thanks for this Tarun, another well crafted review offering your usual high insight. With regards to your ' Tell me what designs you like in the comments', I always had a soft spot for a good transmission line design - I lived for a while with some American 'Meadowlark Swifts' for a few years which had a beguiling sound. I'm also a fan of AMT designs - I heard some pretty awful metal tweeters in the past that had me looking for other solutions and the quick transient response of a good AMT has always produced good results when I've heard it. It's perhaps no surprise then that I settled with Wharfdale's Elysian 3 speakers, with a fine AMT design, three way (I prefer crossover to not be happening in the vocal range) , and large floor standing design (I prefer to let the air be loaded in my room and stand mounts have never really done that for me without subs). Everything I've always enjoyed about Wharfdale's sound, taken to the next level. Unless I win the lottery, this part of my Hi Fi is now finalised and not changing. Though I'm not interested in ever buying more speakers, it doesnt mean I'm not interested in whats coming to market and I appreciate the insight to these designs you bring. PS. I know you wouldn't be the first, but a 'reader's system' post every now and again would be a nice addition to the channel and help people feel like they are in 'ABA's community. People love to share their systems and we all like to be a little nosy, so it's a win :)

Until a few years ago, I had always had 2 or 2.5 way speakers. Now I have 3 way floorstanders and this would always be my choice moving forward (room size permitting). I have 3 way Monitor Audio Silvers at the moment. I am sure that you don't want to turn your channel into a Monitor Audio advert Tarun, but if you like the Silver 100's so much, I would hazard a guess that you might be suitably impressed by their 3 way Silver 300 or 500, although based on the size of your listening room, the smaller 300 might be better than the 500, as the 500 could prove overbearing in the lower octaves. Keep up the good work!

Love transmission line speakers for the depth of bass and instrument-like tambour!

Interesting review Tarun. I remember auditioning Monitor Audio speakers before I purchased my first pair of (British) B&Ws. Thought the Monitors were very bright, apparently that's no longer the case. As to speaker design, it's so room dependent. 3-way floor standers can fill up a big room, but one needs to sit a fair way from them. In my small room, small stand mounts, with coaxial drivers work really well. Especially augmented with a sub. Horses for course, eh?

After trying rhodium plated connectors on my speaker wires I was really disappointed...they took some emotion out of the music. I now use them only on powercords but never again in the audio signal path. Great review 😊

Hi Tarun, that was a great review, as usual. Personally I am not worried these speakers can not do heavy metal. More important is that you know it so you can make informed decisions. There is actually a case to be made that if you only listen to one type of music, it is better to take a speaker design that caters only for that genre. What makes speakers often so expensive is that they have to cater for a wide mix of music in many different acoustic settings. That is why I am not "married" to one speaker design, though I do like full range drivers a lot, where ever you stick them in :)

Hi Tarun. I really appreciate Monitor Audio speakers. They tend to be very suitable to my sonic preferences and they are excellent value for money. I’m currently running some Monitor Audio RS6’s with my Willsenton R8 and they are a match made in heaven 🎵🎶 These new speakers look beautiful but the thing that struck me most about your review is just how versatile the Hegel amp is. It seems to be a great match for most of the equipment you partner it with. I heard Hegel 600 with Amphion speakers at the North West Audio Show recently and was very impressed with the synergy between them. Have a great weekend Tarun. C’mon England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽️

The search for a really good speaker continues. My Triangle Magallen can stay, they are really good after all. But is convinced that The British audiophile will soon come up with a solution for the next step of the journey. Thanks!

Great informative and educational For me anyway forgive the question if it’s been asked before have you ever reviewed any Kef speakers thinking mainly of perhaps the LS 50 Meta I realise they are probably the most reviewed and Hyped speakers of recent years but would like to hear your take on them

Again well done Tarun,giving us your experience and perspective.I think tonality is the more important thing in sound signature!In this way I think it would be great you reviewing the Harbeth P3ESR !!!

Nice review. I’m surprised that you don’t put the frequency response on the screen.

Hi, Tarun, I'm writing from the U.S. to say thanks for another great review. Also, not to be a troll, but you mispoke (a rarity!) when you referred to the "premium parts" in the rossover, when you referred to "iron core inductors...apart from the...one on the midwoofers." I think you obviously meant high quality air-core inductors, apart from the iron-core inductor on the larger drivers. Just picking nits (there's one in every crowd, eh?). Again, thanks for the stellar job, as usual.

I have the Q-Acoustic concept 50’s towers and they are MTM. I absolutely love them.

Hey, Tarun. Another great review, as always! What do you reckon the chances are of you obtaining some Audio Physic Step 35’s? Been intrigued by these for a little while, but not heard them and would love to hear your thoughts! Chris

For me always coaxial designs like KEF or TAD etc. are the most interesting because of the symmetric radiation pattern. Would love to see this Monitor Audios on the Klippel scanner from Erins Audio Corner, and see if they act the same like most mtm Center speakers, he has a very interesting older video about that too. Thanks for the nice review, would love to see a easy inroom fr measurement of them to see if the treble is to hot for me or not :) greetings

i tend to go for MTM and sealed, then i get a small speaker footprint only a bit taller. woofers then do not have to be large and i add subwoofers. i just need my main speakers to do 150hz and above, almost like a midrange.

Because of having a awkward listening space, I love a seal boxed design, like an LS3/5A, base extension might be limited, but a well designed sub woofer will fix that’

I've always been a sucker for transmission line speakers since hearing IMF TLS80s many years ago. I've never been able to afford a pair - my B&W P4s are an interpretation that I'm happy with until I can afford something like the PMC twenty5 23i. Small footprint floorstanders are a must with my listening room.

I think I like speakers that aren’t led by the tweeter. I use Canton Vento 7 1st edition which are tall with the tweeter below the mid and I listen in a chair where I can see the top panel if I sit erect. Other speakers I’ve had I want to rake them back to achieve this. I don’t think I’d buy speakers made in China but my amp is a Dodge 10b (China) 30 watts in class A and my Turntable Technics 1500C Malaysia, isono feet and achromat. CD player is Denon DCD A100 Japan. You do thorough reviews and know what you’re talking about. Well done.

l've been living with the Studio 1G for a few years, and the description of the 89s not coping with dynamics and busy tracks when pushed, convinces me that the 89s have similar crossover caps and resistors. I recently swapped out the 1G caps,and resistors,,this transformed the 1Gs, reducing this dynamic restraints mentioned.

nice job as usual......

Have you ever found that stacking disconnected speakers behind your in-use speakers can absorb quite a bit of the sound energy in the room? I ask simply because when I did this once to demo a set I had for sale, I lost the sale due to very weak bass & dynamics compared to when the stacked speakers were shorted at the terminals and placed as far away as possible. Great video as always - nice blend of technical coverage and opinion!

These would do well with Rhythmic Audio subs. The subs play well up to 200hz. Just find a way to high pass the mains at 200 and you are set.

I prefer open baffle speakers. At the moment, I am using a Lii Song Audio Fast 15 (inch) full range driver in a 1 and 1/2 thick Cherry baffle made by Caintuck Audio. It is also close to 100 db efficient. I am driving them with a 2 watt amp. I no longer have box resonance coloring the bass. It is quick, tuneful and has great dynamics.

Hmmm , I might need these , nice review

I don't think I gravitate towards a certain design. I like concentric designs, and single driver speakers, but I also like ribbon tweeters and panel speakers a lot. In my experience budget and space are the deciding factors. Especially space is key, I found out.

Such nice speakers. Doesn't seem we would be running Wagner, Holst, Underworld, or Gorgon City through these though. (But in a smaller room might be fun to try) Small jazz groups and string quartets might work. Thanks for the review Tarun 🙂

After all these years, I'm still waiting with bated breath for Tarun to review the speakers I bought.

Tarun, you're killing me! I need everything you review and I can't afford it! LOL At the age of 67 I'm buying a new house, (STUPID) and my lower level listening room is well over twice the size of my current one and even though it is in a basement it has nine foot ceilings. I am going to need some power upgrades. I will have to swap out my beloved Marantz 2220b with my Harman Kardon 3370. 70w vs 20w. I am eagerly awaiting your garage sale! LOL

I tend to like transmission line speakers the sense of scale and body they bring to the music is addictive

To be fair they look amazing... I assumed they were going to be 4-6k! My Revel F35's are meant to have "drip down" tech from higher end speakers in the Revel range which is all good with me if its true!! :)

Have to. admit I do not watch many presentations such as this but in this case I find the British Audiophile rather entertaining. Say that in a good way..BTW ..just wondering if any reviews of the old British Castle Acoustics line have ever turned up ..would love to hear his opinions of such.

I'm a big fan of wide band/full range drivers in sealed cabinets, paired with subwoofers. A multi-driver speaker will tend to have a flatter frequency response. A full range driver will be much better in the time domain. The human ear is very sensitive to even slight variation in timing but not all that sensitive to variations in relative loudness. A full range driver will also have a much more even room response as there won't be big dips in the reflections due to cancellation between the drivers. Getting rid of the crossover completely is the best way to avoid the crossover components smearing and colouring the sound. Full range driver speakers have a coherence that is rare with multi driver speakers. The only limitation I've found is that they don't play as loud but as mine can play much louder than I ever want this is a moot point.

Great review. One thing… M.P.D. is an initialism rather than an acronym.

Against all audiophile grain, my favourite speaker (and subsequently design I suppose) is the Celestion Ditton 551. A big chipboard box speaker with a big woofer and offset mid & tweeter. Imaging? Ok I suppose. Soundstage though? Completely boundary defining. All about fun but still pretty clear and revealing.

true.a 6 inch add on would really make it a super 3 way.

I like a 1st order crossover (for coherent phasing) and below 2kHz (to allow the tweeter to control the entire vocal midrange).

In general I like closed box designs over ported

What speakers up market that you have reviewed have similar or better timing characteristics than the Monitor Studios? Thank you.

Arendal 1723 s towers are Mtm with extra low freq drivers !

Had I a suitable listening space, an open baffle speaker would be my choice. Had I both the money and the listening space, the IQ Qualio Ultra Open Baffle Speaker would be my hands down choice. As it is what it is, I'm living happily with my Neat Acoustics Motive SX3 bookshelves coupled with my Totem Acoustics Kin Sub 8 subwoofer.

Curious what you crossed them over at to the sub. Some suggest crossing speakers over as low as possible while others are quite happy at 80 or 90hz. Surely, a quality sub can perform above 40 or 50 hz,

I can get the older Studio for &599 a set in white not sure if I should get them.

Another beautiful bedtime story, thanks for including English measurements (from USA) 😂

Think because Monitor Audio have amalgamated with Roksan, the likes of the Roksan Caspian or Blak would suit them well, especially with a touch of smoothness from Roksan amps

Wondering how they compare with the Golds for a similar price.

Hey Tarun, to make your listening sessions more enjoyable and more accurate at the same time you should get rid of your large reflection point at the front left of the room. Also, moving your kit out of the corner of the room will really help your hifi sing. It’s basic physics. Good luck on your hifi journeys 🔊 🎶

I was waiting for the Proac 1C comparison. What happened to the Proacs as I am becoming a little concerned.

Hello. Anyone here has any experience with Wharfedale Elysian 2, or 4, or Arendal 1723 speakers? I am thinking between those.

Fascinating design . Monitor Audio has put considerable resources into the mechanical construction of the new design - through bolts etc.

So this is the new version of speakers nobody was talking about:) Curious if there is a real sound difference between these and the old, "non-89" ones.

Add a dedicated woofer into the design and you'll have me hooked.

nice vid MT, as usual totally absorbing comments.

The crossover you showed uses polyester film caps., NOT polypropylene capacitors like you stated. My Bronze 100 speakers also use polyester caps. So obviously MA is using these lesser grade capacitors to meet a price point and satisfy their "bean counters".

this would be close to perfect for me if it only were closed box, that should make it half as deep and add more dampening inside, and lower cost a bit. if you need subwoofer then port are only a drawback.

They look so good. One should not be seduced by the appearance of a speaker but it does count.

I just heard Dali Rubicore 6 at the Berlin HiFi Klubben showroom. 5000 Euros, yes. But, checks all the boxes. Mind blown.

I couldve sworn ive seen this model before but grey. Reviews were so-so. Didnt sound as well as others in the same price. Needed a lot of power. Nice video.

5:09 -- I think that's not enitrely correct as the Arendal 1723 monitors and floor standers are MTM with 8 inch woofers.

Thanks Tarun..No threat to my Zus. If you like the dog bone styling I would imagine they have a high WAF. Wife Acceptance Factor.

Imo deapolito isn't really "needed" with good speaker design; monitor audio does this themselves pairing a small midrange very close to the tweeter, and using larger woofers for bass. Of course when wanting to make a slim speaker like this then it sort of comes naturally . Such designs have also been used with larger woofers; i have such speakers.

Thank you For this review Can you tell me the settings from the rel volume and crossover Thank you

I've been subscribed for about a year now, and have started watching these videos religiously. A lot of Tarun's commentary goes over my head, but there's a growing amount that doesn't. Ultimately, watching one of these videos is an experience for me that's as equally mystifying as it is informative, and that makes for something incredibly gratifying! Tarun, you've sung the praises of the Cambridge Audio AXA35. What about the AXR100? That's what I've owned for the last 5 years - and I'd love to know your thoughts.

Single point source speakers rocks. Preferably British and if it has prestige in the name probably offers best bang for the pound.

I need 8 ohm, 90db+ sensitivity as I am driving 11 speakers.

Do they worth the asking price? The asking price is 10 times more than original Monitor Studio 15.

I thought I wanted ribbon, AMT or electrostatic tweeters, because I am a sucker for detail in the treble. But listening brought me to concentric drivers. That is because I found the different driver techniques not blending in enough. I found myself listening to the individual drivers, distracting me from musicality. It brought me to the likes of Kef, Tannoy and the like. Ended up with Fyne F501. Conventional tweeter, mildly horned. But I should upgrade the crossovers to get more detail.

I love atm’s in a floor standing 3 way design although critical in placement and can be hot in treble

I like 3 way designs most.

Many still believe you can’t beat paper drivers.

Could be cool to do a review on Dynbaudio speakers wich i love I bought the Heritage specials and havent looked back I was a long term owner of MA speakers From the bronze series to the gold 100 Really really liked them but yes Put on some volume and they do turn bright My sugden A21se is a delight with those Heritage specials It was also a good match wwith MA speakers also God i love AUDIO :D Great review btw like always !! oh i forgot i just bought a HIFI ROSE 250 , i had the NAD 658 and the rose is fantastic compared to the NAD Cheers !!

Listened to several MA speakers but just cant get on with them..initially impressive but doest take long for them to start sounding too hard/brittle for my ears

A white version would have been fantastic

If it was the 80s again you would probably have your own TV show by now. Kind of like Top Gear for hifi, only without the Jeremy Clarkson factor.

When you put '-itus' on the end of a word you know things are serious

American V 8 baby .. there’s no Replacement for Displacement!!:).. Cheers, USA USA USA :).. sorry we’re happy lot !

Oh, you're using Philips. Luvly.

American V 8 baby .. there’s no Replacement for Displacement!!:).. Cheers, USA USA USA :).. sorry we’re happy lot