Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Monitor Audio Silver 300 loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Digital Sources: Oppo BDP-103 universal BD player, Mac mini server running Windows 7, JRiver Media Center Version 23, build 84, Roon 1.3.
Preamplifier: Marantz AV8802A.
Power Amplifier: Bryston 9BST.
Loudspeakers: Monitor Audio Silver 8 & Silver 2.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Vodka (HDMI). Interconnect: Kubala-Sosna Anticipation (RCA) & Fascination (XLR). Speaker: Kubala-Sosna Anticipation & Fascination. AC: Kubala-Sosna Emotion.
Accessories: Environmental Potentials EP2450 power conditioner, Emotiva CMX-2, Precision AC Line Restoration & Common Mode Filter System.—Kalman Rubinson

COMMENTS

Ugly!

Submitted by Indydan on February 22, 2018 - 10:20pm

Ugliest tweeter grill ever!

Indydan

Submitted by Staxguy on February 23, 2018 - 4:53am

Any relation to Indy Audio Labs, creators of the lovely Aragon Iridium and 8008 Power Amplifiers, Indydan?

I kind of see your point with regards to the grill, but I don't mind it in the slightest, myself.

At $2,000.00 / pair, that's sort of (for me) a classic price point for Stereophile Class B, circa the Aragon heyday.

Heck, that's $400 less than the PSB Stratus Gold i, or the same price (MSP) as the original.

And speaking of Gold, what I find interesting is that Monitor Audio now, with their Silver range, use their traditional gold-plated tweeter.

A friend of mine still has his Monitor Audio MA1800 Gold Loudspeakers in his system, and they have a more tradition wire mesh protector...

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fa/ca/05/faca0582e144b4bf1074d3e05224a132--monitor-audio.jpg

Whereas the Gold (and Platinum) range now uses a ribbon style tweeter.

Something you might find in the warehouse if you're an Indiana Jones, Jones Soda, typo sort. :)

Nope

Submitted by Indydan on February 23, 2018 - 10:34pm

No relation to Indy audio labs.

I have to agree with you on

Submitted by Barrasman on May 7, 2018 - 6:47pm

I have to agree with you on this... At least they could have kept the same styling they used in the Silver 200 - but this pear shaped grill, going around the mid driver is really fugly!

@John Atkinson

Submitted by w1000i on February 23, 2018 - 4:22am

I like it alot and I hope they paint the midrange same color with similar grill.

@John Atkinson

The cumulative spectral-decay plot looks good, put I have a question about what make a speaker have a good spectral-decay and how that reflect the sound?

Beautiful products

Submitted by volvic on February 23, 2018 - 11:21am

I have heard some of their more expensive speakers and absolutely love them. I do hope their partnership with Roksan bears fruit because I think Roksan needs a better presence here in North America and maybe with Monitor Audio's nice lineup this can happen. Would love to get a Xerxes and a pair of MA speakers.