Monitor Audio Reviews 64

More outstanding customer service from Monitor Audio

A strange request from me about packaging for some speakers I own and the service has been great so far.

My first set of speakers were the MA Silver 100 7G, I upgraded to the MA Gold 100 5G with my Arcam set up.
Outstanding sound, bass is unbelievable, playing old vinyls back is a whole new experience.
One very happy customer and will sing the praises of these quality speakers and the bonus? The look fantastic in the piano black.

I bought a pair of MA Silver RS6 towers about 17 years ago for $1000 before prices went up. Powered by a warm sounding 225 watt a channel Carver TFM-24 playing records or FLAC files they are just stellar....very detailed treble...mids...and clean bass. Best imaging I ever had too great depth and width. Feed them lots of power the bass rewards you. Best speakers I ever had, I know prices are up a bit but these are real hifi speakers trust a musician!!

The Anthra W15 is a masterfully engineered subwoofer that delivers breathtakingly articulate, deep, and musical bass with such precision and control that it elevates the entire listening experience to a truly reference-level performance.

Subwoofer W10 Vestra arrived up yesterday. Primarily part of a home cinema set up alongside the SB4, 4 C180s & 2 on wall bronze surrounds driven through a Marantz cinema 50. This was an upgrade from my Sonus Beam, gen 2 Sub & two surrounds. I’m completely blown away, the Vestra W10 was the final part to be connected. I was already delighted hearing all the other kit and was particularly surprised with the base performance and would suggest if space and budget are an issue get the SB4 as a stand-alone, cracking soundbar.
The Sub took it way beyond my expectations. I’d been pretty happy with the Sonus but the Vestra eclipsed it completely. You feel it come up through the floor and grab your very soul.
Utterly amazing
I then played Come Together by The Beatles and knew I’d made a great decision. I use my Focal reference level Utopias headphones, huge on detail and separation, for the majority of my music consumption but now I’ll be going to my AV & monitor audio gear for sure.

I've enjoyed my Apex 5.1 package since 2010 with no issues until a couple of years ago when my sub encountered a problem. The technical team sold me a replacement amplifier to fit myself which unfortunately turned out to be faulty, so agreed to collect my sub and fit a new amplifier. It turns out this amplifier also had a problem, which I had put up with for a long period of time. Chris at Monitor Audio was a legend in helping to get the situation resolved. Thanks to Chris, my ears are alive again with the sound of music. Based on my experience, I would definitely recommend Monitor Audio, if not for the quality products, but for the after sales experience.

I have a Bronze 6g set of speakers 5.1.2. In September I purchased a further w10subwoofer but it has started emitting a white noise sound without input. I contacted MA and got through easily and spoke to Chris. he said I could either send it back or he could send send me a replacement amplifier module which is easy to replace. Excellent service.

I have been a Monitor Audio enthusiast for many years and have always rated their build quality and sound reproduction to be excellent. I have recently purchased a pair of MA Gold 200 speakers which arrived today. Having spent most of the afternoon trying them out I’m simply blown away with quality and excellence of everything about them. They are expensive BUT worth every penny and I know the sound quality will improve further as they are run in. Well done MA for achieving such excellence yet again. For the best sound across all genres in a domestic setting you will find them hard to beat!

My local Chicago dealer had Silver 100s to demo. I read great reviews on the 500 7Gs, and preferred towers. After purchasing the 500s and breaking in, the sound is amazing paired with a Marantz Model 30 Integrated and Node Icon. Also recently pulled old Sony turntable out of storage that also sounds marvelous. Huge upgrade and sounds close to live music for well mastered material. Very happy with MA Silver 500 7Gs, especially for the money. One tip from Stereophile Gold article, don't overnights the rear speaker tension bolts. Try just a 1/4 turn past when you feel them start to firm up. Opened up sound stage. Works for Silvers as well as Golds.

I’ve had a pair of Silver 6 towers for 12 years now and they’re running strong with no signs of wear, fading of the finish or any change in the frequency response. Paired to an NAD M33, they’re sublime.

I have 2 silver 500 7g speakers, 1 center silver c250 and four pcs silver 100 7g speakers. Sounds are very good, very detailed and powerful.
Only downside is some cosmetic issues on both of 500 7g models. There is a little gap around the line of tweeter and midrange section. Quality control must be more carefully.

Update: I have contacted to MA. They replied a few minutes later and gave me a solution for this. Thanks for their support.

The after sales service of this company is superb. I encountered a small problem with one of my twenty year old Monitor Bronze speakers. The company was both responsive and helpful and sorted me out with a vital spare part. Outstanding service. Well done Monitor Audio.

Brought monitor audio speakers back in the 90s love the finish clarity was excellent overall good sounding speakers ,decided to up grade all my gear last year brought the monitor 3.5g speakers wow what a difference unbelievable sound the depth and the grunt of the bottom end tops and midrange brilliant ,thing I like about it most you don’t have to drive them hard the sound is fabulous at low levels great job keep up the good work.

My association with MA speakers in Australia goes back a good 12 years or more to the Bronze B4's that I paired with a NAD 320 Bee and NAD CD player.Still playing a lovely clear warm sound.
The next venture in Home theatre uses the Bronze B5 Left right and centre with Bronze B2's as L/R surround,Bronze 100's as front height and Monitor 90's as rear heights for want of space in an Atmos set up.Lovely detailed sound in a small home theatre coupled to a REL T 5 sub and Yamaha RX 2080 Aventage amp.
The last was the main HiFi with Monitor Silver 2.5 way floor standers coupled to an SVS 200 sub and NAD 338 hybrid digital amp and NAD C568 CD player and Project Audio turntable.
I have been more than satisfied with the build quality,sound of each of the setups and the longevity that the systems have afforded me for a very modest outlay.

After years of listening to low budget speakers, I finally made my steps into mid-end audio. Always being fan of English speaker manufacturers, I knew that it could be the start of a long search. Well, it wasn't...
Pretty soon I came across Monitor Audio and felt for the Silver 500 7G.
I could write an extended review on them, but that would be hard for me, because English isn't my mother tongue. So getting technical and all that, would probably make no sense.
So I will be short. These speakers are simply amazing. At this price range, they deliver exactly the sound I was looking for, full of detail, lots of dynamic and pretty deep bass. They are incredibly well build and I think they look stunning in walnut finish.

I recently bought a set of monitor audio silver 300 floor standing speakers. I wasn't impressed by their performance; I only realised I had been listening to a cacophony of noise for many years.
The quality of the music they produced was stupefyingly good.
I dare to say that you have not listened to music until you have listened to it via a monitor audio speaker. I shudder to think how good music would sound in their higher end speakers.
The speakers themselves were worth more than the price I paid for them even as just lone standing pieces of art and craftsmanship. I never leave the grille on, and this showcases their stupendous beauty.
Monitor audio, I doff my hat. My ears are still tingling from being orgasmed too frequently. As for my heart, its strings have been pulled to continuously dance to the tones coming out from two polished boxes of pure magic.👏👏

Bought a sound bar. The sound quality was good but the longevity was poor. Failed about two months after the guarantee run out. Not very impressive for an expensive piece of equipment. Wouldn’t buy again or recommend.Bought a Dali - much better

I purchased 5.1 Monitor Audio Bronze and have been running the system for 5 years. My W10 sub recently stopped working. I called up customer service and they were fantastic, they sent out a new panel within 24 hours. I swapped it over myself. I would definitely buy their products in the future and recommend them to anyone looking for great audio

Had an issue with a ceiling speaker that I have had for a while, but contacted Monitor Audio and was assisted very quickly by Dan.

He was really helpful and although my speaker is now discontinued, he sent out a current equivelant as a replacement which arrived the following day and before Christmas!

Excellent customer service and one of the reasons I stick with Monitor Audio for my AV equipment.

great price on product & was delivered quickly.