Advantages: *AMAZING* Clarity, Depth and Soundstage, Compact! Disadvantages: May have trouble filling larger rooms
and ready to go at home.
I always loved listening to my Rock music through my Sennheiser headphones, as they managed to give the music exactly as it should sound - None added, none taken away.
Deep, juicy lows and crisp, sharp highs are what make the Sennheiser headphones the article of choice when it comes to a relaxing music session - But what if I wanted Green Day at loud, floorshaking volumes? The headphones would distort, and my ancient Wharfedale speakers certainly were not up to the job. They quake in their boots at the Windows XP Logon sound, let alone an hour of continuous, devastatingly loud Punk Rock!
So do the MonitorAudio Bronze B1's keep music as it was recorded? Thankfully, the answer is yes. It really does sound as if my room has been teleported to a live concert if I crank up a live recording of a good concert!
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I own a Musical Fidelity a3.5 Amp & Cd player and decided to upgrade my speakers to get the most out of my system.
I went to Super-fi and Sevenoaks to hear what they had.
I was immediately frawn to the MonitorAudio delection by these little speakers, but when i saw the price tag of £800 i thought they were overprices, especially seeing as they are only bookshelves.
after tyring out some B&W 603 speakers i felt a little disapointed by the lack of detail and crisp-ness of hi-hat reproduction.
I chose one of my favourite songs Nickelback - Someday as the song i would use to test all the different speakers.
It is important that you use the same kit that you have when trying out speakers, because the amp, cd player, interconnects, speaker cables and mains cable can make a differnece.
i have QED silver spiral interconnects ...
Advantages: Great for jazz, folk, unplugged instruments, vocals Disadvantages: Not great for overdriven rock, big-band jazz
I bought myself a pair of RS6's for audio (not home theater). Upstream elements are a Cyrus 6s CD player and the Cyrus 8vs2 integrated amplifier. Let me say upfront that I have a peculiar room shape and the speakers have only done 30 hrs.
First impressions are that they sound very good with lighter recordings i.e. jazz quartets / quintets; acoustic blues and folk; vocals. The output is natural, revealing revealing and detailed.
However I was less than impressed for heavier recordings of rock and jazz. I find the highs a bit bright and the lows not well defined. I hear bass notes a bit too loose and lines blurry. Both main and inter connect cables are Cyrus. The speakers are bi-amped. Let's hope 200 hrs of break in works. ...
