Mordaunt Short 914 Floorstanding Speakers

Advantages: Sweet transparent sound, bi wireable, solidly built.
Disadvantages: None yet found !

...For several years I was a Tannoy fan - I just had to have that special "dual concentric" sound which is unique to Tannoy DC's. Since 1974, I have owned 3 different sets of Dual Concentric speakers, although I never aspired to the dizzy heights of a Westminster Gold setup (way too pricey !) However, when I upgraded from *just* a music system (CD, Tape, LP and Radio) to a full blown Home Cinema system, which needed a full blown 6.1 loudspeaker system - I had to admit defeat. The Tannoys had had their day, and it was time to move on. Decisions, decisions..... what to get..... ?? I visited several single room demo HiFi shops in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and other parts of the Midlands area. I took my time. When you are going to spend 400 to 500 quid on JUST a pair of speakers, you have to be totally sure. Most of these... Read review

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Advantages: Great Sound quality and volume, good looks, fine finish
Disadvantages: Need careful positioning and plugging to aviod bass domination, require a large room, can dominate aesthetically, need good cabling

...First a few details about my hifi set up so you ca see where I am writing from: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPEAKERS: Monitor audio S6s in the Rosemar finish (£599) CD PLAYER: Marantz CD6000se (~£300) AMP: NADc370 (£450) CABLES: Audioquest Jade interconnect (£40) and Chord Rumor 4 biwire cable (£20/m) ROOM: 3.5x5m, reasonably tall ceilings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Secondly a few details about the speakers themselves: - Power handling: 120w - Impedence: 91db - Height: 85cm - Finishes: Warm Beech Black Oak, Natural Oak or Rosemah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, the most important bit: what they are really like: I purched these speakers from Sevenoaks Hifi in Nottingham after listening to seveal pairs of floorstanders at around the £600 mark. They were tested wth... Read review

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Advantages: Looks, smoothness of bass, crispness of treble
Disadvantages: Look to nice to leave to grilles on all the time

...I can't begin to descirbe how much i like these speakers. The sound quality is incredibly clear. Very occasionally, older/lower quality recordings can sound a bit nasal, but this is not an issue. Everything from Led Zeppelin to Madonna is reproduced with almost frightening clarity and realism. These speakers sound incredibly open and warm, and are incredibly musical Bass is something that Mordaunt Short have always done very well. These speakers go down to 55Hz, although in-room this is far lower. The bass is very flexible, yet still dry. They can do the deep sine sweeps often found in music by bands like the chemical brothers, but a bass drum in music by the white stripes is reproduced with equal weight and drive The treble that comes from the aluminium dome tweeter is fantastically clean. It sounds very sharp for an acoustic... Read review

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