Monitor Audio bronze B2

I use them since June 2006

The pros: low full authority, treble beautiful natural mediums, precision, quality construction, excellent integration, versatility, good dynamics.

The -: expressive nature but rather sober. faithful to the amplifier.

In this price range, I would do exactly the same choice.

RMS Power: 100W
Frequency response: 42 Hz-22 kHz
Sensitivity: 90dB/1W/1m
Impedance: 6 ohms
Dimensions (WxHxD) 35 x 18.5 x 25 cm
Weight: 13.5 kg

"This speaker combines elegance and performance to bring you complete satisfaction with each listen to your records. It has a speakerphone sharp metal dome C-CAM, very effective in restoring high-frequency without ever being aggressive. Based on a sturdy, well made, the Bronze B2 provide a record of major well-structured, which can never be disturbed by the micro-vibrations of the cabinet. Very popular with the press, and B2 are pregnant classic look but well designed and acoustic undeniable virtues. "

Judgement "what hifi" Rating 5 / 5
"There is no concern about the look or manufacturing. A quick look at the B2 would suggest they cost more. The bass-reflex port is located at the front of the casing, they are in fact more for some mild positioning. You can place them against a wall or in an open space, that will not change much.
Expressive and honest nature allows the music to spread freely, and their dynamics to measure the wealth of all types of music. The low frequencies are full of punch and add a real sense of sonic scale and depth recordings. The pieces are made with much about. "

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision (03/2005)
"A low-bodied and well controlled, expressive midrange, treble warm and sharp ... These speakers so impressed by their performance by their formatting, and their ability to have a good record in all circumstances predispose them to the use in home theater. "

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision (03/2005)
Library speakers B2 have won the Super Test What Hi-Fi speakers in this price range.

Essential HiFi and Home Cinema (04/2004)
"Despite their size, these speakers are enormously powerful. We've hooked from the first listen. They show performance particularly precise, with a quality of producing no unwanted resonance. Wore out listening to believe that these speakers were not given, yet it is not. The Hi-Fi system would make it more of a shame given its price / quality ratio. it all ... "

I bought this monitor one month ago. I wanted to replace my quad 11L.
Views rave reviews from the press it should.
What a disappointment! A serious authoritarian? It is where the subwoofer reproduces by small Quad (though less on paper). It is where the medium? The warm voice of Stacey Kent, transformed into ice by the BR2. But the disappointment did not stop there. We go to electro, to see. The BR2 serious lack of punch! And it does not go down that much!
I met many music fans disappointed by Monitor Audio. While the definition is good (although this is being discussed). But it lacks some dynamics and musicality. The jury reviewed Were objectives. It's hard to believe. I tried them on various amp (NAD SANSUI ..) and nothing rings. I have sold as dry.