Monitor Audio MR series

[ear]

anyone heard of these?

 

[ear]

http://niomcom.sk/files/Brochures/MR%20Monitor%20Reference%202011%20brochure.pdf

Please take a Look Team. and get some for testing😛

 

[Frank Harvey]

Foreign market.

 

[scene]

Foreign market.

Agreed. They do look a lot like the BX's though...

EDIT: And the brochure does describe them as "an evolution of the BR series..."

 

[ear]

theory:for them not to sell them in the UK, they must be almost as good as the BX series.

 

[Frank Harvey]

They actually look very much like the old BR series. Same feet too.

 

[ear]

actually I like the look better than the BX range.must see if a store has them in stock.Hate the br5 sound, love the bx5 sound.not sure what to wait of these

 

[Clare Newsome]

I've asked Monitor Audio for comment....

 

[ear]

thanks Clare.I really dont expect them to say they are as good sounding as the BX range lol.but since they cganged the crossovers on the BR range...think that those made the entire difference on the BR to BX range.

 

[Paul.]

actually I like the look better than the BX range.must see if a store has them in stock.Hate the br5 sound, love the bx5 sound.not sure what to wait of these

I would struggle to tell the diference in a blind test. My BX centre blends pretty seamlessly with my BR5s

I would agree it apears to be the new drivers in the old cabinate design. The MR and BR series are all 6 ohm however, whereas the BX are all 8 ohm.

Edit: would the 6 ohm rating point to the older crossover you mention?

 

[Frank Harvey]

They're effectively a cheaper version of the Bronze BR range, and were for a 'less demanding market'. They won't sound as good as the BX's, and you won't see them in the UK 🙂

 

[ear]

cheaper version?

they are an upgraded version of the BR range

 

[Clare Newsome]

Response from Monitor Audio:

"David from Frank Harvey Hi-fi is quite correct. MR is a range that has been requested by certain export markets and is very similar in its material content to BR, which was produced from 2006-2010."

So, gold star to David 🙂

 

[ear]

that is what i thought at firts.But reading that info sheet,the upgrade they made on the crossovers could have aproximated them to the sound of the BX range.If not they are almost the same as the BR in sound?

 

[Frank Harvey]

8)

The MR range, being a cheaper version of the good old BR range, won't quite come up to the standards of the BR range. And as we know, the BX range is quite a step up from the BR's 🙂

 

[ear]

Ok.now im convinced lool