Originally Posted by
Pharos
I came across a lot of M A s on ebay yesterday, some bronzes.
I have had a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze BR2 speakers sat in a cupboard for about a year or so.
I bought a Marantz PM7003 amp from someone to use with some P3 -ESRs that I wanted to use in the office, they were advertised with the amp and a CD7000 or something, I made an offer on the amp only and the seller said fine, and when I went and grabbed them he said you can have the cd player and the speakers anyway. OK cheers.
Gave CD player to someone and shoved the speakers in a cupboard.
Anyway, long story short, I pulled them out the other day as I was selling my Spendors and waiting for the new Spendors to arrive.
They are are seriously impressive.
They go down low, they are well balanced, they are refined and only start to loose it a bit in the upper mids when played pretty damned loud, but they sound seriously impressive.
I have had loads of speakers in that room over the last 3 or so years, many at 10x the price or more, since I moved away from the Meridian DSPs and these little MA BR2s that retailed at under £300 I think, are some of the best.
To be honest I am gutted I didn't try them sooner!
I would now like to hear their gold range with the ribbons.
Sitting Room - Volumio- Tidal - Raspberry Pi with Khadas Tone Board - Marantz PM7003 - Spendor S6e + Rel Strata.
TV Room - Arcam Solo Movie + Mission 752s + Mission 75c + Rel Strata.