My review of the Monitor Audio Silver 100. Truly outstanding. Imaging Champions for sure.
Thank you to Kevin at Skylabs Audio for loaning me the speakers to review. This is a special speaker. It can throw a huge and accurate image. It has a great overall sound but should be paired with warmer sounding gear.
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My review of the Monitor Audio Silver 100. Truly outstanding. Imaging Champions for sure. If you wish to join the channel and become a member please click here: https://www.youtube.com/@OldGuyHifi/membership
I need to hear the new ones. ????
The oldest speakers I have which have seen continuous use in my house, are Monitor Audio bipole/dipole surround speakers. Fantastic workhorses and I have never felt the need to replace them, despite all my other speakers changing around them.
They must be 25years old.
Nice, these need more exposure in the US
I've heard from a variety of sources that the Monitors pair very well with the Cambridge CXA81. Both Silver and Bronze series. I have the CXA 81 and I think my next speakers may well have to be Monitors.
Beautiful speaker, nice rundown! Well done sir. 🙂
I’m using the first gen CXA81 with Martin Logan Motion 60 towers and occasionally a pair of first gen B&W 606S stand mounts. Do you think these have a little less shoutiness to them than the B&W’s? I may be moving into a smaller space and am looking for a stand mount to replace the big floorstanders.
Great review.
These look great! Fun review and love how you ran through the pairings. Ed, truly, who would not enjoy your reviews? You deserve to be at 500K subs and WAY more. Thank you again, good sir! I'm always waiting for the next one!!!!
Great review Ed! Thanks to Kevin for lending them to you. Someday have to make the trip to meet Kevin and enjoy his store.
5K subscriptions is not very far. Congratulations on your success. ????
Another gem! Keep them coming. Thanks
Thanks for the review. I own the same speakers but in walnut. Got them 3 or 4 years ago for under $1k. Replaced an old pair of Icon Acoustics Lumen. Love the sound, very good imaging and soundstage for a bookshelf speaker. Agree with you, they are not that bright and less fatiguing in the midrange frequencies. I used to have them on a pair of Chicago stands but now they are on the bookshelf surrounded by books and LPs. Currently they are hooked to a Peachtree Nova 150, Marantz ND 8006 Network CD Player (CD/DAC/Streamer Combo) Denon DP- 62L Turntable With Shure V15 Type IV, Nakamichi BX 300 tape deck, and REL Tzero Mk III subwoofer. Although I was never a fan of subwoofers, the REL subwoofer which i think is the smallest in their lineup provides a level of detail never heard before and a tighter lower end. There is British youtuber who owns the newer version with two subwoofers and really likes them too. I listen mostly to Jazz in vinyl and CDs but stream quite a bit of jazz stations from all over. So far very pleased with the sound.
Ed thanks for the video. My current system allows me to just listen to the music although I’m always tinkering with the equipment. I have Rotel separates, preamp, amp and CD player streaming Qobuz with Bluesound Node 130. Arendal 1723 towers and a pair of SVS SB1000 Pro subs. Just ordered the Holo Audio Cyan 2 DAC to maximize my streaming. Hope you can review the DAC in the future. I Love my music. Love the journey as I move from a surround sound system to a 2 channel + music system. Rock on!
Ed, I have heard nothing but great things about Monitor speakers. My wife looked at all my speakers because we've been packing for our move and she found out that I have 30 speakers.I'm leaving the two fronts and two rears behind in the home theater for the new owner in the home theater room but I'm on speaker hold right now. LOL Great review!
Love these. Monitor Audio is making a lot of good moves. Q Acoustics is another one I like in this size speaker. Thumbs up to both Q and Monitor's sense of aesthetics.
Kevinnnnnnnn!
I got the 7G and love them. Bought them early this year as the first step into my "audiophile" journey. I hear things in songs that I've never heard before, even with headphones 🙂
Only gripe I got is that sometimes with pronounced snare drums I can hear the drum "ringing" a little more than I'd like to hear in a song.
I Love Thomas! He is relatable and intelligent. I love the way he includes his "audiophile buddies" in his reviews. Would really like to review the Galion….seems like a great value.
The Platinum range is really excellent for their UK price. I think that they are a great speaker for the whole family, across all genres, and, they really don't sweat anything at all. The bronze and silver ranges also are great in a surround sound set up. I have no affiliation to MA by the way, but have owned and heard them on many an occasion.
Thank you for this review, Mr Ed.
I have been an MA Bronze B4 floorstanders user for over 15 years now. While there were other speakers coming and going from the system, the B4s stayed for all this time.
Presently, they're driven by a WiiM Amp, and it's a very interesting experiment: not hi-end by any account, but a pleasure to listen to, really enjoyable sound, not extremely detailed but nothing to complain about either. WiiM has enough power for the big B4s, which was surprising to me.
I can see the Silver 100s getting very nice reviews, and they might be my next speaker purchase.
Sorry for a very long comment.
You are so honest. You create positive aur and vibe of your reviews. Amamzing. Thank you and I will follow you. Already acredited to your paid channel. Worth! Keep on going. I like your personality so much!!!
Thanks Ed! See ya soon =)
Great review of the speakers, but this review is shocking to me ????
Ed, nice job on the MA speakers. They sound interesting and worth having. Two out my 3 systems can make me stop and take notice. When I’m reading at night, I spend 3 or so hours reading. One system is a Rogue Sphinx 2 with Ladder Schumann DAC and MoFi SP8s. 2nd system is McIntosh C26/MC2002 Geshelli J2 with Sparkos and ADS L710s. Both are able to make me absolutely stop.
Great review sir. Getting close to 5000!
Hi ☕️????…these look very interesting ????
I'm curious how these would sound with tube amplification. I would love to hear a follow up review with the Monitor Audio Silver 100's with the Galion amplifier.
So glad your channel is doing well Ed. Remember us old timers who were watching at blow 500 subs. Thanks for another great review.
Do you recommend absorption for these at the first reflection points? I ask this because of the large mid-range driver being directional towards the top of its range handing off to the small tweeter that would normally boost 2K to 8K in the room. Some manufacturers create a wave guide for that but I respect their decisions not to, some wave guides color the sound and reduce soundstage size.