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He, I'm a British ex patriot living in the mountains of North Carolina. I have been looking in to speakers for a couple of days now and I really do like, tight slammy bass and good bass extension which I know is always a big ask from bookshelf speakers and even lower cost towers. I also like high resolution mids and lows and like to be able to discern the wave forms in the electronic music and neo progressive rock music I prefer. I get this on my basement office desk as I use a pair of Polk RT35s as near field monitors to listen to vinyl (Audio Lab 8000a, Technics SL1200 mk5, and Denon DL110 MC Cart). Previously I had an old pair of JBL HSL810s, besides having large 8" woofers I found them unexiting and blew one up demoing a synthesizer's bottom end (Brrraaawwwaawwaawaawaaa crack eh oh).
I am wanting another pair for the media room/space, to connect to a hifi for Vinyl playing but also to do double duty on a 7.1 surround sound system. It its music performace I'm concerned with, with movies as long as I can hear most frequencies I'm not bothered.
I have seen that the 2020 Monitor Audio Bronze 100 (6th generation) have sub 40hz specs, as do the new 2021 Monitor Audio 100 Silvers (7th generation). The problem is that the new MA 7G Silvers are over ~$13000, where as the Bronze can be had for ~ $500.
I decided on these because I have a hatred of dedicated sub woofers. In my experience, they are always out of time and boomy sounding, having little resolution, with the only benefit being dropping low. As I live in the mountains my nearest large city of about 65 miles away and I do not even know is any stockists tha carry Monitor Audio in the mountains of North Carolina. I live in the woods and have no neighbours near by to annoy.
My first question is, are the new Silvers $800 dollars better than the Bronze?
Secondly, the prior Silver 6th generation MA 100's can be had for around $600-700 but the specs on the low frequencies are around 40-42hz.
I am wanting another pair for the media room/space, to connect to a hifi for Vinyl playing but also to do double duty on a 7.1 surround sound system. It its music performace I'm concerned with, with movies as long as I can hear most frequencies I'm not bothered.
I have seen that the 2020 Monitor Audio Bronze 100 (6th generation) have sub 40hz specs, as do the new 2021 Monitor Audio 100 Silvers (7th generation). The problem is that the new MA 7G Silvers are over ~$13000, where as the Bronze can be had for ~ $500.
I decided on these because I have a hatred of dedicated sub woofers. In my experience, they are always out of time and boomy sounding, having little resolution, with the only benefit being dropping low. As I live in the mountains my nearest large city of about 65 miles away and I do not even know is any stockists tha carry Monitor Audio in the mountains of North Carolina. I live in the woods and have no neighbours near by to annoy.
My first question is, are the new Silvers $800 dollars better than the Bronze?
Secondly, the prior Silver 6th generation MA 100's can be had for around $600-700 but the specs on the low frequencies are around 40-42hz.