Nice measurements today from Soundstage hifi…someone get Amir the 100 7g
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Monitor Audio Silver 500 7g
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Stereophile also recently measured it:
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Get to see the tweeter ringing (breaking up) like crazy around ~25kHz.
Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G loudspeaker Measurements
Sidebar 3: Measurements I measured the Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G's farfield behavior with DRA Labs' MLSSA system, an Earthworks microphone preamplifier, and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone. I used an Earthworks QTC-40 mike, with its small ¼"-diameter capsule, to measure the nearfield...
www.stereophile.com
Get to see the tweeter ringing (breaking up) like crazy around ~25kHz.
Yep, already mentioned on Silver 100 6G thread.
Exceptional performance.
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The 50 as well :
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I'm also quite impatient to see a complete Spin for the 100/200/300 7G.
Exceptional performance.So did Hi-Fi News :
Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G Loudspeaker Lab Report
Lab Report Measured at the average listening height (just below the C-CAM tweeter) the '7G' Silver 500's response is remarkably flat and even [see Graph 1, below] with an exceptionally low ±1.0dB error from 200Hz-15kHz, the –9dB/24kHz treble dip increasing this to ±3.8dB across the wider...
www.hifinews.com
The 50 as well :
Monitor Audio Silver 50 7G Loudspeaker Lab Report
Lab Report Just like the larger Silver 500 '7G' [HFN Aug '21] the latest Silver 50's response is remarkably flat and even [see Graph 1, below] with a low ±1.7dB error from 200Hz-15kHz, tightening-up to ±1.0dB from 600Hz-9kHz. The –6dB (re 10kHz) HF response limit of 23.2kHz is defined by the...
www.hifinews.com
I'm also quite impatient to see a complete Spin for the 100/200/300 7G.
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Late to the party I see… oh wellYep, already mentioned on Silver 100 6G thread.
So did Hi-Fi News :
Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G Loudspeaker Lab Report
Lab Report Measured at the average listening height (just below the C-CAM tweeter) the '7G' Silver 500's response is remarkably flat and even [see Graph 1, below] with an exceptionally low ±1.0dB error from 200Hz-15kHz, the –9dB/24kHz treble dip increasing this to ±3.8dB across the wider...
The 50 as well :
Monitor Audio Silver 50 7G Loudspeaker Lab Report
Lab Report Just like the larger Silver 500 '7G' [HFN Aug '21] the latest Silver 50's response is remarkably flat and even [see Graph 1, below] with a low ±1.7dB error from 200Hz-15kHz, tightening-up to ±1.0dB from 600Hz-9kHz. The –6dB (re 10kHz) HF response limit of 23.2kHz is defined by the...
I'm also quite impatient to see a complete Spin for the 100/200/300 7G.
Would love to see if the center channel performs well. That would be a nice find.
I listened to these today. Underwhelming acutally. Might have been the room, but side by side was also the Gold 300, on same electronics and same song, roughly the same volume. Much more enganging. Better soundstage, was just a better speaker in reproducing what it would have been to be there live. Sadly twice as expensive, but there are better speakers in the price range of the Silver 500. Wharfedale Linton Heritage are cheaper and gave me a better listening experience.
I bought these along with the center channel. Flat to 27 Hz in my (very large) room. Maybe a touch on the bright side, but I am really enjoying them. They were the only non-gloss, black oak 3-way passive speaker with highish sensitivity (88 db +) and a 3-way matching center that I could find and had any kind of objective measurements.
I have a pair. Same black oak finish that matches my Polk psw505 subwoofer. They NEED time to break in. I'm probably at 80 hours now. I run them biamped, 400 watts per speaker combined in an apt. living room/kitchen area. Really don't need to use the sub 85% of the time. Every component I play through this system sounds good, but well recorded media sounds GREAT. They have a horn like accuracy that catches every detail upstream. Not Klipsch like; but more pro monitor for home use like? Best speakers I've ever owned.
ANOTHER pleasant surprise for me has been the set of Silver 1 bookshelf speakers that I found about the same time that I use in the bedroom system.
They have a similar linearity, accuracy AND need for break in as the 500s. They are in such good condition when I got they they were probably never used much or properly run in. They also have opened up very nicely with use. I doubt most of the original reviewers of the Silver 1s ever gave them the break in time they seem to need either. With a dash of Canton AS-65SC 6'5" sub in the corner they are KILLER.
Main System;
Schitt Freya+ with RCA/Tung Sol NOS tubes; UREI 6500 Amplifier; Sony TA-N55ES Amplifer; Shiitt Gungnir MB A2 Dac; HP Probook 4540s i7 Audio Optimized Laptop; Thorens TD-125II TT/Mani 2 preamp; Sony PS-X75 TT/Park Budgie preamp; Sony TC-K777 Cassette; Yamaha T-85 Tuner.
Bedroom System;
Kenwood DA-9010 Digital Integrated Amplifier; DP-8010 CD player; KT-3300 Tuner; Pro-Ject Debut Carbon USB TT; Nakamichi BX-150 Cassette; JVC-XL M401 CD Changer
ANOTHER pleasant surprise for me has been the set of Silver 1 bookshelf speakers that I found about the same time that I use in the bedroom system.
They have a similar linearity, accuracy AND need for break in as the 500s. They are in such good condition when I got they they were probably never used much or properly run in. They also have opened up very nicely with use. I doubt most of the original reviewers of the Silver 1s ever gave them the break in time they seem to need either. With a dash of Canton AS-65SC 6'5" sub in the corner they are KILLER.
Main System;
Schitt Freya+ with RCA/Tung Sol NOS tubes; UREI 6500 Amplifier; Sony TA-N55ES Amplifer; Shiitt Gungnir MB A2 Dac; HP Probook 4540s i7 Audio Optimized Laptop; Thorens TD-125II TT/Mani 2 preamp; Sony PS-X75 TT/Park Budgie preamp; Sony TC-K777 Cassette; Yamaha T-85 Tuner.
Bedroom System;
Kenwood DA-9010 Digital Integrated Amplifier; DP-8010 CD player; KT-3300 Tuner; Pro-Ject Debut Carbon USB TT; Nakamichi BX-150 Cassette; JVC-XL M401 CD Changer
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Welcome.
I hope you are aware to what kind of forum you have signed up to ;-)
Most people here know that both “break in” and (passive) “biamping” are a audiophile myths which have been scientifically disproven many times over. Secondly any perceived differences in sound for eg biamping, breakin are a product of listeners bias / perceptional bias which every human exhibits. Thirdly differences in sound can only really proven by controlled listening tests (ABX).
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Half the fun of this hobby is testing different configurations of the same equipment over time to determine the best sound to your ears.
You really don't think I would post in this forum without personally trying enough amp configurations, cables, wires, dacs, cd players, and speakers used and new, to know for sure what I said is true. I'm not trying to change the mind of anyone who believes otherwise, just relating my experience with the Monitor Audio speakers in my systems.
You really don't think I would post in this forum without personally trying enough amp configurations, cables, wires, dacs, cd players, and speakers used and new, to know for sure what I said is true. I'm not trying to change the mind of anyone who believes otherwise, just relating my experience with the Monitor Audio speakers in my systems.
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I listened to the Silver 500's recently and I like.
tuga
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Stereophile also recently measured it:
Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G loudspeaker Measurements
Sidebar 3: Measurements I measured the Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G's farfield behavior with DRA Labs' MLSSA system, an Earthworks microphone preamplifier, and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone. I used an Earthworks QTC-40 mike, with its small ¼"-diameter capsule, to measure the nearfield...
Get to see the tweeter ringing (breaking up) like crazy around ~25kHz.
It's still much better than that of the appalling JBL HDI series tweeter (which rings at ~20kHz):
Monitor Audio 500 7G
https://www.hifinews.com/content/monitor-audio-silver-500-7g-loudspeaker-lab-report
JBL HDI 3800
https://www.hifinews.com/content/jbl-hdi-3800-loudspeaker-lab-report
I would take the result from the Klippel on the JBL not perfect but far away from hifinews measurement.It's still much better than that of the appalling JBL HDI series tweeter (which rings at ~20kHz):
Monitor Audio 500 7G
https://www.hifinews.com/content/monitor-audio-silver-500-7g-loudspeaker-lab-report
JBL HDI 3800
https://www.hifinews.com/content/jbl-hdi-3800-loudspeaker-lab-report
Measurements for speaker JBL HDI-3800
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tuga
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I would take the result from the Klippel on the JBL not perfect but far away from hifinews measurement.
Measurements for speaker JBL HDI-3800
That Klippel plot is crippled, though. Makes the HDI look a lot nicer than it is.
Measuring speaker response only up to 20kHz is dumb.
tuga
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The MA 500 7G also looks great up to 20kHz:
https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/i...&catid=77:loudspeaker-measurements&Itemid=153
https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/i...&catid=77:loudspeaker-measurements&Itemid=153
tuga
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The midrange on this speaker is tiny and crossed very high at around 800Hz.
For classical music that is a sensitive area of the spectrum to cross drivers.
I wonder if the are any upsides to this other than easier integration in terms of directivity (improved IMD performance?).
For classical music that is a sensitive area of the spectrum to cross drivers.
I wonder if the are any upsides to this other than easier integration in terms of directivity (improved IMD performance?).
Thanks. Been lurking here for years so i get it!"True" from a bias perspective, no doubt.
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I have been auditioning the Silver 500 7G and actually made the mistake of listening to the Gold 300 and 200 as well. The Silver was pretty impressive. The Gold 300 ribbon tweeter really is pretty amazing. I am going back again tomorrow to do some more listening. I would really love the Gold, but I was impressed how the Silver held its own. I actually was impressed as the Silver bass seemed a tad tighter and more impactful. But then the highs on the Gold were phenomenal. After hearing the silky smooth Gold tweeter the Silver highs were a tad bright/harsh, but that is only because I had just heard the Golds. Ironically I prefer the Gold highs and the Silver lows. If only they had a Silver with the ribbon for say $1K more and cal, it a Silver 700 and I am in.
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