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Thread: Monitor Audio vs Mission vs Polk |
    
New member Username: Coolioo
Timisoara,
Timis
Romania
Post Number: 1
Registered: Apr-08
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 05:08 am: |
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Hello guys. I have recently aquired a new Onkyo 605 receiver. Now I would like to complete my HT setup by aquiring a 5.0 speaker set. A sub will be added later.
Unfortunately, because of my limited budget and because of the limited speaker availability to the merchant i'm limited at the following 3 speaker sets:
Monitor Audio set:
Fronts: BR 2
Sattelites: BR 1
Center: BR LCR
Mission set:
Fronts: Mission M34i
Sattelites: Mission M31i
Cener : Mission M32i
Polk Audio set:
Front :Monitor 50
Sattelites : Monitor 30
Center : CS1
Please note that I can't go to listen them because the merchant is at 200 km away.
Could someone please help me to decide which speaker set to buy?
Thanks,
Daniel |
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Silver Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 867
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 08:47 am: |
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Out of those three brands I would go for the Monitor Audio. They're truly in a whole different class than the Polk. I know nothing about Mission speakers, so I can't comment on those. |
New member Username: Coolioo
Timisoara,
Timis
Romania
Post Number: 2
Registered: Apr-08
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| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 12:26 pm: |
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Hello. Based on reviews from other forums as well , I will buy the MA set but with a B&W ASW 300 sub.
Thanks for your help. |
Silver Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 872
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 12:29 pm: |
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Good choice. Just make sure you check the return policy, so that you can return them if it turns out you really don't like them. |
Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10
Post Number: 1422
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 05:34 pm: |
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Good choice, Monitor Audio speakers are leaps and bounds better IMO than Polk(YUCK) and Mission speakers. |
Silver Member Username: Unbridled_id
Chicago
Usa
Post Number: 273
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 08:21 am: |
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Anyone hear the Monitor platinum’s yet? They look fantastic. |
Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10
Post Number: 1436
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 08:27 am: |
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No, but in the last What HiFi Magazine I got they claim that they set a whole new benchmark for speakers. The guy said they were amazing. |
New member Username: Rio203
Post Number: 1
Registered: Mar-08
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| Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 03:45 pm: |
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i have ma gs60's they are great speakers |
Silver Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 920
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 04:43 pm: |
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Very nice.
I'm jealous. |
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New member Username: Zenboy
Post Number: 2
Registered: May-08
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| Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10:50 am: |
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i was considering bookshelves in the same price range as the MA br2s. from the limited research i did, other suggestions in that range that i looked at were millenia m2 v2 and kef iq1. you may want to check out those options
i actually stretched my budget a little and picked up a pair of kef iq3's. they're en route at the moment  , but that's probably not much help. i think the MA's have a good reputation over at avs, though. |
