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Emlyn wrote: »

I like Monitor speakers for what they are but they wouldn't be my choice to own. They're known to be bright sounding because of the composition of the driver materials. A little unusual for a company with British heritage. Some Focal speakers are similar in the tweeter sound but to my ears better in the midrange and bass because of the cone materials they choose.

Dan, I'm guessing you'll be going lighter on the paint colors? Those white speakers stand out way more than the black ones than I was expecting. But I do think they'd blend in to the eye better with the black speakers removed from the view.

We are going with more earth tones , browns , tans , whites , Rock colors etc. The back wall which is currently Blue will be Acoustic Wood panels. They will go up 8 or 9 feet on the wall and then the left over wall above 8 or 9 feet will be painted a shade of tan , brown or some shade of off white.

We are getting new rug , but the hallway to the right will have hardwood flooring to go from the Kitchen to the back bedrooms which runs across the front door and the Family Room.

This is an example picture of what's to come.

Took out the Focal center

Replaced it with the Monitor

Removed the Focal Floor standers


Replaced them with the Bronze 300 7g's



Front Shot
Be PROUD Phil , I got the SPL 1200 working, it's in the right front of the room where one of my DD10 Plus was. Working just fine now.

Hello everyone,

So I decided since in a few months, we are gutting the Family Room and the colors and decor is all going to change. I'm this time incorporating Acousitcs and big Black speakers are not going to look right.

So White speakers it is and I have been selling and installing Monitor audio for a very long time and this is a brand I knew at some point I was going to bring into my homes. I took home a pair of Bronze 50 7g's for the Office, I made a thread about them and the more I listened, I decided what the hell, lets try out the rest of the line in my home. You can install them in peoples home and get an idea how good or bad they are but in your room, with your equipment, you get a deeper sense IF what you like elsewhere follows you home.

Well I got the 5 floor level system. I got the Bronze 300 7g Floor standers , the Bronze 7g Center and to round it off , the Bronze 7g wall's, which I haven't hung yet, that's going to require some work as I still have my Definitve Technology Mythos 10's back there. Killer speakers to be honest and the Mythos line has been a speaker I have a hard time moving away from. I had to pick up a front 3 of Focals and just take them out to stop using them.

Now I have the Montiors and I'm tickled. This time I didn't go up the ladder, I actually went entry level. I wanted to know if at the ground level can Montior excite me as the Silvers, the Golds have many times as well honestly the Bronze has always had my eye because they should NOT sound this good for this kind of money . Makes absolutely no sense. I feel like the days of discovering the OG Playstation made one hell of a CD player.

I'm not going to review them yet as they are still very new to me and don't even have 100 hours on them , but I gotta admit, out of the box , the first song I listened to they took me. Dazzled me and they shouldn't but they do.

I'll post some pics , Once I get the Walls hung and get a full calibration I'll speak of them again.