Monster speakers???

ND13
ND13 Posts: 7,601
edited July 2005 in Speakers
Fry's has an ad in today's paper for an Onkyo TX-SR702B receiver with Monster THX Select 5.1 speaker system. First off, I never knew Monster made speakers. Secondly the price for this setup is friggin' nuts, $6999. Yes, $6999, not $699.99, but 7 large guys and gals. And it only comes with a consumer grade Onkyo. What gives with these speaks? Why is Monster so proud of these?
"SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2005
    ...and they charge $4 for a little tin of breath mints "formulated by the Head Monster". eff em
    Never Forget
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited July 2005
    I've been to Fry's and seen these, of course I didn't listen to them but they are quite large compared to the rest of Fry's selection.

    hah i saw those tin mints....I like altoids tangerine sours...!

    They melt in Houston heat...in the car...is where i keep them....so eat them fast!

    Chris
    Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR502-S
    DVD Player: Pioneer DV-578A-S
    Left and Right: R50
    Center: CS1
    Rear Center: R15
    Surrounds: R30
    Subwoofer: 10'' Dayton 100 Watt
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited July 2005
    A few weeks ago...

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=540297&highlight=Monster+speakers

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
    edited July 2005
    I looked at the monster web site for these and all the accessories.
    How does a speaker stand get "THX" certified? Write a big enough check, and they'll certify "THX" listening chairs!
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • lomic
    lomic Posts: 407
    edited July 2005
    I wonder if any wealthy "audiophile" has ever paid to get a THX Cert for their ears.
    Dodd Audio ELP [ Tubes ] // Harman Kardon AVR330 // Parasound HCA-1203A // Denon DVD-2900
    Polk Audio LSi9, LSiC, LSi 7 // HSU STF-2 // Signal Cable Interconnects (SG BW/A2/MP)
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by sucks2beme
    I looked at the monster web site for these and all the accessories.
    How does a speaker stand get "THX" certified? Write a big enough check, and they'll certify "THX" listening chairs!

    Depending on the level of THX certification, it requires a certain level of response from a handful or more of very thorough tests. Its not a simple "THX, please put your logo on our stuff for all these bags of money".
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited July 2005
    A good move for Monster to use their brand identity to penetrate the consumer speaker market. One problem though -- they should price them accordingly!!! Maybe $1999. And don't bundle the freakin' speakers with a receiver. Instead, throw in some speaker cables, dammit.

    Nice looking speakers, though. I'll bet they're as bright as the sun. Unless I overlooked it, they don't provide a frequency response in their specs. Hmmm.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited July 2005
    That roundish subwoofer... looks like those things you put your feet on...

    In another view...it looks like a space age portajon. The black part slides out to remove the crap.

    But they do look nice though.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2005
    Monster Cable is the new Bose.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited July 2005
    Another website for monster speakers, they have their new M-Design brand. Seems just a tad overkill, 56 drivers and 7ft tall? Reminds me of the new yamaha "Digital Sound Projector"

    http://www.mdesignlife.com/

    I especially love the action couch, $6000 for a leather couch with 4 transducers and a amp. You could get 4 buttkickers the amp, and a nice leather couch for less then half that amount. Ohwell.

    Jared
    The Basement HT
    PC Rig
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited July 2005
    I heard a brief A/B test, not at reference level vs. LSI 15s, CSI5 and FXi5s. The source was the Incredibles. They are pretty, but didn't knock me over.

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited July 2005
    Did any one notice the lack of specs on those line arrays?
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Monster Cable is the new Bose.

    it's sure looking that way.
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

    "People working at Polk Audio must sit around the office and just laugh their balls off reading many of these comments." -Lush
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited July 2005
    Yeah....I want 7' speakers with 56 drivers in my house (layin' on the sarcasm here).....are they serious??

    Pfft...
    Receiver: harmankardon AVR235
    Mains: polk R30
    Center: polk CSi3
    Rear Surrounds: polk R20
    Subwoofer: polk PSW404
    DVD: Panasonic DVD-S29
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    I'll bet they can't compete with a 15 yr old set of $1200 SDAs.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Ron Temple
    A few weeks ago...

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=540297&highlight=Monster+speakers

    Thanks for the link Ron. That definetly made me LOL.

    HBomb
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited July 2005
    amulford,

    Try looking at some of the manuals, quite a laugh. I looked at the manual for their $5000 godfather sub, and under specs was only weight and dimensions. The first page of the manual was a ad for monster power, the manual was a total 4 pages in adobe reader, probably 8 in total, with very sparse info. Assuming it is 8 pages, out of those 8 only 3.5 are actual info, since the last page half of it is more monster power stuff. I would personally be very upset if I paid $5000 for a sub just to be bombarded with advertising like this.

    Jared
    The Basement HT
    PC Rig
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited July 2005
    Right, that's the whole point. Just like the other marketing hype, you won't find that information. It's not a trade secret, but quite possibly the specs are so sad that anyone with the slightest clue would laugh at them.

    They aren't aimed at the knowledgable market in any case. These are more geared to the "look what I got" crowd.

    Those that don't know, don't know, that they don't know.....:rolleyes:
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by amulford
    Did any one notice the lack of specs on those line arrays?

    Specifications:
    Model: MD CEN SLT7200
    Dimensions: 72" H X 8.5" W X 9.5" D
    Weight: Approximately 53 pounds each
    Configuration: Sold in pairs
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    They kind of remind me of those Theater Research/Digital Research crap that's all over the internet and Ebay. They look nice from a distance, but.........
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited July 2005
    Wow, this is sad-the amount of milking Monster does. But hey, Id love to be the person making this crap-imagine the sheer amount f money they generate. How much could it possibly be to make the crap they sell?
    God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited July 2005
    Did anybody try the new Monster brand tooth paste? They say it's suppose to enahance the overall character of your voice giving guys a good low end response and nice highs for women. Their mouth wash is suppose to raise your spl by at least 3db. I hear it's THX certified.

    Seriously guys, we sholdn't get so angry at Monster. Instead we should be happy because we're smart enough to not get suckered into their crap. Oh btw, is it just me or is Monster and Lucasfilm sleeping together? They sure love those THX logos on their gear.

    Maurice
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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited July 2005
    I have actually got a chance to hear these.

    My grandparents have more money than they know what to do with and they fall victim to every marketing ploy that is out there... :(
    I think in there house right now they have 3 bose wave radios, a bose acoustimass system in the family room, and now the complete monster speaker package in there new "media room"

    How do they sound, well they are not bad in a matter of speaking. From what i found, they sound very similar to klipsch. Way to bright for me, almost to the point where i could not really reach the room blasting levels that i like to play music at when i really get into it because the highs really scratched my ears.

    The monitors did not go very deep themselves but then that is probably because thx spec states the xover to be at 80hz, so i guess they really dont need to go much below that. They began to lose volume at about 60hz....... kind of suprising for two 7" mid-bass drivers. The imaging was really good on the monitors though, i found myself constantly checking to make sure the center channel was not on when i was testing 2-channel performance of the rig.

    The sub was good, well actually it was pretty nice but no where near the 1,200 price tag they had on it.... but then i guess it would not be a monster product if it was not ridicously marked up. The sub played clean down to about 29hz then started to drop out.... it was not audible (by the spl meter) by 22hz. The bass put out by it was really punchy and musical but only going down to 29hz is kinda wimping out in my book.

    So in the end it was not really my sound but not bad by a longshot, the whole setup kicks the crap out of the other bose equipment in the house but almost anything will. I think it would be a decent buy if the price was not so high. They should market it as an htib, then people that insist on getting the htib's would actually have something kind of decent.
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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited July 2005
    I Liked the Monster Brand toothpaste....... really helped clean up my imaging
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited July 2005
    I'm glad the setup isn't as bad as a Bose setup but still... dayum, that much?
    Originally posted by BrentMcGhee
    The sub was good, well actually it was pretty nice but no where near the 1,200 price tag they had on it.... but then i guess it would not be a monster product if it was not ridicously marked up. The sub played clean down to about 29hz then started to drop out.... it was not audible (by the spl meter) by 22hz. The bass put out by it was really punchy and musical but only going down to 29hz is kinda wimping out in my book.

    Interesting hearing that, 29 Hz for a $1,200. I've noticed once the price tag get that high the question isn't, "how close to 20 Hz can you get?", but rather, "how far into the infrasonics can your sub go?"
    Oh well, I think us guys get spoiled by honest-to-god companies like Polk who actually care for their customers...
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  • PolkFreak
    PolkFreak Posts: 91
    edited July 2005
    If your couch can hold 500++ pounds it should get the THX logo because it can hold a genuine couch potato that watches too much TV.
    :D
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