Monster speakers???

HiPerf360
HiPerf360 Posts: 436
edited January 2008 in Speakers
Has anybody seen these?

I was in my local Ultimate Electronics the other day and saw them breifly in a dark display room.

I didnt listen to them with any music but they sounded good with a movie playing.

They are a very good looking speaker, but that is all I know...

I am not a fan of Monster Cable but i was very suprised at the MSRP listed on the site.

http://www.monstercable.com/thx/speakers.asp
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2008
    I didn't even know they made speakers. I don't know what they mean by THX Select certified? Sounds suspiciously like marketing language, IMHO.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    THX certified speaker stands? LOL!
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    LOL is right at the stands. Amazing what marketing words can do!
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited January 2008
    I saw some at Fry's when I went to try to grab a pair of LSi15s. They looked like really big B&W speakers with those yellow/gold drivers. Looked decent, but didn't listen to any.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited January 2008
    Listened to a set of them at the Ultimate Electronics in Denver when I bought my Sunfire sub.....freakin' incredible!!
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2008
    Here you go:

    http://www.avrev.com/equip/monster_thx_speaker/
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Here you go:

    http://www.avrev.com/equip/monster_thx_speaker/

    I heard that they blow away the Adagios, but are no match for the Gallo's....:)
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    edited January 2008
    I went to the Frys store in Plano Texas and auditioned the Monster Speakers they had on display. I brought along several CD's to test the speakers range and clarity. I first had them play Alanis Morisette "Uninvited" song. Additionally I had them play Nora Jones "Little Room." The vocal reproduction were not jaw dropping in performance. The mids and the lows were boxy sounding and had a cheap booming sound, meaning poorly built enclosure with resonance. I was not able to clearly identify the highs for diffent instruments in the Uninvited song. Then again, the hookup they had at the Frys store was not in an ideal setting for the mid and lows. I listened to the rtia9 line in the same room. Just for comparison, the rtia9, had much better clarity in the vocals and instrumental parts. The bass of the rtia9 were nothing like the monsters, much more precise, but adding a seperate sub would outmatch the monsters for down low frequencies.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2008
    venomclan wrote: »
    I heard that they blow away the Adagios, but are no match for the Gallo's....:)

    That's it! I still have your address. Have you seen the "Internet is Serious Business" thread?

    I have to find a pair of Gallo 3.1s to do a head to head. I will eat my ribbon tweeters if the Adagios don't win overall.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2008
    They sure are purtttyyyyy....
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2008
    I was at Fry's, saw them, and asked for a demo. The sales guy said the he'd love to, but both of the demo speakers had started to sound really bad and hollow, and this wasn't the first pair that had a problem. With the way most people on this forum look at monster cables, I would carry the same opinion to their other products: Not bad over all, just very overpriced for what you get.
    Jake
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    That's it! I still have your address. Have you seen the "Internet is Serious Business" thread?

    I have to find a pair of Gallo 3.1s to do a head to head. I will eat my ribbon tweeters if the Adagios don't win overall.

    I hear they go nicely with some Farva Beans....:) I would love to do a head to head. I am sure both have their strengths and weaknesses.
    Venom
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited January 2008
    THX 1138 was a damn good movie, why you guys talkin' smack...

    oh... the other THX. Nevermind.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2008
    venomclan wrote: »
    I hear they go nicely with some Farva Beans....:) I would love to do a head to head. I am sure both have their strengths and weaknesses.
    Venom

    I think yours might be prettier with their shirts off. And I'm not going to lie, I like the big woofers.

    . . . Monster Speakers are crap. Buy RTi or Lsi from Polk if you want some real cinema sound.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2008
    (Please consider I have never heard Monster speakers when reading my above post)
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    I think yours might be prettier with their shirts off. And I'm not going to lie, I like the big woofers.

    . . . Monster Speakers are crap. Buy RTi or Lsi from Polk if you want some real cinema sound.

    I think the Gallos would be superior in the imaging dept and speed (mechanical crossovers), while I think the ADA's would have a more wholesome midrange. I have never heard the ADA's but considered them before the Gallos. I need to find a dealer near me to hear those ADA's.
    Venom
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2008
    Made a new thread for this discussion as I may have a good deal on some Gallo 3.0s. I don't want to thread jack.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61993
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