Bronze 50 Bookshelf Speakers, Walnut

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We reserve the right to refuse installation should our engineers think that the existing electrical or plumbing points are unsafe and in need of maintenance or if they are unable to install to existing furniture. Many people start their high-fidelity journey as a cash-strapped student. It was when I was in high school that I become entranced by high fidelity music, but finances were limited to that generated by eight hours per week as a shop assistant. Value was paramount then, which is why I wish there had been something around like Monitor Audio’s new Bronze 50 loudspeaker! In terms of the nitty gritty, the 15i speakers provided a higher resolution sound when compared to the Bronze 100s. There was more focus, more precision and a greater sense of accuracy from the Martin Logans.

It is versatile in terms of connectivity. Wired connection options are plenty. You can connect gaming devices, CD player, turntable, or TV with RCA ports. It supports external subwoofer with RCA out port. Bluetooth connection remains stable within a long distance of 100ft. On the rear side of the Monitor Audio Bronze 50 it has high-quality gold-plated binding posts. Use them to connect the speaker to a matching amplifier. It has silver-plated oxygen-free copper internal cabling for smooth transfer. It supports both bi-wiring and bi-amping so you can change the connection type as per your preference. These methods are well known and will improve the overall sound. For a compact speaker like the Bronze 50, the price is not the cheapest. You can consider this a mid-priced speaker. The overall cost will increase when you add an amplifier and subwoofer.At Peter Tyson we pride ourselves on prompt, efficient delivery. Please note that the daily cut off time for all next day delivery services is 3pm. Bronze 6G has a starker, cleaner look than its predecessors and, dare I say it, a marginally less luxurious finish, even though the choice now extends to a trendy Urban Grey alongside the more usual White and Walnut. But the notably solid build is much the same as before, the Bronze 500’s 21/15mm MDF enclosure employing strategic bracing reinforcement to limit vibration, additional rigidity coming from the company’s now familiar bolt-through construction where the main drivers are anchored by large bolts that connect to the rear baffle. This has the added benefit of decoupling them from the front baffle. As before, the enclosures use bass reflex loading with two rear-firing ports. Top-to-bottom balance is very well realised, too. The presence region isn’t pushed for effect and, as a result, vocals don’t tend to have that in-your-lap projection you get with some speakers. Take Mavis Staples’ singing All In It Together – a powerful and passionate set of pipes if ever there was. The performance sounds startlingly bold, immediate and raw, but without being gratingly aggressive or edgy. Better still, Core Shift from Yello’s album Point probably shows the Bronze 500 at its big-hearted best, the speaker seeming to draw effortless horsepower from somewhere, spraying stereo effects across the room with gusto and launching dynamic swings that feel almost dangerous. Huge fun. The Bronze 100s' specifications are broadly standard for the sector, with a sensitivity of 87dB/W/m and 8ohm nominal impedance. We would expect most price compatible amplifiers to be able to drive such a load without issue. Connection is via two sets of good quality binding posts. This is a tough market, but one that Monitor Audio has negotiated with skill for decades. However, the Bronze 100s are up against some talented opposition from the likes of B&W’s 607s, the Q Acoustics 3030is, Dali’s Oberon 1s and the ELAC Debut 2.0 B6.2s, and, on this evidence, they simply aren’t up to the task.

Hifi News had very different tone for Bronze 100 including measurements which shows fairly flat response nearfield. Klipsch is a well-known and reliable brand. Although it is known to produce ‘too bright’ sound, Klipsch already fixed this issue. Klipsch speakers are excellent in terms of performance and features. The cost is reasonable as well.C-CAM mid-bass driver featuring updated cone geometries and Damped Concentric Mode (DCM) technology which allows the speaker to have a deeper, fuller sound while retaining a clean and precise presentation But more than that, there’s a crispness and airy clarity to its performance that’s rare among its price peers, especially in the context of the speaker’s easy-breathing largesse, which makes for a distinctive and enjoyable mix of attributes. As has been a feature of previous Bronze models, detail retrieval is strong but so well integrated into the larger musical picture that it never lapses into dry analysis.