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Multitest budget monitor loudspeakers – 360 – 650 euros

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Price: € 600

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Monitor Audio Bronze 2

Together with the Paradigm Monitor SE Atom is this Monitor Audio Bronze 2 the cheapest in the test. However, where the Paradigm does show and hear that we are going down a class, we have less that feeling with the Bronze 2. He looks very neat. When it comes to finishing, we really can’t notice anything. Neatly… and handsome from Monitor Audio.

So it’s a boarding party of the British. A ‘simple’ 2-way bookshelf. A 16,5cm C-CAM mid/low unit and a 2,5cm C-CAM tweeter. (Gold dome… but not real gold of course). According to Monitor Audio, the range is 42 Hz – 30 kHz. But that’s bullshit. We don’t measure any deeper than our competitors. Maybe the Bronze 2 42 Hz at -9dB or something… but certainly not at -3dB or -6dB. Anyway… the range is just within the bandwidth for a monitor in this class.

Sound

Immediately we hear that the balance is better than with the Paradigm Monitor SE Atom. Really much more openness and a considerably tighter lowland. The whole thing is just better to follow. And certainly better than we can expect from a speaker of 199 euros each. Monitor Audio does that really neatly!

Is it as good as the Elac? No! Or the Bowers, KEF, Dynaudio? No. We’re hearing a little more unrest in the middle area. Something of ‘hardness’. It’s just a little too up front for our taste. But honestly, it does transcend its class. And plays the Paradigm by anyway in our view. In short: a good choice in the entry segment.

Measurements Monitor Audio Bronze 2

The Monitor Audio Bronze 2 scores well in the measurements. The ‘hardness’ or restlessness we see back around 1200 Hz. That’s where we see the distortion increase. The 3rd harmonic goes along and that’s a dangerous one (it’s fierce). Distortion’s a little over 1% there. Other than that, it just looks neat. The response is not completely neutral, but that’s hardly any speaker. Pulse is neat in midfield.

Conclusion

Monitor Audio puts with the Bronze 2 a neat speaker for a very neat amount. The speaker is reasonably neutral and plays tight and rich in detail for a speaker in this price range. The middle is a bit prominent. That’s what the measurements show.

Winkels met Bowers Wilkins

Sint-Antoniusstraat 15
2300 Turnhout, BE
Joseph Bensstraat 21
1180 Ukkel, BE
Pleinweg 136
3083 EP Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
Bredabaan 1031
B-2930 Brasschaat, BE
Pelikaanstraat 126
2018 Antwerpen, BE
Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Geldropseweg 105
5611 SE Eindhoven, NL
Breestraat 146-148
2311CX Leiden, Zuid Holland, NL
Korte Jansstraat 11
3512GM Utrecht, NL
Theresiastraat 151 - 157
2593 AG Den Haag, Noord Holland, NL
St.-Katelijnevest 53
2000 Antwerpen, BE
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Winkels met Definitive Technology

Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL

Winkels met Dynaudio

Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Geldropseweg 105
5611 SE Eindhoven, NL
Korevaarstraat 2 e-f
2311 JS Leiden, NL
Theresiastraat 151 - 157
2593 AG Den Haag, Noord Holland, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Winkels met Elac

Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Winkels met Focal

Sint-Antoniusstraat 15
2300 Turnhout, BE
Joseph Bensstraat 21
1180 Ukkel, BE
Bredabaan 1031
B-2930 Brasschaat, BE
Pelikaanstraat 126
2018 Antwerpen, BE
Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Geldropseweg 105
5611 SE Eindhoven, NL
Breestraat 146-148
2311CX Leiden, Zuid Holland, NL
Korte Jansstraat 11
3512GM Utrecht, NL
Markt 3
3131 CR Vlaardingen, NL
Steenstraat 54
6828 CM Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
Theresiastraat 151 - 157
2593 AG Den Haag, Noord Holland, NL
St.-Katelijnevest 53
2000 Antwerpen, BE
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Winkels met Hegel

Sint-Antoniusstraat 15
2300 Turnhout, BE
Joseph Bensstraat 21
1180 Ukkel, BE
Bredabaan 1031
B-2930 Brasschaat, BE
Pelikaanstraat 126
2018 Antwerpen, BE
Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Geldropseweg 105
5611 SE Eindhoven, NL
Breestraat 146-148
2311CX Leiden, Zuid Holland, NL
Hermesweg 2
3741 GP Baarn, Utrecht, NL
Steenstraat 54
6828 CM Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Winkels met Kef

Sint-Antoniusstraat 15
2300 Turnhout, BE
Joseph Bensstraat 21
1180 Ukkel, BE
Bredabaan 1031
B-2930 Brasschaat, BE
Pelikaanstraat 126
2018 Antwerpen, BE
Laat 29A
1811EB Alkmaar, NL
Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Geldropseweg 105
5611 SE Eindhoven, NL
Breestraat 146-148
2311CX Leiden, Zuid Holland, NL
Hermesweg 2
3741 GP Baarn, Utrecht, NL
Steenstraat 54
6828 CM Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
St.-Katelijnevest 53
2000 Antwerpen, BE
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Winkels met Monitor Audio

Sint-Antoniusstraat 15
2300 Turnhout, BE
Joseph Bensstraat 21
1180 Ukkel, BE
Pleinweg 136
3083 EP Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
Bredabaan 1031
B-2930 Brasschaat, BE
Pelikaanstraat 126
2018 Antwerpen, BE
Schoenmakersstraat 19
6041EX Roermond, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Korevaarstraat 2 e-f
2311 JS Leiden, NL
Koningsstraat 35
2011TC Haarlem, Noord Holland, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL