Monitor Audio PL 200

The PL200 II is a beautiful, well-engineered speaker that looks, sounds, and measures like Monitor Audio put years of work into it. Its strengths are terrific bass response, clear midrange, clean and unfatiguing treble, and a realistic sense of space....

Top quality ; Cunningly shaped enclosure dressed in top quality veneer ; Exceptional mid and treble voicing gives an open and neutral character

Under our conditions, the bass end lacked smoothness ; At least in part because the rather generous 42Hz port reinforced a major room mode

Assuming a good room match can be achieved through the bass region, this costly but beautifully presented speaker has outstanding voicing: sweet and free from boxiness, it has an enjoyably transparent character with no harshness

I have not run them in for long, but this is what it sounds so far. These speakers have a very neural sound, so you hear all the music as it was recorded, you can listen for hours without feeling fatigued. there is huge scale and dynamic presence. Best...

I would say the mid treble is a tad low, but it's there and with good recording it does shine. If you play compressed or badly recorded music they will have no mercy. You will need some space behind them so you can balance the bass level output....