Monoprice Monolith K-BᾹS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker Preview
Summary
- Product Name: Monolith K-BAS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker
- Manufacturer: Monoprice
- Review Date: September 17, 2016 08:00
- MSRP: $249.99 each
- First Impression: Gotta Have It!
- Frequency Response: 39Hz-20kHz +/- 3db
- Woofer: 5 ¼” Polypropylene + mica cone
- Tweeter: 1” Titanium diaphragm
- Crossover Frequency: 3kHz
- Sensitivity: 87 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 6-8 Ω Lowest 4.2 Ω
- Power: RMS 50W; 150W peak music power
- Dimensions w/grill & terminal posts: 7 1/4“W x 15 5/8”H x 13”D (184x397x330mm)
- Weight: 17 lbs each (6.34kg each)
Online audio company Monoprice unveiled their Monolith K-BAS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker at the 2016 CEDIA Expo show in Dallas, Texas. The Monolith K-BᾹS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker utilizes their K-BᾹS (Kinetic Bass Amplification System) technology to provide more bass extension for the size. The small speaker with the big sound comes with a great price of only a penny shy of $250/each. They feature a 5 1/2" polypropylene woofer, and 1" titanium dome tweeter. The goal of Monoprice was to create a bookshelf speaker with the sound of a tower.
Our Initial Impressions
We got a chance to listen to them on the CEDIA floor and were wowed by the amount of low end bass coming through. Monolith wanted to give people the ability to have a lot of low end sound without taking up valuable space in a small room or apartment. I jokingly conveyed that they might have over achieved their goal and low ended their way right out of the apartment genre. The secret behind these speakers is their K-BAS enclosure that makes the speaker sound much larger than its diminutive size suggests. A large internal chamber, Premium crossover electronics, and internally sealed cabinet all help achieve this goal with heart thumping, dinocrashing results.
We're hoping to get a pair of these units in when they are released this fall for a price of $250 each for a full review so keep checking back for more information on these great sounding low end bookshelf speakers.
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