Monitor Audio Bronze BX5 Floorstanding Speakers – Walnut

Here we have an example of the popular award winning budget Bronze BX5 floorstanding loudspeakers from British specialists Monitor Audio. They are in good condition noting some marking to the front top branding strips and are supplied in original factory packaging along with original grilles, manual, spikes, port bungs and our normal three month warranty.
Monitor Audio say….
The legendary Bronze BX range blends the best of its award-winning predecessors with many of the technologies introduced by our flagship Platinum speakers to set an enduring standard of performance and quality for its price class. It features C-CAM® drivers, single bolt driver fixings, improved crossovers, HiVE reflex ports and magnetic grille attachment.
Ever more advanced computer simulation has allowed us to optimise the tweeter design for higher sensitivity and greater detail. Secured on a single rigid through-bolt for reduced cabinet colouration, the BX bass and mid-range drivers have improved voice-coil designs, strengthened chassis and more agile motor assemblies, producing greater linearity, efficiency, and a naturally even tonality.
The slender BX5 represents a careful re-tuning of the acclaimed BR5 floorstanding model, adding further bandwidth and resolution to a recognised class act. Its sophisticated 2 1/2-way system of twin 140mm C-CAM drivers and 25mm C-CAM tweeter is perfected through a series of internal chambers providing the optimum operating environment for each driver and lending further rigidity to the cabinet. For such a modestly priced speaker, the BX5 is exceedingly coherent, having the transparency to expose the texture of complex musical passages and the control to communicate the natural dynamics of every performance. Astride the driver-matched BX Centre in a multichannel system, the BX5 will deliver a captivating blend of stratospheric highs, percussive mid-band and gripping bass extension for mesmerising three-dimensional AV fidelity.
Features:
C-CAM tweeter with bandwidth beyond 30 kHz
Twin 5 1/2 C-CAM bass and mid-range drivers refined by FEA analysis.
Single bolt-through drivers. A design feature which means the driver is not fixed to the front baffle and cannot transmit vibrations and therefore colouration to the cabinet.
Improved cabinet rigidity and stability.
HiVe II port technology to speed the transit of air from the cabinet, resulting in more dynamic bass.
High-quality terminal panels blend easy access with high-end functionality.
Specifications:
Frequency Response: 36 Hz – 30 kHz
Sensitivity (1W@1M): 90 dB
Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
Power Handling (RMS): 120 W
Recommended Amplifier Requirements: 30 – 120 W
Cabinet Support: Dual chamber bass reflex – Ported front and rear. HiVe II port technology
Drive Unit Complement: 1 x 140 mm C-CAM bass; 1 x 140 mm C-CAM bass mid-range driver; 1 x 25 mm C-CAM Gold Dome tweeter
Crossover Frequency: LF: -6 dB @ 400 Hz; MF/HF: 3.2 kHz
Dimensions: 850 (H) x 166 (W) x 248 (D) mm; 868 (H) x 215 (W) x 282 (D) mm (inc. Plinth)
Weight: 12 kg (each)

For a review from Hi-Fi Choice magazine please click here