"Brains and Beauty"

The diminutive Monitor Audio Silver RX1 is configured to offer an impressively natural, rhythmic sound in a beautifully compact and practical form. Standing at less than 12-1/2-inches tall, the RX1 will deliver faithful crystal-clear definition and power from just about anywhere. Perfect for music and film sound where space is at a premium, the RX1 provides elite Monitor Audio quality to refresh and enliven your system.

The Monitor Audio Silver RX1 is a compact two-way speaker using a rear ported bass reflex with HiVe II port system. It boasts an 6" C-CAM RST cone mid-bass driver and a 1" C-CAM gold dome tweeter.

"Praise Monitor Audio's Silver range," says What Hi-Fi? Sound And Vision magazine for March 2010 "The RX1s go seriously loud, too… Brains and beauty: what a package."

"If you place a high priority on sonic resolution and detail the RX1s might make you wonder why people pay thousands of dollars for speakers," notes Tom Martin in Playback Magazine for April 2010. "Expect a lively, dynamic, and well-defined sound, but without a painful or aggressive character."

"A Classy, High-Quality Package"

"If you're in the market for a new home-theater speaker system, or even a pair of stereo speakers that offer a genuine taste of the high end in a classy, high-quality package, you owe it to yourself to give the Silver RX system a serious audition," notes Aron Garrecht in his June 2010 review for Soundstage Network. "Highly recommended!"

Ceramic-Coated Aluminum Magnesium Drivers

By refining its computer-aided Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Monitor Audio has developed new ways to shape its core driver material for even greater fidelity. C-CAM (Ceramic-Coated Aluminum/Magnesium) is very light and very strong, and so is ideal for the driver cones.

Monitor Audio's C-CAM gold dome tweeter now extends high frequency performance to beyond 35 kHz, enabling you to enjoy the full potential of current and future wide-band HD audio and home theater formats. A newly damped rear chamber provides greater control for a smoother more accurate response.

Advanced FEA simulations have also helped the process of fine tuning the RST (Rigid Surface Technology) C-CAM mid-bass drivers, originally created for Monitor Audio's celebrated Gold Reference speakers and now incorporated by the Silver RX range. Their super-stiff dimpled profiles are more resistant to break-up under high drive conditions and so produce a wider range of purer frequencies. Each driver's rigid, non magnetic cast polymer chassis is vented to improve airflow cooling and to equalize pressure around the driver motor, resulting in the ability to play louder and cleaner.

Bolt-through Driver Design

Single bolt-through driver fixings have the dual effect of improving cabinet rigidity while further reducing vibration at the driver/cabinet interface. By this innovative method, drivers are mounted on a single tensioned through-bolt, which is secured to the back of the cabinet. The bolt not only acts as a rigid cabinet brace to reduce box coloration, it removes the need for conventional driver fixings as well, effectively decoupling the driver and baffle to eliminate another source of unwanted resonance. The result is a more fluid communication of mid-range frequencies, and with the absence of front driver fixings, a cleaner more refined overall appearance, especially in tandem with RX's 'invisible' magnetic grille location.

HiVe II (High Velocity) Reflex Port

Developed for the flagship Gold Signature range, the HiVe II reflex port is shaped to have the same effect on airflow as a gun-barrel on a bullet. Rifled groves inside the port help to accelerate the flow and reduce turbulence, so that air moves in and out of the port more efficiently for a faster more dynamic bass response.

• Compact two-way speaker
• Rear ported bass reflex with HiVe®II port system
• 6" C-CAM cone mid-bass driver
• 1" C-CAM gold dome tweeter
• New C-CAM tweeter design with damped rear chamber, providing improved clarity and wider operating range for HD audio formats
• New bass driver with C-CAM® cone profile incorporates RST technology for better damping and improved mid-range clarity
• New cast polymer bass chassis design for better rigidity and lower reflection properties
• Dual Chamber Bass Reflex with Differential Tuning
• HiVe II port technology for better transient response and tighter bass
• Single bolt through driver system, for increased overall bracing and rigidity
• Rigid 19mm MDF construction throughout, employing radial and cross-bracing techniques for high rigidity resulting in low cabinet coloration
• Selected premium quality wood veneers or high gloss piano finishes
• Invisible magnetic grille fixing provides clean visual styling when used with the grille off

• Frequency response: 45 Hz - 35 kHz
• Sensitivity: 89 dB
• Nominal impedance: 6 ohms
• Power handling: 80 W
• Recommended amp power: 25 - 80 W
• Maximum SPL (dBA): 111.8
• Dimension: 12-5/16" high, 7-5/16" wide, 9-7/16" deep
• Weight: 15 lbs

"If you place a high priority on sonic resolution and detail the RX1s might make you wonder why people pay thousands of dollars for speakers. Expect a lively, dynamic, and well-defined sound, but without a painful or aggressive character."

"This RX1 system sounds amazingly musical, so much so that it is hard to imagine any system doing much better."

"A speaker that can allow you to hear each line, and know which instrument is which, can fairly be characterized as something special. The RX1 qualifies."

"The Monitor Audio RX1 is an exceptional speaker, no doubt about it. Its combination of midrange clarity and smoothness gets to the essence od a lot of music."

- Tom Martin, Playback Magazine, April 2010