The Absolute Sound 2012 "Editors' Choice" Award Winner

Listed in The Absolute Sound 2012 High-End Audio Buyer's Guide

"Astonishingly High Levels of Resolution and Detail"

A feat of ergonomic brilliance by the Monitor Audio design team has engineered the greater poise and power of a large three-way loudspeaker into the svelte Silver RX8. Its ultra-slim front profile conceals a deeper cabinet, which provides the volume needed for seismic levels of bass from dual 6" bass drivers.

A single 6" bass/mid driver delivers naturally vibrant midrange sound, while a newly developed C-CAM gold dome tweeter smoothly extends high frequency performance to a point way beyond the upper limit of the audible spectrum. Sheer control, open dynamics and wide bandwidth illuminate the sound of the RX8: a very big speaker disguised as a very slender one.

The Monitor Audio Silver RX8 was honored by being included in The Absolute Sound 2012 High-End Audio Buyer's Guide. According to the magazine, "They make great transitional speakers for those who are seeking far better than entry-level sound quality, yet do not have huge amounts of money to spend. Positive characteristics include a fundamentally neutral tonal balance, excellent transient speed, surprisingly high levels of resolution, and superb imaging."

"But accurate tonal balance is only part of the story, because the Silver RX8 also offers excellent transient speed and definition, plus astonishingly high levels of resolution and detail," reports Chris Martens in The Absolute Sound magazine for June/July 2010. "Put these qualities together and you've got a speaker that can dig way down into good recordings to retrieve layer upon layer of musically relevant details."

"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.

• Floor-standing three-way loudspeaker
• Bass reflex with twin HiVe II port system
• 6" C-CAM cone mid-bass driver
• Dual 6" C-CAM cone bass drivers
• 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 6" C-CAM bass and bass/mid-range drivers incorporate 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
• Floor level terminal location for easy access and neat cable routing
• Invisible magnetic grille fixing provides clean visual styling when used with the grille off
• Selected premium quality wood veneers or high gloss piano finishes

• Frequency response: 32 Hz - 35 kHz
• Sensitivity: 90 dB
• Nominal impedance: 4 ohms
• Power handling: 175 W
• Recommended amp power: 50 - 175 W
• Maximum SPL (dBA): 116.2
• Dimension: 37-13/16" high, 10-13/16" wide, 15-1/4" deep (including plinth and feet)
• Weight: 47.88 lbs

"They make great transitional speakers for those who are seeking far better than entry-level sound quality, yet do not have huge amounts of money to spend. Positive characteristics include a fundamentally neutral tonal balance, excellent transient speed, surprisingly high levels of resolution, and superb imaging."

- The Absolute Sound 2012 High-End Audio Buyer's Guide

"But accurate tonal balance is only part of the story, because the Silver RX8 also offers excellent transient speed and definition, plus astonishingly high levels of resolution and detail. Put these qualities together and you've got a speaker that can dig way down into good recordings to retrieve layer upon layer of musically relevant details."

"In contrast to systems that have a subdued, comfortable, 'polite' sound, the Silver RX8 system serves up high levels of refinement and detail with a real spirit of energy and gusto - a complimentary combination of virtues indeed."

- Chris Martens, The Absolute Sound magazine, June/July 2010

"The RX series system perfectly reproduced the four different sounds in Fast and Furious (roaring engines, squealing tires, throbbing music, and pummeling of lowlifes by Vin Diesel). Had I been blindfolded for this test, I'd have thought I was listening to a high-end system designed for a 25-seat home theater."

- Brent Butterworth, Sound + Vision, May 2010