Monitor Audio Platinum II Series PL200 II Floorstanding Speaker

"A Beautiful, Well-Engineered Speaker"

It's unlikely you'll discover a more persuasive speaker than the PL100 II in its price class, but compare the floor-standing PL200 II with its smaller sibling and immediately you'll notice the effect of four drivers in a larger cabinet.

Such is the quality of Platinum II's engineering that the character of the sound remains powerfully consistent and expressive, but with the addition of a second 6.5" RDT II driver, the PL200 II's bass has more weight, while its dedicated 4" RDT II midrange driver brings further definition to vocals and strings.

Through the PL200 II, subtle textures are more vividly described and every note rendered with greater authority. It's a factor of scale. Platinum II's class-leading accuracy is a given, you simply need to match it with the size of your room.

"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," reports Brent Butterworth, HomeTheaterReview.com, April 17, 2017.

An Enhanced Generation of Drivers

Platinum II offers performance with stunning design and materials specification. In the pursuit of ever lower distortion, no detail has been overlooked. Through meticulous FEA modeling Monitor Audio optimized the operation of electrical, mechanical, magnetic and acoustic systems, introducing new discoveries to meet ambitious performance goals.

The Platinum II range deploys an enhanced generation of RDT® bass and mid drivers, and for the first time in a Monitor Audio product, the Micro Pleated Diaphragm (MPD) high frequency transducer. Including improved crossover and speaker terminal designs together with proprietary ARC®, TLE, HiVe®II technologies, Platinum II builds on the award-winning advances of over forty years to create a high-end speaker range that is utterly faithful to the source.

Second Generation Rigid Diaphragm Technology Bass Drivers

Platinum's bass drivers use a composite 'sandwich' structure made from ultra-thin low mass skins, bonded to a honeycomb Nomex® core material. This material is very light and very strong, meaning that it can respond with great speed without bending - just like a perfect piston. Rigid Diaphragm Technology, Second Generation (RDT II) bass drivers uses C-CAM® for the front skin, while the rear skin is made from a woven carbon fiber material. Monitor Audio discovered that the new structure reduces distortion by over 8dB above 300Hz, which makes RDT II the lowest distortion cone technology in Monitor Audio's history.

The tapered and sealed internal enclosure for Platinum II's Tapered Line Enclosure (TLE) mid-range drivers is cast from ARC material and designed to stop the formation of standing waves (internal sound wave reflections) in the cabinet.

Improved Cone Geometry And Suspension

The new RDT II diaphragms have a shallower 'dished' profile formed without a center hole to create a continuous radiating surface with greater strength and structural integrity. A more efficient drive motor sits behind the cone to produce faster and more responsive driver excursions, lower distortion and sound which is closer to nature.

MPD (Micro Pleated Diaphragm) High Frequency Transducer

Developed over many months of intensive testing and listening, the MPD High Frequency Transducer is a landmark achievement by the engineering team for Platinum II. It represents an imaginative reworking of an existing technology, transforming a successful idea into an audiophile super-driver, having greater accuracy and efficiency than ever before.

Using a new, proprietary low-mass pleated diaphragm with a surface area eight times larger than that of a traditional dome tweeter, the MPD transducer works like a super-fast accordion by rapidly squeezing the pleats to produce a smooth, wide, naturally fast response up to 100kHz. As a result, it sounds more lifelike, releasing the high harmonic spectrum of every note without the distortion that blurs definition.

• 2 x 6 1/2" RDT II long throw bass drivers
• 4" RDT II mid-range driver
• MPD (Micro Pleated Diaphragm) high frequency transducer designed specifically for Platinum II
• 2 x HiVe II ports
• New patented 'DCF' (Dynamic Coupling Filter) mechanism for more natural sound
• Bespoke speaker terminals and footings
• Underhung, edge-wound voice coils: greater driver efficiency and lifelike dynamics, less distortion
• Bolt through drivers: clearer sound and cleaner aesthetics
• Anti-Resonance Composite (ARC) mid-range housings and baffle components: reduced cabinet vibration, purer sound quality
• TLE (Tapered Line Enclosure) sealed internal enclosure for mid-range drivers: greater sound accuracy and reduced cabinet vibration
• Hand-upholstered front baffle: the very highest quality Inglestone leather supplied by Andrew Muirhead
• Individual driver grilles
• Finish options: Santos Rosewood or Ebony natural wood veneers with clear gloss piano lacquer, or Piano black gloss lacquer

• Frequency Response (-6dB - IEC 268-13): 35Hz - 100kHz
• Sensitivity (1W@1M): 90dB
• Maximum S.P.L.: 117.7dBA (pair)
• Nominal Impedance: 4 ohms (4.0 ohms min. @ 111Hz)
• Power Handling (RMS): 250W
• Recommended Amplifier Requirements (RMS): 100 - 250W
• Crossover Frequency: MF/HF: 3.9kHz; LF/MF: 750Hz
• External Dimensions (Inc. plinth): 43-13/16" high x 16-1/8" wide x 18-1/2" deep
• External Dimensions (Inc. feet & spikes): 41-3/8" high x 15" wide x 16-1/16" deep
• Weight (each): 79 lbs., 6 oz.

"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."

- Brent Butterworth, HomeTheaterReview.com, April 17, 2017