The Sound of Silver
IN 2020 many of us will get to witness the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan—on TV at least. Why do I mention that in the first line of a speaker review? Because, like the medals handed out to Olympian champs, speaker lines from Monitor Audio tend to come with names like Gold, Silver, and Bronze. To take home an Olympic silver medal, you’d have to be an amazing athlete. Along those same lines, a speaker would need to provide impressive performance to merit a “Silver” moniker, which is why I unpacked this system based around Monitor Audio’s Silver 300 tower speakers with great anticipation.
Sound & Vision’s Thomas J. Norton reviewed the fifth generation of Monitor Audio’s Silver series for the magazine back in 2014. There have been several updates to the line since that time, a key one being the addition of a larger center speaker, the C350, with a vertically aligned tweeter/midrange driver. This configuration in a center channel model allows for a better timbre match with the front left-right speakers, and it also improves offaxis performance to benefit viewers seated at either end of the couch.
According to Monitor Audio, the other changes found in its Gen 6 Silver Series include new drivers throughout the line and a
