Having measured a pair of smaller Radius speakers, and lived with Silver 6s, they Radius are quite neutral. The ceramic/metal composite tweeters are very smooth and do not audibly ring unlike say all of Focal’s metal tweeters, nor do they have the jagged response of the B&W diamonds. If they ring at all it is quite far out of the audio band.
As for the mids and woofers, there are some VERY good metal cone drivers out there. The speaker designer MUST carefully integrate them but they can play with the very best, and within their usable frequency, may have very low stored energy.
While I can understand the biases of cheap, poorly integrated metal drivers, Monitor Audio does not suffer any of those issues.
I have not listened to their ribbon tweeters. Also, earlier MA speakers were a little more rock/jazz biased.
As with anything else, listen for yourself as YMMV. Make your own wallet happy.
Best,
Erik
As for the mids and woofers, there are some VERY good metal cone drivers out there. The speaker designer MUST carefully integrate them but they can play with the very best, and within their usable frequency, may have very low stored energy.
While I can understand the biases of cheap, poorly integrated metal drivers, Monitor Audio does not suffer any of those issues.
I have not listened to their ribbon tweeters. Also, earlier MA speakers were a little more rock/jazz biased.
As with anything else, listen for yourself as YMMV. Make your own wallet happy.
Best,
Erik