Monitor Audio Platinum 100
The Platinum 100 3G is two-way bookshelf speaker, designed to deliver a rich, dynamic high-end performance with tight, controlled bass.
How to build a Platinum
Start with a Micro Pleated Diaphragm 3 rd gen tweeter. The moving mass of this driver is much lower than regular tweeters and therefore prvides smoother, more articulate and cleaner sound. The surface area is six times a regular tweeter, which makes it effortless and distortionless. Where most tweeters start misbehaving in the audio band this remarkable tweeter extends way out to 60 kHz without strain.
Drivers
Fast, powerful response to dynamics require cones that are rigid and light. Monitor Audio engineers developed Rigid Membrane Technology to meet the challenge.
The Nomex 3 is a thin Nomex Honeycomb Membrane sealed by a 40uM (half as thick as hair) layer of Ceramic Aluminum in the front and two layers of very thin woven Carbon Fibre at the back. The result is an 8 dB lower distrotion.
An inclosure that disappears
To avoid boxy coloration, The Platinum is built with a super strong matrix enclosure. The front panel is massive, and panels are multi layer glued wood. Energy rods brace the drivers against the rear panel for solid wave launch without exciting the front panel.
Time Coherent Crossovers
To keep all the drivers working in perfect time sync, Monitor Audio's engineers have moved on from the typical 3 rd order crossovers used in the industry to advanced ellyptical crossovers. (only Magico does this as far as we know). ,
The result? Unmatched imaging, soundstaging and presence puts you in the space with the musicians.
Reviews
The most accliamed speaker in it's category
Nomited for Best Home Speaker Award
"PL100 3G are an almost endlessly rewarding listen. When it comes to control, authority, detail retrieval, dynamic headroom, soundstaging and basically everything else that goes to make up an outstanding loudspeaker, they’re deeply impressive"
"In the midrange, the Monitor Audio communicate in the opulent manner. The amount of fine detail regarding tone and timbre they’re able to extract and contextualise, and the eloquence and character they invest into a vocal line, is remarkable. There’s an immediacy to the way the midrange is delivered that seems to be at odds with the smooth integration of the entire top-to-bottom frequency range – and yet it’s all in evidence, all the time.
The overall tonal balance is beautifully judged – there’s a certainty and a positivity to these speakers’ tonality that makes even processed, artificial sounds somehow natural and convincing. The PL100 3G lay out a soundstage with real confidence, too – every element of a recording is secure in its area, the spaces and silences around them are dark and quiet, and despite their powers of separation the Monitor Audio integrate every strand into a singular and unified whole"
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Specifications
- System Format 2-Way
- Frequency Response, Free-Field (-6dB) 37 Hz – 60 kHz
- Frequency Response, In-Room (-6dB) 28 Hz – 60 kHz
- Sensitivity (2.83 Vrms @ 1m, Free-Field) 85 dB
- Nominal Impedance 4 Ohms
- Minimum Impedance (20 Hz to 20 kHz) 4.0 Ohms @ 180 Hz
- Continuous Power Handling (RMS into 4 Ohms, Pink Noise with 6dB Crest Factor) 150 W
- Recommended Amplifier Power (RMS into 4 Ohm, Music Signal) 75 – 300 W
- Bass Alignment Ported
- Port Tuning Frequency 44 Hz
- Crossover Frequency LF/HF: 2.85 kHz
- Drive Unit Complement
- 1 x 6" RDT III bass driver,
1 x MPD III tweeter - External Dimensions including Trims, Terminals & Outrigger Feet & Spikes (H x W x D)
- 398 x 225 x 325.6 mm (15.6 x 8.8 x 12.8")
- Weight (each) 15.2 kg (33 lb 8 oz)
- Warranty 5 years
