Introduction from the Technical Director
“How can a loudspeaker be made to sound more natural? This is the
question that drives our endeavor day- in, day- out. We’re motivated by
the quest to eliminate distortion from the most important element in
your audio system. How far we’ve come can be measured by the sound
of Platinum II: the most accurate and beautiful loudspeakers Monitor
Audio has ever made. Supported by painstaking analysis and a lifetime
of listening, their evolution has refined our technologies, inspired new
discoveries and achieved advances in every area of design - electrical,
mechanical, magnetic, acoustic and aesthetic. The result is a speaker range
of exceptional quality, dedicated to raising your emotional contact with
music and film sound in all its natural glory. Built by audio lovers, for audio
lovers, Platinum II provides our answer to the primary challenge of speaker
design. To the big question we simply reply “like this”! “
Dean Hartley
Technical Director
Company History
Since 1972, Monitor Audio’s near fanatical commitment to quality in every aspect of loudspeaker design coupled with
its willingness to innovate has inspired global recognition and acclaim. Daring to challenge design orthodoxy has been
its signature approach.
When Monitor Audio launched its R852MD loudspeaker – the first
model to incorporate a metal dome tweeter - it caused quite a stir.
Until that time, most metal domes were single-metal types made
from copper or titanium and virtually all sounded unconvincing.
The R852 used an aluminium-magnesium alloy dome and sounded
significantly better and smoother than all of its single-metal rivals.
It also incorporated ferro-fluid damping/cooling of the metal voice-
coil former and a vented voice coil mechanism for better heat
dissipation. These radical design elements formed the basis for
successive generations of C-CAM® metal domes.
By consistently refining and applying the technology, Monitor Audio has become the world’s foremost proponent of
metal dome drivers. Monitor Audio designs everything in house at their world headquarters in England, so that it can
optimise the incomparable blend of virtues that makes Monitor Audio loudspeakers unique: clean, dynamic sound,
superior build quality and innovative design. Because they share a philosophy of excellence and a consistency of
quality and voicing, loudspeakers of different types: on-wall, In-Ceiling, floor and stand-mounting, may be used
together to create the perfect acoustic blend for any room.
In the strength and depth of Monitor Audio’s evolving product portfolio, the ideal of a universal whole-house
loudspeaker brand finds true expression. Decades of accumulated expertise and knowledge have refined the rare
mix of innovation, reliability and sheer performance that has propelled the brand to global status and on which
aficionados of music and movie sound have come to rely.
Platinum In-Ceiling II
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