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FP-1000 Hybrid Planar Speakers

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Monsoon Planar Media 7 User Manual Pdf

Product: Monsoon Audio FPF-1000 Planar Speakers
Manufacturer: Monsoon Audio - Richmond, BC, Canada
Phone: 1-866-271-2237
Price as Reviewed: $1,199.00 USD
Reviewer: Scott Faller - TNT USA
Published: November, 2002

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Trivial Bits

A while back I was wandering through Wally World (AKA WalMart). As I stumbled into the Electronics department looking for a new DVD, a box on the Clearance shelf caught my attention. It was one of those Multi-Media computer speaker sets. Lord knows, the last thing I need is another set of speakers laying around the house but this one was different. This one was a pair of Planar Ribbons with an active subwoofer. Monsoon Audio makes them, they are the MM-700's. Knowing and loving the sound of planar's I decided that this box had to come home with me. Best part, it was under $100.

When I got home I immediately ripped into the box and got the little mini-system set up on my workstation computer. Mp3 skype recorder serial key windows 10. After I got done I slid a CD into the tray and pushed the Play button on the screen. Instantly, I was playing music on my computer. I'm not talking about that crappy sound that is always associated with computer sound, I'm talking real music, clear, articulate and well defined. Heck, there was almost a soundstage coming from these things.

As I looked over the packaging in amazement, I saw Monsoon's web address. Out of curiosity, I surfed on over to check out what else they made. That's what has brought me to this review. As I was on their site I noticed that they make a line of Two Channel and Home Theater speakers. Surprisingly, they aren't that expensive either.

After a few months of occasionally hitting their website and wondering what their Two Channel line sounded like, I decided to give them a buzz and see if I could get a pair for a full blown review.

Well, a week or so after making the phone call, my FedEx driver gives me a call and says he has a pair of really big boxes and wants to know if he can leave them on my doorstep. Needless to say I said yes.

When I came home I started unpacking them. I was surprised to find out how heavy they were. As you look at the base, you'll see that it is a cast piece of iron that has a gray finish. The speaker comes with two different styles of feet. One is a standard spike and the other is a rubber tipped to protect those of us who have wooden or tile floors. There are four spikes per speaker. The speaker also comes with a perforated metal grille. For all of my listening sessions, I had the grille removed.

The speaker is somewhat similar in design (looks anyway) to a standard pair of Martin Logans. They utilize a ported enclosure for the dual woofers. The enclosure is made of what appears to be two layers of ½' formed plywood. The finish on the review sample that I received is black although they do offer Walnut veneer as an option.

The speaker compliment on the upper end is an MTM arrangement. The mid's are the same Level 9 Sound Design (formerly Sonigistix) ribbons that are used in the MM-700 and the tweeter is a Level 9 Sound Designs PTW-500. The woofers are dual 6 ½' poly, magnetically shielded drivers. The claimed frequency response is –6dB at 32 Hz to 20kHz. They also state that their sensitivity is 88dB at 4 ohms.

Monsoon Crossover

Being the curious person that I am, I had to take a look at the crossover. As you can see, the crossover uses standard grade aluminum di-electrics and standard air core coils as opposed to more expensive 'audiophile grade' film and foil caps or coils. The speaker comes equipped to dual, gold plated, three way binding posts for bi-wiring or bi-amping.

Before I started any serious listening sessions, I installed the Monsoon FPF-1000's in my home theater rig on the front channels. I let them run in for the best part of three weeks or so before I carted them downstairs into my listening rooms.

Enough Already ... Get On With It

As I set up the Monsoon's, I knew well the issues regarding placement of planar's since I use a pair of Carver ribbons and a good friend uses Maggie's. I chose to start with the speakers about three feet from the back wall and about four feet from the side walls. As you would expect, after I turned on the system and started playing music, I had to fiddle with the speaker placement a bit. I actually ended up with the speakers almost four feet out from the back wall with the side placement staying the same. Then I started playing with the toe in for soundstaging.

As I had the speakers facing straight forward, the soundstage was acceptable but the highs were more than a little subdued to my liking. The highs seemed even more relaxed than B&W's in my opinion. As I toed the speakers in, the highs got slightly better as one would expect but I felt that this crippled the soundstage.

Side View

One of the pieces of music that I seriously listened to was The Marian McPartland Trio, Live at Shanghai Jazz. This is an exceptional recording. Extremely detailed and natural. Marian plays a Ballwin piano. For anybody familiar with the Ballwin, when played, it has a distinctive bite in the upper registers. This recording is great as a true test for timbre and ambiance in my opinion.

As I played this recording I couldn't help but notice that the bite of the Ballwin was all but removed. To me, Marian's piano sounded more like an electronic keyboard than a Ballwin grand. This particular recording picked up the background sounds of the patrons at the venue. You can distinctly hear the servers, glasses klinking around, mumbling, and just general background noise. These sounds make for a great test of low level detail and resolution of a loudspeaker. Unfortunately, with the Monsoons, these ambient noises have been all but lost. The detail that we as audiophiles live for isn't there.

I listened to all kinds of music and with each piece that I played, I heard what I felt were speakers that didn't have much definition. When I compare the sound Monsoons to some of their direct competitors (Martin Logans and Magnepans to mention two), they didn't reveal much of the midrange and treble detail that I hear in the others. I didn't hear the breathy-ness an