Monoprice Monolith K-BᾹS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker Preview

Online audio company Monoprice unveiled their Monolith K-BAS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker at the 2016 CEDIA Expo show in Dallas, Texas. The Monolith K-BᾹS Reference Series Bookshelf Speaker utilizes their K-BᾹS (Kinetic Bass Amplification System) technology to provide more bass extension for the size.  The small speaker with the big sound comes with a great price of only a penny shy of  $250/each.  They feature a 5 1/2" polypropylene woofer, and 1" titanium dome tweeter. The goal of Monoprice was to create a bookshelf speaker with the sound of a tower.

Our Initial Impressions

We got a chance to listen to them on the CEDIA floor and were wowed by the amount of low end bass coming through.  Monolith wanted to give people the ability to have a lot of low end sound without taking up valuable space in a small room or apartment.  I jokingly conveyed that they might have over achieved their goal and low ended their way right out of the apartment genre. The secret behind these speakers is their K-BAS enclosure that makes the speaker sound much larger than its diminutive size suggests. A large internal chamber, Premium crossover electronics, and internally sealed cabinet all help achieve this goal with heart thumping, dinocrashing results.

We're hoping to get a pair of these units in when they are released this fall for a price of $250 each for a full review so keep checking back for more information on these great sounding low end bookshelf speakers.

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