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santoshlv426

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Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« on: September 25, 2010, 08:32:09 am »
This relates to a Classified thread I started for my Monitor Acoustics MA1000. I recall at the time that the guy who built this made 2 models, the MA1000 and 5000. The 5000 was tested by AVSA (in the 90's).

Does anyone have a copy of that review or a picture of the MA5000 ?

Anyone know what speakers the Monitor Acoustics were benchmarked against and why it didn't gain further traction in RSA like Sonor Audio did

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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2010, 03:42:30 pm »
Shooweeee... Any idea when in the '90s we reviewed it?  ???
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2010, 08:06:53 pm »
Andrew, around 1991/2.
It was around then that the MA5000 was around. I know that AVSA definately reviewed it as they suggested it to me, along with Proton when I was writing to AVSA.

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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2010, 08:14:56 pm »
Andrew, around 1991/2.
It was around then that the MA5000 was around. I know that AVSA definately reviewed it as they suggested it to me, along with Proton when I was writing to AVSA.

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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2010, 08:50:26 am »
If I am not mistaken Santosh - they also reviewed the 1000's
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2010, 09:06:59 am »
Nothing in 1991 so far...
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2010, 01:18:07 pm »
Andrew, I'm definitely sure AVSA reviewed is as my Letter was published and the comment (I remember well) was "We liked it too".
Certainly, if the MA 1000 was reviewed, I'd like to see that too.

The comments to AVSA at the time was in mid 1993, I when I say 91/92, I assume it was before 93. It could have been in 1993, but I definitely contacted AVSA on this before 1994.

Thanks for the efforts,
S

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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2010, 01:52:10 pm »
Andrew, I'm definitely sure AVSA reviewed is as my Letter was published and the comment (I remember well) was "We liked it too".
Certainly, if the MA 1000 was reviewed, I'd like to see that too.

The comments to AVSA at the time was in mid 1993, I when I say 91/92, I assume it was before 93. It could have been in 1993, but I definitely contacted AVSA on this before 1994.

Thanks for the efforts,
S

'k, nothing in 1993. Looking...
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2010, 01:56:01 pm »
Andrew, don't you know it'll always be the last place you look.........damn ol' Murphy :-)
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2010, 02:06:50 pm »
Andrew, don't you know it'll always be the last place you look.........damn ol' Murphy :-)

Don't joke. Searched '93, '91, '90...Review was in September 1992.... Monitor Acoustics MA-1000.
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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2010, 03:14:44 pm »
Wow - great, can u mail it to me - santosh@ump.co.za.
What about the MA5000 ?

While I'm asking, has Avsa reviewed any of the Technics SUVX series amplifiers ?
Thanks,

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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2010, 03:20:25 pm »
Wow - great, can u mail it to me - santosh@ump.co.za.
What about the MA5000 ?

While I'm asking, has Avsa reviewed any of the Technics SUVX series amplifiers ?
Thanks,

Regret we don't have electronic records of equipment reviewed prior to the early 2000s, so I actually have to do a manual search through the copies. We did quite a lot on Technics in the early 90s. With regards to Monitor Acoustics 1000, I'll have to scan and send it to you. It's not a very exciting picture, I have to warn you, and goes back to our black and white printing days.
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2010, 05:57:59 pm »
That's cool Andrew. I remeber the black/white days as I used to read AVSA in those days. Do you have a review of the Technics SUVX 500 ?
Appreciated.
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2010, 08:34:53 am »
That's cool Andrew. I remeber the black/white days as I used to read AVSA in those days. Do you have a review of the Technics SUVX 500 ?
Appreciated.
Santosh

Hi, No idea off-hand. You'll have to wait until I have a quiet period at work and I'll take a look, or if you're near Randburg you can come through to our offices and take a look.
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Re: Monitor Acoustics Speakers
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2010, 08:37:26 am »
if you're near Randburg you can come through to our offices and take a look.

That would be quite a treat looking through the old issues ;)
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