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BRONZE 50 7G SPEAKERS FROM MONITOR AUDIO

17th December 2025

This long-running, compact stand-mounted design iteration has reached 7G. Paul Rigby counts the new tech within…

And yes, there is a new mid/bass unit present with the Bronze 50 7G, stand-mounted design. The 152mm lightweight, aluminium/magnesium metal-coned C-CAM drivers (up from 127mm) feature a larger voice coil and larger magnets to improve power handling. There’s even larger spider parts as part of the driver, to improve clarity.

This driver has been partnered with a similarly new cross-over design. A new C-CAM 25mm gold dome tweeter, sits behind another new part, the UD waveguide to reportedly produce a wider soundstage. The venting for this tweeter design has been tweaked to lower distortion. The company wanted to make the tweeter the star of the show, the thing that draws your eye. Hence, the gold colour and the etched grill design.

A rear-firing bass port based on Monitor Audio’s HiVe II port technology sits at the back, just above the bi-wired terminals.

COMPLETELY BAFFLED

What’s not really talked about too much by Monitor Audio is the new 18mm, veneer-coated, plywood baffle that sits on the front, developed to increase rigidity. The baffle works with the cabinet, reducing vibration and high-frequency noise resulting – says the company – in clear sound. We will see. Whatever the sound enhancements, I think the baffle adds a sense of style to the aesthetics.

Also note the feet on these speakers that have been taken from the Silver series, to enhance stability.

All of this creates an 86db sensitivity performance which means you’re looking at an amplifier of around 30W to allow these 8 Ohm speakers to perform at their optimal best.

Weighing in at 6.4kg each, the Bronze 50 speakers span 335 x 185 x 328m and arrive with a five-year warranty.

DESIGN NOTES

In design terms, most speakers, all at this price point, are built to a compromise. Thus, companies tend to focus their energies and cash towards one or more aspects of the design or the sound envelope. In Monitor Audio’s case, if you listen to the company’s Product Design Director, that seems to mean bass and bass power. Upping the size of the mid/bass unit plus the enhancements behind the stiff cone itself has seen the company wanting to almost emulate the larger 8in (203mm) cone performance of yore but in a compact chassis.

It seems that Monitor Audio hence wants to have their cake and eat it and in either walnut, black or white flavours too.

So sure, we’re looking at a speaker that hopefully performs well, in general terms, but bass will be the over-riding focus of this review. That’s the focus of the company, so it seems.

SOUND QUALITY

With that element in mind, I began by comparing the Bronze 50s with the bass-centric 3030i speakers from Q Acoustics and I played Kent’s Isola album and the rather epic, extended rock piece, 747 with vocals, electric and bass guitars, percussion and synths and where bass becomes more of a factor as the track progresses.

VS Q ACOUSTICS 3030i

Right from the off, even before that bass really kicked in, I was surprised about the rest of the sound envelope. The very impressive clarity from the Bronze 50s actually reminded me of the Wharfedale EVO 2 speakers but more so. The enhanced articulation from the vocal delivery meant that it was easier to track lyrics than the Q Acoustics 3030i designs. That sense of instrumental separation, that there is now very recognisable space between instruments and the vocals, gave the music a real insight.

There is a real crisp approach from the midrange, one that adds pace and movement, pushing the music forwards. The music never felt sluggish from the Bronze 50 7G speakers. For some, this crisp midrange may be slightly too accentuated. These speakers are not strictly balanced. There is a touch, a half a degree, no more, of midrange accentuation. Which is why neutral speakers like the Wharfedale EVO 2s might be a better bet for some. It’s not a good/bad thing. It’s a sound bias thing. A preference.

Even so, what the Bronze 50 midrange voicing gives you is a clean, clear and very exciting sound presentation that can easily detach you from your listening room and send you on a musical journey.

And bass? For the price and size of the cabinets? Beautiful. Lower bass sounds resonant, vibrant and massy. Bass is certainly more effective that the 3030i designs. And I’ve always seen the 3030i speakers as bass specialists.

VS Q ACOUSTICS 3030C

In fact, the Bronze 50 7Gs challenge the new Q Acoustics 3030C speakers in bass terms but added a new sense of clarity within the midrange, although the 50s did have that accentuated midrange and treble.

VS FOSI SP601

I swapped my reference speakers for the Fosi SP601 models. I also swapped CD for vinyl and David Crosby & Graham Nash’s Wind on the Water album from 1975.

The Fosi speakers certainly took bass down to similar depths as the 50s but the Bronze 50s had superior control around this frequency area. Also, whilst the Fosi speakers did present the mids in a more balanced manner, the detail couldn’t quite reach the extended levels offered by the Bronze 50s.

VS MARTIN LOGAN MOTION 15i

Listening to my Martin Logan Motion 15i speakers was interesting because the wholly different AMT tweeters boasted the best upper frequency detail and articulation of this entire test.

Sure, at times, when pushed hard, they showed a similar upper frequency accentuation to the Bronze 50s but the Martin Logans just didn’t have the low frequency grunt that the Monitor Audios presented. That low-end thump from the Bronze 50s provided a sense of grandeur.

CONCLUSION

There is a real sense of fun from the Monitor Audio Bronze 50 7G speakers that reminds me of the Ruark Sabre-R speakers. Except that the Monitor Audio Bronze 50 7g designs wrap you up in the music and carry you along with it.

Sure, some ears might not appreciate the slightly accentuated upper mids but if you love your detail, clean mids, a distinct sense of clarity and, above all else, a real sense of bass power with a surprising low-end grunt for relatively small stand mounts, then you will love the Bronze 50 7G designs.

MONITOR AUDIO BRONZE 50 7G SPEAKERS

Price: £500

Website: monitoraudio.com

GOOD: bass power, treble clarity, clean midrange, built quality

BAD: slight midrange emphasis