Has anyone here even heard of monsoon speakers?

[RockGuitarDude]

I have the 2.1 and 5.1 sets that they make. They are both amazing. How is it that noone ever has/mentions them? Seriously, everything in its price range and some things more expensive get their ass handed to them by these speakers.

It's not even like people rarely mention them. I have never once heard anyone mention anything besides Logitech, Klipsch or Creative Labs.

Please tell me you people have heard these speakers and are just not very talkative about them

 

[magomago]

I have them. MH505s and I love them. I like how the bass sounds cripser than the 5.1 logitech setup (which my brother has....they are way to bassy for me) and the sound is nice~

now if only i got the rear speakers to punch out audio as loud as front speakers i'd be happy

 

[RockGuitarDude]

You can do that with a simple splitter... you just need to get something that is female 1/8 to 2 x male 1/8. I wish there was a software solution though only problem is you loose 2 channels if you use them...

 

[borntodie]

Could've sworn someone recently mentioning Monsoon is no longer in business. Thats probably one reason you're not really hearing about them.

 

[RockGuitarDude]

Still available on ebay... No one even mentioned them when they were in production either tho

 

[lazybum131]

The people over at 3DSS forums talked about the Monsoon speakers. I own the Planar Media 14's, bought them cheap ($80 Canadian) after Monsoon pulled out of multimedia speakers. I think they're still doing factory installs of car audio systems (Pontiac Grand Am cars come to mind)

 

[pirred908]

I know someone who just bought a new VW GTI. It came with a monsoon system. Sounds pretty good.

 

[RockGuitarDude]

they do hyundais too

 

[nineball9]

My system has Monsoon Planer media 14 2.1 speakers. I purchased planar speakers instead of regular cone speakers on a whim - have never looked back. Awesome sound!

 

[n0cmonkey]

If I had known they made computer speakers I would have checked them out. I love the monsoon setup in my golf.

 

[dkozloski]

My '01 Buick Regal GS had Monsoon sound but it isn't near as good as the Bose system in my '04 Cadillac CTS.

 

[BD2003]

Whats the model number of their best 2.1 system?

 

[nineball9]

Originally posted by: BD2003
Whats the model number of their best 2.1 system?

zero.

Just kidding ... I purchased my Monsoon speakers last August (8/2003), and Monsoon went belly up a few weeks later. From what I can tell from the user manual (and from what I remember from researching them last August), they didn't have model numbers.

At the time, Monsoon offered three 2.1 systems: PlanarMedia 14, PlanarMedia 9, PlanarMedia 7. All three systems used the same planar satelite speakers; the difference between the systems are the subwoofers and amplifier power.

PlanarMedia 14: Satelites: 2 x 25W, Subwoofer: 2 x 25W. (100 Wrms total). Max acoustic output in a typical desktop environment: 103 dB.

PlanarMedia 9: Satelites: 2 x 19W, Subwoofer: 2 x 19W. (76 Wrms total). Max acoustic output in a typical desktop environment: 101 dB.

PlanarMedia 7: Satelites: 2 x 8W, Subwoofer: 1 x 19W (35 Wrms total). Max acoustic output in a typical desktop environment: 96 dB.

(If you want additional system specs, drop me a PM.)

 

[jjyiz28]

i guess im old school. i have a 2.1 monsoon called MM-700, their top of the line 2.1 was MM-1000 i beleive
bought it 4-5 years ago, and still going on strong.

back in the late nineties, instead of klipsh, logitech, creative, it was monsoon, midiland, and some other company i forgot.

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=1108

 

[RockGuitarDude]

Thing with their stuff is that IMO the cheapest line sounds the best. MH-502 (i think, used to be mh-500 then they redesigned?) is the best 2.1 soundwise. The MH-505 is the same cept 5.1 sound

 

[TDY2KN01]

funny i stumple upon this thread.

Check my thread out
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1355357&highlight_key=y&keyword1=SPEAKER

Since they are out of business, I couldnt contact them for replacement since im still within 1 year of warranty so I had to try to fix it and it make a bigger mess. They are good speakers.