This is the very hot (Fukishima made ...) product of aspiration in that much sought after middle-high area of surround amplifiers ... almost silly money but actually if one has done the research and listened carefully to it as an amplifier it is the defineable top of the pile for a sub $3000 surround receiver.

Witness how many of these were pre sold to the AV Newsgroup people ... there were none available to ordinary consumers for some months as the first shipments were prepurchased by this particular group of cognoscenti.

Newsgroups are the ultimate expression of the selfsumer in the AV scene at the moment. They are very hard to subvert with conventional media ads, and any attempt at a stealth or other tactic can be met with a guerilla consumer response.

They are best persuaded with quality, service and value.

We try very hard to be good at those things ...

This is the 21st Century recreation of the original NAD 3020 amplifier from the seventies that provided an outlet for thousands of young people on the hunt for real HiFi.

When I was purveying audio in Cambridge in 1979 the NAD 3020 was a sudden revolutionary product that empowered a whole generation of young HiFi buffs with at last a reliable good quality amplifier that was a massive leap ahead of anything else that was available at the time at anything like the money.(89 pounds sterling at the time)

It takes a very special product to get our jaded staff excited, but these speakers are just that. Already prompting many a late night (and into the early morning) listening session, The MB2's have already earned a special place in our hearts. And they will find a place in yours too after an audition we're sure.

If this speaker was a wine I reckon it would be a really good Penfolds ...

The RX8 represent the flag ship of Monitor Audio's Silver RX range. Physically they present a slim and slender facade that hides a deep and full cabinet making this the smallest looking big speaker we've seen in a long while.

Any of you who spend time with Rab or Bo in the shop will eventually get force fed a pair of these.

They are world class panel speakers that have been designed by one of the best pair of Hi Fi ears on our planet being Tony Moore from Victoria.

Monitor Audio asked the question: Do you really need large, intrusive loudspeakers to bring true hi-fi performance to music and films at home?

With Radius it has provided the answer.