Back in the days before anyone had ever heard of ‘designer’ products, hi-fi came with wardrobe-like enclosures and racks of chunky boxes; Monitor Audio invented the Radius Series 3G – stylish and versatile speaker systems. So radical was the idea that it changed expectations of home entertainment forever. Then, energised by the company’s latest driver technologies, the next generation of Radius arrived, complete with new models, greater versatility and higher, wider, deeper sound.

The eight-strong model line-up included even slimmer versions of the 225 centre speaker and Radius One soundbar, together with a new Radius 200 centre-channel for shelf or rack mounting and two enormously powerful yet super-compact active subwoofers: Radius 380 and 390.