"Poised, informative stereo speakers with detail and dynamism in equal measure"
Alongside their remarkable 5-star review, TechRadar's present Studio 89 with their ‘Editor’s Choice’ award.
"No matter how spare or how complex a recording, the Monitor Audio exercise authority over it"
Regarding their design, expert reviewer Simon Lucas said "these are beautifully finished and quite good-looking speakers.".
Simon speaking on the sound quality, stating "what’s perhaps most immediately enjoyable about the way the Monitor Audio sound is how much they seem to be enjoying themselves."
On the Studio 89's performance, Simon spoke about the "large, well-organised soundstage", saying "detail levels are high at every turn, and the Monitor Audio manage to put even the most fleeting, transient occurrences into convincing context."
In conclusion "there’s no denying the value for money these speakers represent both as objects and, most importantly, where the sound they make is concerned".