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Vibe Monolith/Omicron 5.1 surround setup review

We play audio baseball with a set of classy tapered towers and a spherical woofer

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2009-07-20July 20th 2009

Price at launch £1,900.00
Features Package includes: 2 x Monolith One, 1 x Monolith Two, 2 x Monolith Three, 1 x Omicron Subwoofer
Centre Speaker Details Vibe Monolith Two centre
Centre Speaker Drive Units Woofer: 2 x 4" (100mm) Kevlar cone, Tweeter: 1 x 1" (25mm) silk
Centre Speaker Frequency Response 60Hz - 20kHz
Centre Speaker Power Handling 6.3
Centre Speaker Sensitivity 88dB
Front Speaker Details Vibe Monolith Three towers
Front Speaker Drive Units Woofer: 2 x 4" (100mm) Kevlar cone, Tweeter: 1 x 1" (25mm) silk
Front Speaker Frequency Response 50Hz - 20kHz
Front Speaker Sensitivity 88dB
Front Speaker Weight 12.4
Impedance (Ohm) 6
Rear Speaker Details Vibe Monolith One surrounds
Rear Speaker Drive Units Woofer: 1 x 4" (100mm) Kevlar cone, Tweeter 1 x 1"(25mm) silk
Rear Speaker Frequency Response 65Hz - 20kHz
Rear Speaker Sensitivity 85dB
Rear Speaker Weight 3.8
Subwoofer Connectivity Vibe Omicron subwoofer
Subwoofer Drive Units Woofer: 1 x 8" (200mm) paper cone
Subwoofer Enclosure Type Sphere
Subwoofer Frequency Response 45Hz - 500Hz
Subwoofer Power 70
Subwoofer Weight 12.5

Product Summary

Monolith/Omicron 5.1 speakers

Vibe Monolith 5.1 surround setup

Price at launch

£1,900.00

For

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Startling potency

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Very handsome looking baseball bat-shaped speakers

Against

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The subwoofer could be bigger, or do with a mate in any Monolith system

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