Mordaunt-Short MS 816 Floorstanding Speakers
Mordaunt-Short MS 816 Floorstanding Speakers
USER REVIEWS
[Aug 07, 2012]
jamin74
Casual Listener
These speakers are what listening to music should sound like.When first played you are open to clear vocal's with no harsh over tones in the mid band with silky smooth high's.If you listen to rock or beat driven music they will blow you away with the shear power and depth these 3 way speakers can produce.They roll off at 40hz but seems lower than spec show's.I play them on su-a900mk2 amp and with raig against machine with volume at 11 o'clock is quite eye opening and makes your hair on your arms stand up with the listening room vibrating.I also have the Technics su-a700 and the difference between the two amp's is some difference in the clarity side of things but still at 11 o'clock gives you very strong and pleasing listen if i say easy on the ear i mean no harshness just proper enjoyment.
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[Sep 18, 2002]
FC Lesh
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Very smooth, natural sound. No harsh highs or lows. Great detail.
Weakness:
You might need a beefy amp to get the most out of them. This is a review for the MS 815. Purchased these as left-overs (new, unopened box) for a great price. They are absolutely beautiful to the eyes, and great sound quality. They took a while to break in, but just keep getting better. If you're lucky enough to find them in the back corner of a store (like it did) or on eBay - grab them. |
[Dec 03, 2000]
Paul Haynes
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
There looks match there sound, excellent. Well ballanced mix of bass middle and trebble, although bass is a little soft but very marginal
Weakness:
None Well I had a pair of MS816 for a month before I upgraded to the MS817 which were even better. The 816 are very similar to the 817 only the speaker cabinets are smaller, thus the bass is not as noticable in comparison. The only problem I found was that the boxed new speakers (which are big, floor standing speakers) had cosmetic flaws with them, a mark here, slight damage there, so I had to exchange them until I found the perfect pair. Havin said that, once I did, I am a very happy customer. |
[Jan 16, 2001]
Colin Armstrong
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
good bass sound overall very impressive
Weakness:
to my view there are no weaknesses I havent owned a pair of MS816 but owned the big boys M817's these were very impresive speaker and were bought at an outstanding prize of £350. |
[Nov 10, 1999]
tod
Audio Enthusiast
I'd like to add some information to Alan's review. Actually the new owner of MS is Audio Partnership (they hold CambAudio too). |
[Aug 02, 1999]
Denis
an Audio Enthusiast
After reading an article in Quebec Audio that mentionned that the Mordaunt-Short MS-206 were a good deal, I started to look around for a reseller of that brand. In the region, there is only two resellers (Audio d'Occasion in Montreal and Larose&Larose in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu). The MS-206 are good speakers for the price. Though, the bass were not as good as I wanted. The salesman connected then the MS-208. I was impress by the quality of those speakers, especially for only 1200$CAN. When it was time for picking them up for a test period at home, the salesman offered me to listen to the Performance MS-806 (1600$CAN incl. taxes). Wow ! Amazing ! Those are great speakers, voices are natural and deep, high are detailed, lows are defined and short. Extremely impressive. In addition, those are the best esthetically speaking (wife approved). Elegant and refine look with great sound. I wonder why those speaker are so unknown. There is almost no review of those in this web site. Actually the whole brand name, Mordaunt-Short (british made, and recently bought by Cambridge Audio) seems to be unknown that most of the audiohile. |
[Nov 10, 1999]
ALAN
Audio Enthusiast
MS is a well established brand over here in the UK, but appears to be little known outside of Europe. |