Monolith 3

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Since its premiere, the Monolith project has been the sum of the assumptions of massive, minimalist design and strong sound with seemingly modest equipment. This is the third variant of the development of this concept. In order to maintain similar power in a much smaller housing and when converting the bass section from two 6-inch speakers to one 8-inch transducer, we had to rebuild our MONOLITH III to a considerable extent. It is still a three-way structure, but with three speakers, ventilated on the front wall of the column. This monumental, heavy and massive casing does not reveal all its bass potential hidden in the internal chambers invisible to the listener’s eye. All of the Monolith speakers break certain stereotypes. They are similar, but they are different variants of one concept.
Information for fans of Monolith I and II. Of course, these two models remain in the Audio Planet offer. They still surprise listeners with their strong character and severity of the sound. You can listen to all of them and decide which Monolith suits your tastes best.
The very fact of the creation of the third version of these columns shows that the market is very interested in this model. It also demonstrates our flexibility and response to the needs of customers and the need to achieve similar sound but in different enclosures, at the same time drawing from the same project. We have created the latest version with several basic assumptions. Maintaining a strong sound with the application of a bass speaker at the bottom of the column with a characteristic reception effect. Maintaining a monolithic, simple expression, assuming that all speakers are changed and the enclosure is much less deep. We changed the body, it is shallower, but wider due to the change of the midrange driver and even higher than the previous two models to maintain the harmony of the body.
MONOLITH III also sounds differently. We equipped it with SB Acoustics transducers with the use of ceramised mounting. We have obtained a more massive, wider but also milder midrange. High tones are more illuminated in the upper parts, with a slightly lower resolution in the lower octaves. We achieved even lower bass than in previous models and we slightly softened its character.

Monolith III also provides new conceptual opportunities. Thanks to the wide range of different materials of SB Acoustics speaker membranes, the concept of creating hybrid sets has been drawn that allows to further customize the sound requirements of our customers while maintaining the general character of the loudspeakers. Similar assumptions apply to the entire Phobos series, whose first models are already being completed.