The Monitor Audio BR2 bookshelf speakers is based on an improved speaker platform that can only be described as class leading; the original Monitor Audio B2s, were formidable. The Monitor Audio BR2 speakers have an improved tweeter which gives a definite realism to top end frequencies. The construction of the original B2's was good but the BR2 bookshelfs take this to the next level, being both solid and neatly finished. So now you get all the ability of the original B2's but with an improved soundstage and great finish to match.

As we predicted, the Monitor Audio BR2 bookshelf speakers have been extremely well received! The BR2 speakers have been proudly installed as What HiFi? magazine's product of the year (Speakers £150-£350). The respected magazine praised the new Monitor Audio champions justifying the award with comments like "Detail resolution is excellent for the money" and "Feed the BR2 standmounts one of our failsafe classical testers - Holst's planets suite - and the speakers deliver a wonderfully accomplished listen. The dynamics on offer are - at this price - exceptional, and the monitors fully capture Saturn as it imperiously ushers in the spectre of old age. About 5 minutes in, the Monitor Audio's tremendously deep bass and muscular authority make it quite clear that Saturn is not for being messed around with - from loud to quiet, the Bronzes can change tack effortlessly."