In-Store Exclusive
 The Monitor Audio Platinum PLC350 is an in-store exclusive product. We firmly recommend a demo of these at our Bacup showroom to truly appreciate the quality and unsurpassed performance. Call us today on 01706 878444 to arrange a full demo or contact us here. |
For substantial audio performance, the largest centre speaker in the Monitor Audio Platinum range, the PLC350 centre-channel speaker delivers on all fronts. The most advanced drivers in its class and probably the widest bandwidth of any centre speaker on the market are two of the many reasons what puts the PLC350 at the top of the audio tree.
When you take into account that the centre channel processes at least 60% of the audio generated by a full home cinema system, the role of the centre speaker cannot be under-estimated. You could argue it's possibly the most important component of a reference level set-up to get right. This speaker carries two 8" RTD® bass/midrange drivers either side of a C-CAM® high-frequency ribbon transducer, illuminating every nuance of dialogue in movie performances. The PLC350 delivers a truly immersive and dynamic music or movie experience.
Sometimes a saying goes "the closer you look, the better it gets". This couldn't be more apt for the Monitor Audio Platinum PLC350 speaker, with its 11 (yes, eleven!) coats of lacquer polished up to perfection. The front baffle, finished in Strathspey leather for acoustic benefits provides a supreme contrast between the smooth gloss finish of the cabinets. All the internal wiring, an area where signals sometimes suffer in cheaper speakers, is made from pure silver, symbolising the absolute best materials are used from the ground up.
ARC®
Having various applications within a number of our speaker ranges, this high-tech Anti-Resonance Composite material is a thermo-set polymer loaded with minerals to provide very inert, optimally-damped components. Refined by Monitor Audio’s engineers initially for the Platinum series, ARC is ideal for acoustic design, where a high degree of structural rigidity and vibration damping is required in order to prevent the propagation of standing waves and modal resonances.
Ribbon Tranducer
Monitor Audio's proprietary ribbon tweeter design uses an ultra-thin sandwich of C-CAM alloy suspended in a powerful transverse magnetic field of high energy NeFeB rare earth magnets. The ribbon serves as both voice coil and radiating diaphragm, with every part of the ribbon driven directly and simultaneously without energy storage. Having a mass of just 18mg, its diaphragm is able to start and stop in an instant, producing a transient response capable of defining the leading edge and natural harmonic resonance of complex musical sounds. Specified to reach ultra-high frequencies up to an elusive 100 kHz, Platinum’s magical ribbon tweeter will reproduce with ease every last nuance and detail from vinyl, CD, DVD-A and SACD, together with the wider bandwidth of Blu-ray.
RDT®
RDT is a unique technology developed specifically by Monitor Audio's engineers for the Platinum series of loudspeakers*. Designed to reduce mass and increase cone stiffness, RDT applies ultra-thin skins of C-CAM to a core of honeycomb Nomex®** material, creating a structure which is extremely light but incredibly rigid. At only 40 microns thick, the C-CAM skins are half the thickness of a human hair, yet when bonded to the Nomex core they form an RDT cone, which is 150 times more rigid than a single layer of 200 micron C-CAM alloy, but has a fraction of the overall mass. These properties allow the cone to operate as a lightning-fast piston for a clearer more natural sound. The RDT cone's concave geometry has been refined by FEA analysis to provide a smooth frequency response and to eradicate break-up.
* PLW-15's driver is C-CAM only
* Nomex® is a registered trademark of E.I DuPont de Nemours and Company
Monitor Audio Platinum Speakers are available in three finishes:
| Frequency Response: |
32 Hz - 100 KHz |
| Sensitivity (1W@1M): |
90 dB |
| Nominal Impedance: |
4 Ohms |
Maximum S.P.L
(Per pair in room): |
117.8 dBA |
| Power Handling (RMS): |
250 W |
| Recommended Amplifier Requirements (RMS): |
100 - 250 W |
| Bass Alignment: |
Twin Ported HiVe II Technology
Sealed Mid-range TLE
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| Mid / H.F Crossover Frequency: |
4000 Hz |
| Bass Low Pass Crossover Frequency: |
550 Hz |
| Drive Unit Compliment: |
2 x 8" long-throw RDT bass drivers
1 x 4" RDT mid-range driver
1 x C-CAM high frequency ribbon transducer |
External Dimensions
Excluding Stand
(H x W x D): |
288 x 800 x 368 mm
(11 5/16 x 31 1/2 x 14 1/2) |
| Weight: |
33.5 Kg (73.8lbs) |
