ARCHITECTURAL PLATINUM SPEAKERS
PUT HIGH-END SOUND IN-WALL
PLATINUM IN-WALL II
Monitor Audio’s new Platinum In-Wall II model offers flagship build quality
and performance with a super-discreet style.
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C
ustom installers are
turning to architectural
solutions as a way to
reduce the impact of
multiple speakers on space
and room design. While this
is aesthetically desirable,
sound quality is often
compromised. To end this
compromise, Monitor Audio
has taken the quality and
performance of its flagship
Platinum II freestanding hi-fi
speakers for discreet in-wall
applications. The innovative
new Platinum In-Wall II
design offers integrators
a no-compromise option,
combining the audiophile
accuracy, bandwidth and
dynamics of the hi-fi speakers
with the luxury of flush-withthe- surface installation. The
Platinum In-Wall II is a threeway reference architectural
speaker system, perfect
for custom home theatre
projects where lifelike scale
and dynamics are demanded.
Equipped with an adjustable
mid/high frequency driver
array, the In-Wall is able
to deliver pin-point audio
imaging and consistency from
both vertical or horizontal
positions. By rotating the array
though 90 degrees at the
centre of a LCR configuration
for instance, a soundstage of
three Platinum In-Wall IIs will
generate the seamless tonal
integrity of the finest boxed
systems from a stealthy in-wall
location.
Audiophile In-Wall
In keeping with the rigour
of Platinum II design, the
In-Wall’s cabinet is as free
of mechanical resonance as
possible. Its heavily damped
and cross-braced composite
structure of steel back plate
and 25mm (1 inch) MDF joins
a front baffle made of AntiResonance CompositeTM (ARC)
material, designed to provide
an optimally rigid and stable
foundation for the state-ofthe-art Platinum II drivers.
Twin 6.5” RDT®II bass drivers
are positioned astride a centre
pairing of Platinum II’s Micro
Pleated Diaphragm (MPD) High
Frequency Transducer and 4”
RDT II mid-range.
The MPD transducer has a
surface area around eight times
that of a conventional dome,
allowing for much greater
efficiency and lower distortion.
Bonded to the diaphragm’s
surface, the driver coil takes
the form of a conductive track,
which is extremely light and
able to reproduce low-level
nuances with higher definition.
In tandem with lower native
distortion, the absence of
diaphragm breakup modes
ensures that high frequencies
are accurate and faithful to the
original recording.
Precision-engineered
to partner the tweeter’s
impressive fidelity, the midrange driver uses an innovative
RDT II (Rigid Diaphragm
Technology generation II) cone,
comprising ultra-thin skins of
C-CAM and woven carbonfibre, bonded to a honeycomb
Nomex® core. Developed
specifically for Platinum II, this
extraordinarily light and rigid
structure features the lowest
distortion cone technology in
Monitor Audio’s history. The
In-Wall’s lightning-fast RDT II
mid-driver dovetails with its
MPD tweeter in a damped and
sealed enclosure to generate a
naturally lucid and expressive
sonic quality from 300Hz to
over 100kHz. Below 300Hz,
dual, dished, 6.5” RDT II bass
drivers, optimised for sealed
box operation, are designed for
high excursions with extremely
low signal distortion.
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As part of the exacting
Platinum II design regimen, the
crossovers have been refined
using the finest hand-picked
metallised polypropylene
film capacitors and air-core
inductors in the shortest signal
path for maximum signal
transfer and power handling.
A ‘stealthy’ matt-black baffle
allows the Platinum In-Wall II
to be used behind a screen in
a blacked-out custom theatre
setting. Alternatively, its ultraslim flat mesh grille can be
painted to match room décor.
Invisible magnetic grille fixings
provide a neat and easy way
to fix and remove the grilles
during installation or servicing.
The In-Wall has been designed
for simple retro-fit installation
through Monitor Audio’s easy
and secure Tri-GripTM dog
leg fixings. Additional roomtuning is available through
baffle-mounted mid and high
frequency level controls (+1/0/1 dB). The new Platinum In-Wall
II is a true wide-bandwidth
speaker system optimised
for in-wall applications and
capable of accurate audio
reproduction from 52Hz to 100
KHz for the ultimate in discreet
high performance multichannel sound.