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Name: Monitor Audio CSS230
Brand: Monitor Audio
SKU: 893CSS230
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)

Monitor Audio CSS230 Ultra-shallow in-ceiling speaker with built-in back-box

MFR # CSS230

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I'm thrilled to have found them

Roger from New York, NY on 3/12/2019

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Handsome look and excellent sound for a shallow depth speaker. In renovating my kitchen I found I that I had only two inches to work with, which makes finding a decent speaker rather difficult. The monitor audio speakers sound great connected to a Denon receiver and produce good bass and treble notes. They don't have the fullness of my B&W bookshelf speakers or Polk towers but hold their own in the kitchen and well, they are only two inches deep. I'm thrilled to have found them. I returned shallow depth Kef speakers from another vendor right away.

Pros: Shallow depth speaker with great sound Good looking flat grill cover with no logo

Cons: Expensive Not quite the rich sound of a bookshelf or tower speaker

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