Monitor Audio Bronze 300 7G

Monitor Audio is nothing if not consistent when it comes to model names. While the range has expanded over the years, at the core of it have been Gold, Silver and Bronze line-ups. In the (increasingly long) time I have been working in the industry, there have been Monitor Audio Bronze speakers. Indeed, there is now the need for Monitor Audio to note that this particular range of Bronze models is the seventh, as denoted by the 7G on the end of the name of the Bronze 300 you see here. 

The Bronze 300 is the largest member of the Bronze family, and the only floorstander in the range. It’s a 2.5-way design (meaning that the two midbass drivers share the same information from the crossover, although one acts on lower frequencies than the other) and it uses some design thinking that dates back long into the history of the Bronze range. 

This is most apparent in the use of a 25mm Gold Dome tweeter. This uses a material called ‘C-CAM’ (ceramic-coated aluminium and magnesium) to create something as light and stiff as possible. New for the 7G models is a ‘UD’ (uniform dispersion) Waveguide II. This improves the means by which the tweeter spreads information, and lets it hand over to the mid/bass drivers at a lower frequency.

The mid/bass drivers are also made of C-CAM and evolve some longstanding Monitor Audio technologies. Perhaps the most important of these is the use of a more powerful motor system and larger ‘spider’ (the device that couples the motor to the driver assembly, that in this case doesn’t look anything like an arachnid) to extract more low-end oomph from the 152mm drivers. This means that the hefty 203mm driver that featured in the previous generation of Bronze speakers has been dispensed with, without the new speaker losing out much in low end terms. 

These drivers are placed in a cabinet a whisker over a metre tall that’s made from hefty sections of MDF and features two of the company’s ‘HiVE’ bass ports on the rear to manage airflow. A carefully optimised crossover is placed inside, and this offers the scope to bi-wire the Bronze 300 - a rather rare thing in 2025. At the base of the cabinet, a quartet of outrigger feet and spikes are fitted - Monitor Audio claims the results are much more stability than before and also the ability to easily level the cabinet. 

Sound Quality 

In the dim and distant past, Monitor Audio had exciting speakers down to a fine art. They hit hard, and did so with an energy and general get-up-and-go that made many rivals sound a bit flat. The caveat to this was they could be a bit on the merciless side when partnered incorrectly, or when given less-than-brilliantly recorded material to play. Over the years, Monitor Audio tweaked every aspect of the design and reached a point where it was building speakers that were almost impossible to provoke, regardless of what you played on them or how you powered them. The catch was some of that punch and sparkle was lost in the process. By the time I tested a member of the preceding 6G range it was, dare I say... a bit dull. 

It doesn’t take too much time with the Bronze 300 7G to realise that some of that lost energy has been successfully recovered. This is a speaker that has a bit of drive to it - and the manner in which this manifests itself is rather clever. Many ‘fast’-sounding speakers can summon this speed by simply not having that much bass extension. The Bronze 300 7G, by contrast, has no shortage of low-end punch but it still manages to go like the clappers at the same time. This is partnered with a top end that has rediscovered a bit of the classic Monitor Audio sparkle in the same evolutionary process. High frequencies are now potent and attention-grabbing in a way they weren’t always before. 

The really clever part of this is none of that hard-worn refinement has been sacrificed to achieve it. Even very strident recordings maintain a level of civility that means you enjoy them for what they are and don’t find yourself nudging the volume down. If you really went to town on finding an unsuitable partner for the Monitor Audio, it might still be possible to create a partnership that is a little on the bright side - but you’ll have to put the work in to achieve it. 

This is combined with an impressive level of fine detail retrieval too. This is not a forensic speaker; it’s not here to tell you every last foible and error in the music you love. What it does consistently well is ensure there is enough detail on hand to avoid music sounding like an obvious reproduction. The stereo image that the Bronze 300 7G generates is also generally good. It doesn’t extend very far beyond the outer edges of the cabinets, but what happens inside that space is cohesive and convincing. 

In fact, picking issues with the Monitor Audio is hard. Compared to Wharfedale’s fabulous Super Denton at the same price, the midrange on offer doesn’t have the same sense of body and the ‘there in the room’ quality that the Super Denton can achieve - but the Wharfedale are all out of ideas at low frequencies where the Monitor Audio still have plenty left in the tank. This really does feel like the most balanced iteration of the Bronze sound yet. 

Living with the Monitor Audio Bronze 300 7G 

Monitor Audio is very proud of the new outrigger feet on the Bronze 300 7G - it notes the improved stability and the exceptional resistance to external vibration. This may well be true, but the decision to demand each of the eight outriggers (four on each speaker) require two different fixings to attach is really very annoying indeed. Attaching them with two different Allen keys on hand and the little screws constantly making a bid for freedom is thankless and unenjoyable.

With this gripe out of the way, the news gets better. This is a speaker that manages to feel elegant and usefully compact despite being over a metre tall. It never feels big or obtrusive in use. The black finish of my review sample isn’t the most exciting thing going - I’d argue that both the walnut and white options are more interesting and complement the white mid/bass drivers better, but it’s been applied to a high overall standard. Monitor Audio hasn’t launched a badly made speaker in… well, ever, really and this is no exception. As well as feeling very solid, the level of finish and detail is exceptional, with details like that new tweeter waveguide looking very special indeed. 

In measurement terms too, the Bronze 300 7G won’t scare the horses. It is usefully sensitive, and presents a fairly easy impedance to the partnering amp. This means it won’t need a huge amount of power to run at lively volumes, and when you combine it with the usefully forgiving nature it means this should not be a hard speaker to partner. Something else that’s potentially a huge benefit is the Bronze 7G range is one of a comparatively small number of options at the price to include both an upward-firing Atmos speaker and a dedicated surround in the range - so turning the Bronze 300 7G into part of a full-fat home cinema setup won’t be a challenge either. 

Conclusion

The Bronze 300 7G takes all the ongoing development of the Bronze range and finds some of the sheer joy that infused the earlier and more characterful offerings. The result is a very, very capable £1000 speaker that can keep anything else at the price point honest.

Listening notes 

The Grid Evolver
A fascinating blind alley of 90s dance music (the heavy use of theramins in particular was… different) gives the Monitor Audio the opportunity to deliver fast, controlled and satisfyingly deep bass while doing justice to the charming oddness happening above

Neal Francis Return to Zero
Utterly 70s in character and composition, this fantastically tight selection of songs shows off the energy and top end sparkle that the Bronze 300 7G is able to deliver, really doing justice to the fabulous mastering. 

Muse Black Holes and Revelations
An absolute car-crash of an album in mastering terms, and one that - once upon a time - would have had Bronze speakers getting a bit on the shouty side. Here, the performance is smooth enough to ensure that some of the musical qualities of the album are perceivable.

If you want your music delivered with a bit of vigour, this is the £1k speaker you need to audition first. The really clever bit about this is none of the care in partnering or music choice that was once needed is now the case. This is the absolute evolution of Bronze.

A combination of the Monitor Audio with the Rega Brio Mk7 and Planar 3RS is going to be an absolute pleasure to live with. You could even bolt a WiiM streamer into one of the Brio’s digital inputs to broaden the listening options too.