Mordaunt Short MS30i

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what year did the MS30i speakers came out in? I'm aware they costed over £500 for a bookshelf, OUCH.

I still see people still like these speakers.
 
I paid 100 for the 20s.

I'm surprised the 30is were so much more.

Its getting into pretty hot company.
 
i had a pair of the ms30i classics, driven by an arcam 9/9p combo.

big boxes for a sealed standmount, but sounded very, very nice indeed! lovely detailed sound with very good bass welly. not seen them around for years s/h, but they are a very good speaker.
 
A.N. said:
i had a pair of the ms30i classics, driven by an arcam 9/9p combo.

big boxes for a sealed standmount, but sounded very, very nice indeed! lovely detailed sound with very good bass welly. not seen them around for years s/h, but they are a very good speaker.
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Thanks for your reply.

Was the MS30i a bit bright sounding? As I see people use warm sounding amps with them.
 
It went downhill as they went up, the early 90's 10's were a very highly rated small speaker, the 20's faired well, then it all seemed to slope off with the 30's (£250,100w) 40's and 50's.
Wouldn't know what improvement's were made with the later *i* version's ? :)
 
spica said:
It went downhill as they went up, the early 90's 10's were a very highly rated small speaker, the 20's faired well, then it all seemed to slope off with the 30's (£250,100w) 40's and 50's.
Wouldn't know what improvement's were made with the later *i* version's ? :)
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Been doing some research on the MS30i. Way back in 1998 they were £600!!!!!!!!!

Now that's a lot of money for a bookshelf speaker over 10 years ago.

I will like to hear the MS10i one day.
 
white-socks said:
Thanks for your reply.

Was the MS30i a bit bright sounding? As I see people use warm sounding amps with them.
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i wouldnt say they were bright as such, but they were very detailed. they matched the arcam combo i had superbly, better than the 752 freedoms i had at the time too. the tweeter could have a tendancy to "shout" at high volumes with the wrong kit, i tried them with a mates rotel at the time, and it sounded shite.

cant remember what i paid for them back then, (i bought them new) but they weren't cheap. sold them on the bay about 8 years ago iirc for about 200 quid inc some partington stands. the guy was chuffed to bits with them :)
 
not critical at all, but imo, they did work better with a little space around them. not much, i had them about 10 inches from the rear wall and they sounded fab.
 

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