While they aren’t predated by 88 iterations, Monitor Audio’s new Studio 89 do by name nod to the illustrious history of the British brand’s famed Studio model: the Studio 15 model was introduced in 1989 as a two-way standmounter that married a glossy black finish with gold-anodised drivers.
Indeed, as you can see in the accompanying images, the new Studio 89 pay homage to that ancestor not only in name but also aesthetic. Uniquely in the current Monitor Audio speaker range, they combine a high-gloss black finish with metal cone drivers finished in gold. They certainly look the part – and they sound it too, as you will gather from our Monitor Audio Studio 89 review.
