Pokémon. In the mythical audio kingdom of Hanguk there live many pocket monarchs and their warriors. Amongst those which make the most noise are Allnic, April, A&K, Aurender, Enleum, Hifi Rose, Hifistay, MSD, Santus, Seawave, Simon, SOtM and Waversa. Emillé succumbed to old age. Then in the late era between the Great Silences of original and man-made Nothing there rose a knight called Jun-hyeok Seo. He rules the fi(ef)dom of MonAcoustic. His special power is alumination, his latest champion PlatiMon, a fierce 3-armed warrior of two basserators and one crinkled cutter. So began his elsewhere tale before he magically teleported to Berlin where John’s crammed schedule moved him to a Q3/Q4 duel slot later in the year. To hold you over, the Dark One requested today’s remix for the short version. So let’s poke this mon.
Reframed we can think of Jun’s speakers as South Korea’s answer to Magico, Stenheim, YG and other brands who promote 606 aircraft-grade aluminium for enclosures. At $6.5K/pr including solid stands with four floor spikes and three roller balls, PlatiMon perches between €2K SuperMon Mini and €25K SuperMon Isobaric. I was originally asked to review the latter. Its colossal weight with stands plus 23% Irish VAT on non-EU imports simply proved prohibitively costly to ship in and out of our verdant island. Instead, I reviewed the 4” 2-way Mini and then bought the loaners for my smaller upstairs system. Unlike it and the mega monitor, PlatiMon relinquishes the hidden-behind-the-outer-driver isobaric approach. What you see is what you get: dual German-sourced then modified 5-inch mid/woofers vertically bracketing a deeply inset Dayton AMT for what designer Jun calls a virtual coaxial array. Hence the VC suffix of the full name PlatiMon VC One.
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