I know this because my brother still uses 30(ish) year-old MS20s and I have a pair of MS20i Pearl Editions in a box under our stairs* - having used them successfully with a Naim system for six months until very recently. I ran MS310s until 3 or 4 years ago, before finally replacing them with Neat Motive SX3s. The MS310 was a well respected, if budget, speaker of the '90s.

We focus on education, discussion, and sharing of entry and mid level separate & multi component audio systems.That Chinese company is Audio Partnership, the same that owns Cambridge Audio. There is a business connection with Richer Sounds, hence Richers being the only UK dealer selling CA kit. Unfortunately this happened for a lot of well respected British brands, such as Wharfedale and Quad, just to mention a few which have their current range mass-produced Far East.

Vehicle Parts and Accessories:Car Parts:Interior Parts and Furnishings:Other Interior Parts and Trim To compare the speakers you would need to accurately know the specifications and the original selling price. This is one of the best value-for-money speaker designs around, but there's just a little bit more care needed when matching your system to these dynamic, musical Mordaunt-Shorts than is the case with their obvious rivals.Looking at the numbers it seems that the MS going lower frequencies but otherwise I can’t find any direct comparison between the two. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Record Players/Home Turntables Home, Furniture and DIY:Smart Home and Surveillance:Smart Speakers, Hubs and Accessories:Smart Speakers Gumtree.com Limited is an Appointed Representative of Compare The Market Limited who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Other Home Stereo Components However, the good news for the OP is that MS20i Pearl Editions would be an excellent and very cost effective upgrade and well worth waiting for a really good pair to come along.Mounted as described, the Mordaunt-Short MS20s gave a sharply-defined stereo spread and pleasing tonal quality. Of course the extreme bass slopes off rather steeply from systems of this size but the designers have resisted the temptation to introduce a false upper-bass hump—so characteristic of inferior loudspeakers—therefore mounting against a wall or in a corner could be tried jud ciously as a means of bass enhancement. The extreme treble does rise ever so slightly, which may be no bad thing on some audio-systems but produced a slight over-brightness and sibilance on my top-grade hi-fi set-up. This subreddit is for the budget minded audiophile that wants to grow out of soundbars, boomboxes, mini systems, portable bluetooth, lifestyle speakers, and PC peripheral branded audio solutions.