V for victory?
M&K Sound’s 15in mid-tier subwoofer has the size, looks and clever control app to win over Steve Withers – but will it satisfy his deepest LFE desires?
“A big 15in driver, sealed enclosure, plenty of power and a sophisticated control app help this bassmaker deliver the infrasonic goods with speed and depth. You’ll love it
It’s not all musical panache though, and the V15+ can still serve up a few infrasonic surprises. When Denzel Washington’s car is being shot up by Russian gangsters in the final act, one of the tyres bursts with an LFE hit that’s incredibly powerful – I literally felt it in my chest.
The V15+ just digs that bit deeper and feels so much bigger, laying down a foundation of low-frequency energy that really slams.”
– Steve Withers, Home Cinema Choice
“The M&K Sound X15+ doesn’t seem to fear any content, no matter how high you crank the volume it just keeps getting louder. If you do somehow reach a point where it can’t go any further it smoothly engages protection mechanisms and prevents itself from coming undone. The X15+ is insouciant when driven, it doesn’t care you’re doing everything in your power to bury it. Even at the extreme it remains in control, never losing the ability to reproduce clean sound. It doesn’t just excel at sheer output, it backs up that skill with precision and detail. If you have big demands the M&K Sound X15+ subwoofer is certainly able to fulfill them. Highly recommended.”
– Home Theater Forum, by THEJMAN
“Professional cinema bass from a compact, living room-friendly box: The V12+ from M&K Sound is an excellent subwoofer and ideally sui- ted for cinematic experiences in your living room. It masters power- ful action movie soundtracks and high-quality music reproduction in equal measure.”
– Heimkino, Dipl.-Phys. Guido Randerat
“The V10+ from M&K provides perhaps the optimal bass solution. Here is a compact subwoofer with small footprint which looks unobtrusive and sounds, quite simply, fantastic. The price is such that it offers great value-for-money and should be considered a mush-have for any one who wishes to experience the full bandwidth from moder-day recordings but lacks speakers capable of faithful bottom-end reproduction.” – The-Ear.net, Trevor Butler
“What the D95 does brilliantly is combine excellent detail retrieval with a crisp and dynamic presentation. And there is enough weight to make such sessions enjoyable.” – Home Cinema Choice, Ed Selley
“Accurate and Clear, Deep Extensive Bass, Touching Source of Power!” – HiFi Review, Hong Kong
“The X12+ surprised me with an articulacy to its sound I’ve seldom heard elsewhere” – Doug Pyper, AVForums, Sep. 2022
“The M&K sub’s ability to dig deep and play loud proved mighty impressive – at one point I was afraid it was going to wake the dead in a nearby cemetery. So, the X15+ shines with movie soundtracks, but can a 15-inch sub work equally well with music? YES!”
“This subwoofer brought to the skyscraper-destroying action was gobsmacking to the point I worried about the integrity of my own house. Yet at no point did the X15+ ever feel overwhelmed by the massive LF requirements put on it. It just seemed to breeze through.” – Home Cinema Choice, June 2022, Steve Withers
“I’ve never heard a sub/sat system anywhere near this price point as tight and expressive and as tonally and harmonically complex as the M&K.”
“The sound of the best cinemas in the world – this dream becomes reality with M&K IW150T and C15S”
“M&K Sound presents particularly sophisticated solutions for home cinema enthusiasts”
“The compact 5.1 speaker set delivers first-class Hollywood sound in private home theaters”
“25 years on and still going strong, the legendary S150 just keeps getting better”
“25th anniversary of a loudspeaker that has held up as a mixing and mastering reference like no other for decades, but also raises it technically and visually to an absolute high-end level”
“The overall delivery is crips, clean, detailed and very dynamic”
“Big things sometime comes in small packaged or perhaps it´s just that real pros know exactly how to push the boundaries”
“This superb speaker package combines professional studio monitor levels of neutrality, balance and detail retrieval with a more consumer-friendly look and price.”
“Do you want a discreet speaker set instead of a soundbar for real, dynamic home cinema sound from all channels and have little space for speaker placement? Then super slim systems for wall mounting are the ideal solution – just like the Movie Set from Miller & Kreisel.”
“Like hardly any other manufacturer of home cinema loudspeakers, the Miller & Kreisel brand is connected to the professional recording studio scene. Hollywood fi lm productions, as well as renowned music albums, are very often mixed on systems from M&K Sound. Good reasons to take a closer look at the active studio monitors MPS2520P in HiFi operation as well.”
“The “Movie 5.1 system” of Miller & Kreisel supplies with minimum space requirements excellent home theatre sound and is also priced very attractive.”
“if you’ve already encountered an M&K S150 system, then the impact of the S300 system is easy to quantify – just double it. ”
“M&K Sound’s updated speakers not just uphold the fine tradition of the S150 line, they improve upon it. Highly recommended.” by David Vaughn
If you browse your dictionary for the word iconic, you’ll probably see a picture of the M&K Sound S150 next to the definition. The company has had its up and downs – co-founder Ken Kreisel has departed – but the S150 has been a professional studio monitor of choice for decades
Those who want an uncompromising home cinema sound and have sufficient space as well as a wallet that’s big enough should consider a THX-certified sound system. Such systems guarantee professional sound, exactly like the director wanted it to be during the production of the movie. M&K Sound offers the perfect set for these demands, the S300 series.
After several days of music listening, its movie time and M&K Sound’s qualities are very well suited to the medium. Positioning within the soundstage is crystal clear, voices have the requisite body and articulation, without the least imprecision whenever things explode at full volume.
Home cinema with Hollywood’s standard of sound
There is no doubt that is the tightest, deepest and most heart pounding sub in this compact form factor. Despite it being a fingerprint and smudge magnet, the included gloves take care of most of that. This is an incredibly versatile sub that we can’t get enough of.
If memory serves, the nature and the sound quality of M&K Sound audio have not changed in the 10 years I have been following them. And stability in this case is a mark of quality. It is also extremely important that speakers of different sizes, types, and power are fully compatible. The sound field was really wholesome and seamless which is extremely important when working with object-oriented
audio codecs.
If you are serious about your home cinema sound but do not want to invest a small fortune, the 750THX set from M&K Sound is a very good contestant – a true wolf in a sheep‘s clothing, at a fair price.
It´s quite rare to find a sealed subwoofer at this price-point and equally rare to find a sealed subwoofer that´s room-friendly
POWERFUL EXPERIENCES! You haven’t really had a true home cinema experience, until you’ve heard a dedicated, properly designed loudspeaker system, custom designed for home cinema!
The system we have here for review is based on the MP300 wall mountable reference speakers designed for LCR duties, along with a pair of S300T tripole surrounds and two X12 subwoofers
M&K Sound is very proud of its history and of the role it played in the birth and proliferation of subwoofers, plus, of course, the fact that over the decades its products have become the reference at many major recording studios, including Skywalker
If you want to invest in truly exclusive gear you could for instance check out Danish M&K Sound, taken direct from the professional world. M&K is used by many studio as monitors for mixing of especially film sound, where their consumer models share drivers and crossover networks with their pro monitors
We reported a few weeks ago that the renowned M&K Sound had arrived in Hungary, and we also took some photos while the first shipment was being unpacked. Since then, the Home Movie team has not only installed and calibrated the sound system, but has also carried out the first improvements
With other monitors, you burn time, money and energy trying to work around their obvious flaws and compensate for them. Basically, the MK’s let us get it right the first time. The sound is neutral and natural, so mixes that work in one room will translate perfectly to other rooms without additional tweaking or compromises. No unpleasant surprises and no embarrassing do-overs also mean significant savings
M&K Sound Monitors Selected for Trans-Atlantic. Multi-Year Classical Recording Project. In an ambitious, international project scheduled to run over several years, leading Danish classical label, Dacapo Records have contracted with Timbre Music of Denmark to record the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert in performances…
We’d listen to other speakers but we’d always end up back on the M&K’s” Frank Morrone, independent re-recording mixer, Hollywood In detailing the accomplishments of independent re- recording mixer Frank Morrone, we could probably fill this article with just a list of his major film, television and music credits and awards, including his 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing on the popular and controversial mini-series, The Kennedys.
You can’t pin down MK as a rock speaker or a pop speaker. It’s just a great sounding speaker.”Read the interview with producer, engineer and songwriter Kevin Churko who has worked with an amazing range of musical names including Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Ringo Starr, Five Finger Death Punch, Hinder, In This Moment, Britney Spears and many more
A slice of hollywood for your home. M&K Sound’s THX-certified 5.1 array gets the seal of approval
They may be compact, but the MK Sound monitors are not only active, but also THX PM3 certified for professional use. In fact, as Safodien points out, these monitors are typically used as critical monitors in film studios during the actual mastering process…
The resulting sound makes them professional grade – there’s a set of these in the sound design and editing suites at Lucasfilm’s Skywalker Ranch
Taken as a whole, this is one system that’ll play loud as hell. The 150THX layout absorbed every joule of my 5 x 150-watts-per-channel power amp, a seriously current-rich unit, without any audible shortcoming. During torture tests (well north of actual reference level), I sensed amp clipping before I heard anything unseemly originating in a speaker.
The S-150 Speaker System is designed to offer customers great sound with excellent build quality, whether the need is for home theater or audio. While the cost of the standard S-150 system ($7,400 retail) is significant, performance and build quality is among the best out there. We have been using the M&K S150 system for all of our reviews and have not had the urge to change speakers in eight years
It’s not surprising that JAK Productions used M&K speakers for their sound design and picture editing suites for the Star Wars films – The Phantom Menace and the recent release of Attack Of The Clones. Compromise in sound quality on films such as these is not an option and that’s the primary reason why so many professional studios around the country are currently using M&K speakers.
I was amazed at how the rear-channel speakers were able to sound as though they were pointing in three different directions at any given moment. M&K achieves this through what they call the active, phase-focused crossover concept. By design, the crossover allows an accurate response in both time and frequency domains, creating a very wide horizontal and vertical plane and thus optimizing a three-dimensional soundstage
The MK 750 THX 5.1 speaker package may look understated and unassuming, but in practice it always sounds bigger and more authoritative than expected. That this system is also able to project a wide and inviting soundstage with powerful dimensionality and a pervading sense of accuracy adds to its overall appeal, while its off-axis linearity makes for a wider and more inviting sweet spot that will have the entire family nailed to their seats. Bravo, MK Sound! Bravo!
I had my head turned by the natural, dynamic, and uncolored sound of this THX surround-speaker system. The individual speakers are built to a very high standard and M&K has incorporated a wide range of user-friendly options and accessories. It is competitive with the very finest surround systems I’ve heard, and in some areas—specifically deep bass extension and impact—is second to none.
It’s hard to find enough superlatives to describe the MK Sound LCR950 system. I even broke out my Reviewer’s Superlative Handbook and couldn’t find enough. Juicy even came to mind—as in, the MX-250 sub sure sounds juicy. In fact, it’s one of the juiciest subs around. Very simply, anyone who’s serious about home theater should seriously consider this system.
The MK Sound 950 speakers combine the elements that make a great sounding system with few compromises. The timbre-matched main and surround speakers provide a seamless movement of audio throughout the listening space. The solid construction, contemporary look, relatively small footprint, and excellent sound quality makes this system an easy…
This system justifies its cost with excellent sound. It combines razor-sharp detail with a controlled top end and quite formidable speed. Every detail of The Hurt Locker’s fearsome firefight is captured intact, while the surround steering in The Dark Knight is wonoderful: the SUR95Ts knit together the front and back of the soundfield much more convincingly than conventional speakers.
It is with good reason the MK 750 was the first product to receive the THX seal of approval. It’s a 5.1 home theatre system designed by the compangy George Lucas turned to when making Episodes I, II and III of…
With the MP7, MK Sound has created a speaker system that offers the best of both worlds: slim, unobtrusive dimensions coupled to the impact and delivery of a much larger speaker set. The expected compromise of scale and substance were never an issue, and while you’ll need bigger speakers in a larger room, this system had no problems in that department in our listening room.
The THX spec demands wide, smooth dispersion, and the 750THX system delivers it. The sound remains timbrally consistent over a wide horizontal arc, as does the overall SPL.
Build quality can be considered excellent. There’s an unpretentious single set of pretty gold-plated connections on the back and lots of shinyness all over. If you want a dust-attracting high-gloss finish you’ve come to the right place.
The M7 is a subwoofer/satellite speaker system, its main speakers being limited to a low of 80Hz; everything below is dealth with by the SB-12, which is more than up to the task. The main array has three identical M7 front speakers for left, centre and right-channels, plus a pair of M4T Tripole rear speakers, able to fire in multiple…
The MK Sound Xenon SB-12 is one of only two combatants to receive top marks – 6 stars out of 6. “Here’s an almost elemental subwoofer from one of the established experts – a big black box with a whacking great driver. The fact that the driver says “SuperFast Deep Bass” ought to clear up any confusion.
The innovation continued at M&K Sound, and they introduced the world’s first powered subwoofer in 1977. The masterminds at M&K Sound have continued to be at the forefront of subwoofer innovation and their newest subwoofers, the “X” series, promises to best all others.
Movies that won Academy Awards for Sound - All mixed and edited on M&K Sound speakers
