PBN Audio MR!777
The MR!777 delivers seismic, controlled bass, an immense yet accurately proportioned soundstage, and organic midrange timbre with startling dynamic ease. Gregory Petan found its transparency and live-scale energy exceptional, while Audiophiliac admired its ability to uncover musicians’ interplay. This is uncompromising, deeply revealing loudspeaker engineering for a genuinely large listening room.
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Deliciously Crispy
Sound Quality
95/100
Build Quality
96/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Twin 18-inch woofers deliver exceptionally deep, fast, physical bass while preserving recording-level control and detail.
Enormous soundstage retains believable instrument scale and precise placement across height, width, and depth.
Dual 12-inch midrange drivers produce an organic, transparent, unforced timbre.
Exceptional cabinet finish and visible rear crossover make for a genuinely high-end build.
Cons
Its energetic, unsoftened treble may require adjustment for listeners accustomed to a more laid-back upper-frequency balance.
Highly neutral voicing exposes lean or bass-light recordings rather than adding warmth or weight.
The imposing 490-pound cabinets demand a very large room and careful installation.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 95/100
Reviewers describe an exceptionally revealing, uncoloured loudspeaker that can make well-recorded music feel startlingly live while refusing to flatter thin or bass-light material. Its presentation combines huge scale and low-frequency authority with natural timbre, a vast but correctly proportioned sound field, and effortless power.
Bass
97/100
The twin 18-inch woofers are credited with seemingly endless depth, exceptional speed and chest-impacting kick-drum definition. Reviewers stress that this power remains controlled and faithful to the recording rather than adding artificial weight; bass-light recordings remain bass-light.
Mid
95/100
The dual 12-inch midrange section is described as utterly organic, unforced, transparent and realistic in timbre. Piano reproduction in particular was praised for its touch, tonal character and convincing placement.
Treble
91/100
The ribbon treble is said to be extended and energetic without being inherently edgy or softened. One reviewer notes that listeners accustomed to more laid-back speakers may need time or system adjustment for its upper-frequency output.
Soundstage Imaging
96/100
Reviews describe an enormous, open and deeply layered presentation that preserves believable instrument size and placement. Images are reported as properly located in height, width and depth, with the speakers opening the stage further when placed widely apart.
Dynamics
97/100
Reviewers repeatedly highlight the MR!777's ease, transient attack and large-scale power. From individual kick-drum strikes to dense choral passages and electronic percussion, it is described as physically involving yet composed and highly revealing.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
96/100
The cabinet finish and manufacturing are described in emphatically admiring terms, including flawless mirror-polished varnish over book-matched burled-walnut veneer. Reviewers also single out the visible crossover behind its acrylic rear panel as an unusually impressive expression of the speaker's engineering and craftsmanship.
Value for Money
85/100
At roughly $83,000-$85,000 per pair, the MR!777 is positioned firmly as a no-compromise luxury speaker rather than an accessible purchase. Reviewers portray it as a route to “the top of the mountain,” but offer no direct comparison with similarly priced rivals or explicit bargain-value claim.
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Specifications
- Freq. Range
- 20Hz to 20k Hz +/-1dB
- Crossover Frequencies
- 200Hz-1200Hz (8th. LKRY electro/acoustic)
- Specification
- (200Hz LKRY-HP. 1100Hz 6th BTW LP electro/acoustic)
- Sensitivity
- 95db/2.83V/1M
- Impedance
- Nominal 4 ohms (min 2.5
- Specification
- Ohms @ 290Hz Max 30 Ohms at 3kHz)
- Specification
- Driver Complement:
- Specification
- LF 2 x 18” woofers
- Specification
- MF 2 x 12” mid-range
- Specification
- HF 1 x 6” Ribbon Driver
- Weight
- 490 Lbs
- Dimensions
- 81”H x 26″W x 27.5”D
Manufacturer's Description — PBN Audio
The MR!777 Loudspeaker
The MR!777 loudspeaker merges two advanced PBN designs in one amazing hybrid. It takes the scale, basic configuration and formidable prowess of the Super League’s Master Reference. The M! Series contributes its uncanny balancing of superb drivers. And the triple seven? Noerbaek isn’t giving away secrets, but “perfection cubed” wouldn’t be a bad guess. Add in custom-matched Bass Towers and EB-SA3 Amplifiers and you have an unrivaled system.
Originating as a custom order, this latest PBN creation exemplifies the tireless impulse to continually push the envelope of acoustic performance ever further – but with the proven engineering of PBN Audio’s quarter-century of audio excellence.
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- HIFI SOLUTION — in-store — Chandon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (website)
- Parmenter Sound — in-store — Waimauku, Auckland, New Zealand (website)
- Silver Audio — in-store — Winter Springs, Florida, United States (website)
- Valhalla Hifi — online and in-store — Santa Rosa, California, United States (website)