I posted a post yesterday (B&O compared Marantz???) about my brothers new sound system which made him snub my B&O!! 
Now I know that he has Monitor Audio speakers with it. How do they rate? From their website it seems they only sell passive speakers. They use wood vinyl on their speakers
. Surely they aren't in any league to B&O? He must also only have connections for passive speakers on his Marantz?