Siblings in Monitor Audio's Silver series, so they share a family sound. It comes down to size, output and price.
| Area | Better | Why |
|---|
| Bass | A | Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G digs deeper - 35Hz against 76Hz. |
| Amplifier needs | evenly matched | Similar sensitivity (88dB vs 88dB) - both want much the same power. |
| Size | depends | Monitor Audio Silver AMS 7G is easier to place; Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G is bigger, which usually goes with fuller bass. Your room decides. |
| Type | depends | A Passive Bookshelf against a Passive Surround - a different job rather than a better one. |
| Expandability | A | Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G: bi-amping. |
| Price | B | Monitor Audio Silver AMS 7G is cheaper - $1,199 against $1,400, about 14% less. |
A Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G B Monitor Audio Silver AMS 7G
depends neither is better in the abstract - it turns on your room, your system or how you will use them. Only specs published for both speakers are judged; anything missing on either side is left out rather than guessed.
Which should you choose?
The usual trade-off: Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G measures better, Monitor Audio Silver AMS 7G costs about about 17% more% less. Whether that gap is worth the money is the call only you can make - and in a normal room it is often smaller than the numbers suggest. If a subwoofer is in your plans, the bass gap largely stops mattering - you would be crossing over above 76Hz anyway, which makes the cheaper Monitor Audio Silver AMS 7G much easier to justify. In a large or open-plan room, Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G has the cabinet volume to fill it more easily; in a small room, near a wall or at desk distance, Monitor Audio Silver AMS 7G is the easier speaker to get right.
And remember what a spec sheet cannot show: how each looks in your room and whether the finish suits it, what dealer support and warranty are like where you live, and how they actually sound to you. If you can hear them first - ideally with your own music - that will tell you more than any number above.