In Reply to: Why not studio monitors? posted by audiogremlin on June 28, 2014 at 09:32:45:
I could give you an argument about flat response being the ultimate goal. It's an important one but I think the ultimate goal is sound that seems live(on good recordings) and given that one can change a seat in a concert hall which changes the balance octave to octave and, of course, the sound is still live, frequency is not the secret to 'live' sound. By the way I still want flat response on my speakers too.
I suspect that it's linear dynamics, that is linear changes in level(from micro to macro) that is the biggest factor in sounding live. All the systems that I've heard that come close to live sound are extremely dynamic. And I know that Gordon Holt believed that dynamic linearity(thank you Bud Fried) was very important for live affect. And his last personal speakers were studio monitors by the way, the powered versions of the ATC 50 3 way speakers.
So I agree. I do think it would be useful for audiophiles to look into some of the monitor speakers used in studios. Perhaps some of them will be wonderful. We don't know. We've never really given them a chance.
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- RE: Why not studio monitors? - hahax@verizon.net 10:23:58 06/28/14 (4)
- I have given them lots of chances... - John Marks 10:43:37 06/28/14 (3)
- RE: I have given them lots of chances... - hahax@verizon.net 21:41:48 06/28/14 (1)
- RE: I thought the last thing he was listening to were Genelec's - Cpk 18:06:08 07/08/14 (0)
- Try 2360 horns with the correct crossovers and your criticisms will go right out the window, John.~nT - Cleantimestream 12:10:55 06/28/14 (0)