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RE: Why not studio monitors?

May I am assume that you are referring to relatively cheap "affordable" studio monitors?

Having auditioned number of "cheap" pro monitors engineered to have a (claimed) "flat" frequency response, I have to agree with those who opine that flat is not necessarily the full season ticket. I assume that what I was hearing was flat, that is. Those cheap pro speakers sounded a bit bright and "unflat" to me, truth be told.

That said, I think I prefer *reasonably flat* to *studio flat*. Speakers like this sound better, I think, because a bit of jaggedness in the output makes things sound more vivid and, well... playful. Of course, it's possible to overdo it, but under-doing it might be even worse than over-doing it. This is the type of "voicing" that is most appropriate for home audio, IMO.



Edits: 06/28/14 06/28/14

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