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RE: Those

Gotta disagree with you on that. The pop sound that comes out of studios varies hugely in frequency response. In part that's creative liberty, in larger part it's trying to make it good on lousy systems by playing it through Auratones or other such small speakers, in part it's because some control and mix rooms have lousy, uncontrolled acoustics, there are some pretty scary measurements out there. So as with LA, there really is no there there. Recordings of live acoustical instruments are bad enough, in that you have to account for different mics, miking, and equalization. But at least you have a fighting chance.

As to whether a speaker can blast synth at the frequency extremes, I say, so what. There are far more speakers that can do boom thump screech than there are speakers that can do acoustical music convincingly. People should choose the speakers that do the best on the music *they* listen to within their budget. Why would someone who listens mostly to jazz, say, give a fig about synth?


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