Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?


Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?  Does that mean audiophile speakers are warm/colored and distorted?   If Studio Monitors main goal is low distortion, does that mean low distortion is not something audiophiles want?  They want what, high distortion?  "Pretty" sounding distortion?  Or find pretty sounding speakers that make bad recordings sound really good?  What is the point of searching out good recordings then?  They won't sound as intended on a highly colored distorted speaker!   

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Statements like this one make me chuckle. 
 

“Studio monitors were designed by people that dont understand how sound works”.

 

This after proclaiming there is no such thing as a studio monitor. And never a word of consideration that an audio engineer might be listening for things that an audiophile is not…which is clearly the case. As such, the tools used may differ appropriately. 

I am wondering to myself after reading this is how many hear know a sound engineer?  My buddy did all the sounding engineering at Sony for many years until he retired.

Well, not ALL studio monitors were "boxes."  It was kind of well known in the 1970's that SOME bands that were meticulous about every note did their final mix-downs on Magneplaner speakers.

I guess, like in the 1960's where music was mixed down to sound good on a car stereo, some bands were interested in the pure sound the public would hear.

AND, since car stereos were mostly mono AM units in the day, it is pretty easy to listen to an old 45 and figure out what was going on with the mix-down.  

Cheers!

 

Where is Millercarbon when you need him?  All you need to do is buy the speakers that you like the most.