Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?

I hate it when seasonings "distort" my food.

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.

@kenjit    If you don't like speakers that measure flat and reproduce music signals accurately but prefer flawed designs with peaks and troughs and distortion because the programme then sounds (to you) more exciting than what studio engineers require for their professional work, then that is your choice.

But don't come here promulgating it to sensible people like the rest who have posted.