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!
“Mastering studios are where you are more likely than not to find these audiophile type speakers such as TAD, B&W etc” Fair comment Kenjit …….. I use a pair of Geithain RL901K actives, in my 3rd year with these, replaced Tannoy Legacy Ardens. I certainly get all the audiophile attributes with these Cardiod speakers, used by at least one professional mastering engineer I’m aware of who definitely appreciates the sound for work and pleasure. |
ATC are known for their dome mid driver. This is what they are most famous for and supposedly this dome has magical properties. The idea of splitting the signal into parts has the advantage of being able to deisgn drivers which are optimized to reproduce the frequencies they cover. However as with all speakers that use multiple drivers, splitting the signal into parts requires the parts to be summed up again using a crossover. The result will never be as good as if the signal had remained undivided to begin with. It takes GOLDEN EARS to really hear these deficiencies. I’ve not heard or read anybody speak about this so it can only be assumed that 99% of audiophiles aren’t good enough to really identify these flaws. I have been to speaker demonstrations where the speeakers were wired up out of phase to each other. Apparently I noticed it immediately whereas the guys doing the demo couldnt hear it. It was both laughable and shocking at the same time and goes to show how even flagrant mistakes can go unnoticed. I did once hear the ATC SCM25. I heard no magic going on in the mids. In fact I was not impressed with what I heard overall. heres a post from a ATC SCM25 user https://gearspace.com/board/high-end/976060-atc-scm25a-revealing-just-wrong.html
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That is a big RED FLAG when you have a speaker which makes 75% of your music sound bad, I dont regard that as a good design. In my experience, I have found that tracks which I thought were wrong or badly done, were always due to the speaker. Once the speakers had been retuned, I could appreciate the recording quality. Most speakers can only play a few tracks and sound good. A good speaker will play every track and 99% should sound good. There is no such thing as a bad recording. |
