honestguv;322582 Wrote: > Why? I would expect them to be looking for equipment that supplies what > luxury goods normally supply. This may have a functional element but it > is not usually the most important part. > > > > "Studio monitors" are supposed to replay the recorded signal as > accurately as possible (setting aside questions of directivity) which > is different to reproducing music accurately. To reproduce music > accurately the recorded signal would need to contain all the relevant > information about the sound field impinging on the ears when listening > to music in a particular room. A few microphone signals combined to > produce a stereo signal for a couple of speakers of unknown directivity > playing in an unknown room does not get close to achieving this. Which > is why a stereo sounds like a stereo and not music. > > As you say, relative to "studio monitors" audiophile speakers typically > distort the input signal (setting aside questions of directivity) and > this is usually preferred by audiophiles. Consumer speakers like Bose > often do the same thing in distorting the input signal relative to what > could be achieved for the price in order to be more commercially > successful. But the sound of the speaker is only one factor in why > people opt for the speakers they do and, given the number of speakers > that get bought unheard over the web, I suspect it is not as heavily > weighted a factor as most audiophiles would like to believe.
Many studio monitors are not designed/voiced for "accuracy" but rather to present a soundfield that can be analysed in detail (and also that can be listened to for a long time, often at high volume), Some music is recorded without any microphones at all. Kraftwerk for example... No-one other than the musicians can say exactly what this is supposed to sound like. Anyway, as no two people "hear" exactly the same thing the point is moot. It really doesn't matter. When you listen to something, you either enjoy it/relate to it or you don't. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49757 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
