I read that nearfield speakers are good for small home studios. My music room is about 5' x 8', so I bought a pair of 5" M-Audio BX5 monitors.
They're useless. I mean, they look nice on my desk, but no one seems my music room, anyway. My old open-back Sennheiser headphones are much better for hearing my mixes, even though pros mostly say to use monitors, not headphones.
So how big do nearfields have to be to be at all useful? 8"? 10"?
And for bonus points, does anyone make them with knobs on the front instead of the back? (I HATE those rear knobs!)
Thanks!
They're useless. I mean, they look nice on my desk, but no one seems my music room, anyway. My old open-back Sennheiser headphones are much better for hearing my mixes, even though pros mostly say to use monitors, not headphones.
So how big do nearfields have to be to be at all useful? 8"? 10"?
And for bonus points, does anyone make them with knobs on the front instead of the back? (I HATE those rear knobs!)
Thanks!