AL P`s dumb question of the day....(monitor related)

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got a question...I`ve read a bit about various monitors, quality, prices etc..but I really don`t understand the what and why of it all..
I know that you`d obviously want a good sound...but...
why could`nt a guy just use some relitively cheap speakers, then EQ them to sound "correct" so to speak?

I mean, just for example...suppose a friend had some top of the line monitor speakers..why could`nt a guy get a cheaper set, then work an EQ for example, to make them sound as close as posible...is`nt the point in the end, to have a "correct" sound comming through the monitors?
or is it just over all better to be able to run them fairly clean/dry?

hope my question/explination on my thinking makes sence..
LOL
 
Simple frequency response is not the only thing wrong with "bad" speakers so you can't just slap an eq on them. For example, if the crossover is poorly designed you can end up with phase/polarity caused holes in the frequency response that can't be eq'ed back.
 
And there ya have it....
an obvious answer to my dumb question..LOL
thanks for the reply..

now about that second cup of coffee..LOL
AL
 
I have always felt that you can go relatively cheap on monitors and still have the capacity for critical listening. Regardless of what monitors you purchase, you have to learn them and learn them in your room. Speaking of which, speakers are only half the equation for mixes, the other half is the room you're listening in. It has to be acoustically tuned to give a flat response... or at least as flat as possible. And that is something you can't EQ out. EQ'ing works for one location in a room, but as soon as you move, even by a few inches, the peaks and nulls of the room's response will change.

I spent $300 on my pair of small nearfield 5" monitors. No real bass on them, but good stereo image, phasing, clean, smooth flat response. Not expensive.
 
What the others said ^^^

But, additionally, the cheap monitors may not be able to reproduce some frequencies no matter how you EQ them.
 
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