heres a dumb question...

[ethos]

what are the monitors with the white faces in this picture?...

http://www.custom-consoles.com/images/02r96/02r96-wr.jpg

the name "near feild monitors" sticks out in my head.
if they are...
whats the purpose of them, and whats the difference between them and regular monitors?

thanks in advance.

 

[Track Rat]

Yamaha NS-10s.

 

[ethos]

thanks, but i wasnt wondering about the brand and model,
more about what near feild monitors are used for.

never mind this thread though, i should have just googled this shit.
feel free to delete it.

thanks though track rat.

.peace.

 

[easychair]

Most of the small monitors people use are called near fields. They are named for how they are used, as well as the design.

All sources (monitors, instruments, car horns) have a near field and a far field. The near field is where you hear more of the source than the environmental reflections, basically, or at least hear the source first.

The problem is that with big monitors, being in the near field often means being close enough that you can't accurately listen to all the drivers in the speaker. You can't hear everything. So you listen to big boxes in the far field, and spend lots of dough on acoustic treatment. If you were in a carpeted room the size of a warehouse, any monitors could be used as nearfields.

The same thing happens with instruments. In a crappy room micing an acoustic guitar, you may have to be in it's near field to get a good sound. But then you are probably too close to only use one mic.

So nearfield monitors are small, and the near field is full-range at very small distances. This lets you be in their near field in very small rooms with minimal treatment needed.

 

[ethos]

word up. thanks easy. i appreaciate that.