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Harvey Gerst
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Actually, the vocals really start a couple of octaves higher than 80 Hz. Almost all near-field monitors are a big compromise. Expecting a woofer to handle vocals while that vocal signal is riding on a speaker cone that's busy pumping out bass and kick drum at the same time is a bit unrealistic. Most pros use 3-ways for that exact reason. But even then, most speaker companies don't get it right.I would agree that the woofer is required to play rather high in most situations, but doesn't most vocal performance start at 80Hz and end before the average xover point. It's usually rather safe to expect the critical vocal range to be handled well by a two way (assuming xover points average 2k). Many designers put most of the harmonics out of the region of the crossover point, and nulls.
I can't comment much more on this subject right now, since, as they say,"Ive got a horse in this race". After the AES show next week, I'll be at able to talk about monitors more freely.