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acho7
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What is the difference between studio monitors and high fidelity home theater speakers?
Thanks in advance.
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$a1Ty
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well for one hifi speakers are made to sound good and pleasurable to listen to
studio monitors in theory are meant to be "true" not necessarily sounding good but you are hearing what you have recorded
studio monitors in theory are meant to be "true" not necessarily sounding good but you are hearing what you have recorded
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orksnork
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simply put
home theaters are designed in attempt to make music sound good
studio monitors are made to "monitor" the music you are recording and get an accurate representation therein.
home theaters are designed in attempt to make music sound good
studio monitors are made to "monitor" the music you are recording and get an accurate representation therein.
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orksnork
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god damnit!
all day someone has beaten me to answers while i was typing my post!
all day someone has beaten me to answers while i was typing my post!
CoolCat
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studio monitors are used in the studio with intention of creating great mixes in peoples home theatre, cars, and basically Ipod's.
Yet, I was just reading a Home theatre forum, where the Home theater crowd trys to buy speakers that re-duplicate what the Mixing eng's "sound" to get the "real" sound is....wanting to re-live what the engineerings hear in the studio.
yeah its funny, but true.
i'm at the idea that "studio monitors' are used for tracking and microscopic detail listening.
the HiFi are to check the playback when the mix and/or mastering is done to see what it will sound like in the real world Ipods and Internet players.
Yet, I was just reading a Home theatre forum, where the Home theater crowd trys to buy speakers that re-duplicate what the Mixing eng's "sound" to get the "real" sound is....wanting to re-live what the engineerings hear in the studio.
yeah its funny, but true.
i'm at the idea that "studio monitors' are used for tracking and microscopic detail listening.
the HiFi are to check the playback when the mix and/or mastering is done to see what it will sound like in the real world Ipods and Internet players.
Massive Master
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Studio monitors (at least the "modern" version) are boxes with stickers that says "Studio Monitor" on them.
But assuming we're talking about the difference between the average nearfield speaker and a bookshelf stereo speaker of similar size - Studio monitors are narrow dispersion, limited range, short-throw boxes that are made to sound decent from a yard away (therefore, taking the room acoustics out of the equation to some point).
They're not "uncolored" - They're not "more accurate" - They're anything but "better sounding" (IMO) than a quality audiophile HiFi speaker.
Of course, there are really great sounding boxes out there - Most mid-sized Genelec, ADAM, etc. And of course, most of those are designed as mid-fields...
The whole concept of using nearfield speakers as mains is a pretty new concept - One that I've never been crazy about.
But assuming we're talking about the difference between the average nearfield speaker and a bookshelf stereo speaker of similar size - Studio monitors are narrow dispersion, limited range, short-throw boxes that are made to sound decent from a yard away (therefore, taking the room acoustics out of the equation to some point).
They're not "uncolored" - They're not "more accurate" - They're anything but "better sounding" (IMO) than a quality audiophile HiFi speaker.
Of course, there are really great sounding boxes out there - Most mid-sized Genelec, ADAM, etc. And of course, most of those are designed as mid-fields...
The whole concept of using nearfield speakers as mains is a pretty new concept - One that I've never been crazy about.