Phil Leigh wrote: > Pat - I'd generally agree, except my take on this is that "studio" > monitors tend to be more accurately revealing at the top end....tending > towards ruthless.
Some more so than others. One man's accuracy is another's ruthless. Nearly all studio nearfields have a fair number of controls on the back, to match levels, apply high-cut and low-cut filters, etc. This is so you can adjust the amount of ruthless to suit. > This ruthlessness causes the top end to be tamed by the listener during > mixing/mastering thus guranteeing it will sound reasonably pleasant > domestically I don't know, consumer speakers tend to be less ruthless, or colored, or not accurate, depending on your definitions. > The ruthlessness is "tuned-out" by the ears/brain of the mix/master > engineer, producer etc who become immune to it...and the resultant > recordings are quite "hot" at the top end. Most mixing engineers want "truth" in monitors, but mix on different speakers, or do things like cut a quick cassette/CD to listen to in the car on the way home. That is also why you still see NS10s in so many control rooms. And mastering engineers, who are minor gods in the chain, want truth, but they tend to listen on many different types of speakers including some that are clearly audiophile stuff. Its the producers, labels, and other evil folks, that insist on loudness wars, causing no end of pain. > Interested in your experiences of this Pat. Of course we know that a > seasoned professional (!) will listen on all sorts of playback setups > before finalising a mix/master...don't we ;o) If they are professional, you bet. See above. But not all commercial recordings have the same sensibilities. Grunge is supposed to sound bad. Its really all about personal taste, what do you want to hear. A lot of audiophiles love tube amps, an no one can claim that they are 'accurate' they are voiced to have tone. Same with a lot of the megadollar cables. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
