Indeed. Studio monitors are a tool - like a microscope - to let you hear things clearly. There are some notable exceptions (ATC for example) but generally those speakers that are most useful as monitors are not ones you want to have in your listening/living room. Most monitors have very low WAF since they are tools first and furniture second.
Accuracy and euphony are different goals. It's like photography - accurate doesn't make the most attractive photograph, so we use filters etc to "improve" the presentation. My view: you want an amp to be the proverbial "straight wire with gain" - no character of its own. You want speakers to be what YOU enjoy listening to -there is no "truth" in this game. None. Unless you were the guy who mixed/mastered the album you do not know what it is truly supposed to sound like. Anyway, that doesn't matter. This is then complicated slightly by the fact that other components (DAC's for example) are also voiced so you need to choose a "system" that you like. YMMV -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49757 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
