Phil Leigh;319007 Wrote: > 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 You missed thermionics ! (not all, but...). (BTW, is there a slim plugin for adding some variable degree of even harmonics ?)
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