Well there are some interesting links at the bottom of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_monitor
Particularly the sound on sound comparison from which I conclude that the design goals are essentially the same but consumer speakers do relatively better because they are updated more frequently. This would still appear to apply to more upto date speakers. From what I can tell, the Dynaudio BM 6A mk II speakers I was looking at are based on an older design than the newly introduced excite series, which may put them at a disadvantage. However, with active speakers there is definatly an engineering advantage. Firstly having an active crossover seems like it should be a significant electrical advantage, while removing the passive crossover and the amplifier casing and packaging should prove to be cost advantages. In the case of the BM 6A mk II, it would also appear dynaudio have taken the opportunity to extend the bass response by 3db by having 2x the amp power for the woofer than the tweeter. I really would love to have the opportunity to listen to some studio monitors and consumer gear in the same room so I could make my own mind up, but I can't see an easy way to do that... -- bludragon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bludragon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58179 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
