Re: [microsound] monitors

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For me the most important aspect of a monitor is not its quality or price 
or purported neutrality but simply the familiarity of the mixer with its 
sound.  I monitor, for example, not on studio "monitors" but on my home 
stereo speakers (Mourdant-Short two-ways from about 12 years ago), as it is 
with the sound of these - for my music and for that of anyone else to whom 
I listen - that I am most familiar.  Because I know how my favorite records 
sound through these speakers, I also know how my own mixes must sound in 
order to meet my standards.  On the other hand, I have used both low-end 
and high-end studio monitors with mixed results, as often these have 
behaved in ways to me quite unpredictable, and I will never again - for 
example - make the mistake of mixing an album through Yamaha NS-10s, whose 
midrange has given me some nasty surprises (the NS part of the name?) on 
other speakers.  A good monitor, by my definition, is one that allows you 
as a mixer to sculpt the sound of your music to your own satisfaction, and 
ultimately this is a matter almost entirely of taste.  I have met just as 
many who swear by NS-10s or Auratones or Tannoys as who curse them 
(although I have not heard any vituperations about Genelecs, admittedly), 
so my advice is not only to listen (through auditioning) but also to learn 
(through actual mixing experience) before buying anthing named monitor, as 
even the best of these can be wrong for some ears and some applications.

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