"Powell" wrote in message
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"Mike Rieves" wrote

Would you use home Hifi speakers as studio
monitor speakers?

Depends on the speakers and the application, no?
Ever hear of B&W 800 or 801 in studio use,
for example? Plenty of Paradigm Studio 20s,
for example, being used at the low end (low
cost), too.

Did you not catch the "Studio" in Paradigm Studio 20's?
BTW, the Paradigms are $700.00 and the B&W's are much, much higher. Surely
you aren't attempting to compare these to an inexpensive mid-line Yamaha
consumer power amp!
In any event, just because some folks use home hifi speakers as studio
monitors doesn't mean that they make good stduio monitors. We had this
discussion a while back in this group, and I believe that the consensus was
that home hifi speakers belong in the living room. Just to be clear on this,
many studios have home hifi speakers setting around for listening tests, to
see how a mix will sound on home equipment, but no por studios and very few
home studioists (other than those who can't afford real monitor speakers)
actually mix on home speakers. Amplifiers selection usually isn't as
critical as speaker selection, but if you want great mixes, everything in
the chain has to be right.


If not then why would you use a hime hifi amp
to power your studio monitors?

Huh? There are several hi-fi amp manufacturers
with superior (specs, performance & sound) to
the studio amps. And my count there are 61
manufacturers of Hi-Fi power amps using XLR
connections, so that can't be a limitation either.

Studio monitor equipment isn't necessarily better sounding that other
equipment, it's more accurate than other equipment. As for "superior" sound,
superior for what use?
Connectors don't matter, most pro SR amps have XLR connectors.
Use whatever you want to mix on, but keep in mind that if you don't hear
it correctly, you won't mix it correctly. If you want to use an M-50 to
drive your studio monitors, be my guest! :-)
Keep in mind that most home hifi equipment is built to sound good in a
typical living room, and there is a world of difference between a typical
home living room and a decent studio control room, even a home studio.
Studio monitor equipment is designed to be accurate so that the mixing
engineer can hear every nuance and detail in the mix, something that isn't
necessarily desirable in a home hifi system, where folks just want the music
to sound good.