"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?

If you are suggesting that Paradigm is marketing the
entire Studio & Signature product line of speakers
for recording studio use you are sadly misinformed.


BTW, the Paradigms are $700.00 and the B&W's
are much, much higher.

No, the MSRP is actually $800 for the version 3.
And B&W are $16K and $11K respectively. And
the "much, much higher" in studio use are the Wilson
Audio top models at $79K and $125K.


Surely you aren't attempting to compare these to an
inexpensive mid-line Yamaha consumer power amp!

And why not?


In any event, just because some folks use home hifi
speakers as studio monitors doesn't mean that they
make good stduio monitors.

Couldn't it be equally said that just because a
speaker is marketed as *studio* doesn't mean
that it's a "good studio monitor", no?


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.

Quack, quack, quack...


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.

If you are producing commercial works only based
on the sound of the mixing speakers then you are
probably producing low fidelity works. Fine for
commercials spots, mp3 and such but bad for
complex musical CD presentations.


Amplifiers selection usually isn't as critical as
speaker selection, but if you want great mixes,
everything in the chain has to be right.

Agreed.


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.

Gobbledegook.


As for "superior" sound, superior for what use?

More gobbledegook.


Connectors don't matter, most pro SR amps have
XLR connectors.

"Connectors don't matter"... Huh? If you need
XLRs are you suggesting converting to single
end instead?


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.

How would you know?


If you want to use an M-50 to drive your studio
monitors, be my guest! :-)

I think it's a good starting place for the OP.


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.

Hehehe... oh, right! Why produce a product
that sounds good in the consumer's living room,
it's only the limited studio version that counts.
That makes no sense whatsoever.


Studio monitor equipment is designed to be accurate...

What, Hi-Fi amps arn't?


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.

Mmmm... so the actual speakers selected/purchased
by the engineer isn't based on personal preferences?
One thing that is crystal clear is that you own a lousy
home audio system.