Scott Dorsey wrote:
What do you want in a monitor? Is accurate vocal reproduction important
to you or is low end accuracy more important? Are you working on music
built around the vocals, or music built around guitars? Is accurate imaging
important to you or are you mostly doing panpotted stereo anyway? Do you
need to have a good sense of space or is that irrelevant?
I mean, I can tell you what monitors I like, but I come to the table with
a distinct set of prejudices: I think midrange accuracy and good vocal
reproduction is paramount and the ability to judge space is very important.
But I also tend to like a very distant presentation, not something in your
face, and I'd rather have no bass at all than lumpy bass. Extreme top end
extension isn't so important to me. But that's just me, and what is important
to you might be very different.
Please excuse me for a divertion. WRT speakers, I'm interested in which
type of drivers/materials does what in studio monitors for my own needs.
And yes, I know it's a far too large subject, so a few pointers..
I'm on a budget, and having experience from building both hifi and live
gear (for rental), I may build my own monitors, especially as I have
some drivers readily at hand.
I'll be doing progressive rock and metal, and later also progressive
jazz/rock and gipzy jass.
Some material I expect to make for being listened to using good quality
home gear, not hi-end, but definetely not cheapo too.
Some will be ballad stuff which must be listenable on consumer gear.
My intended monitors will use a 5 1/4" polypropylene coated kevlar
driver and a 1" fabric dome driver, both medium priced.
Coated kevlar is self-dampening and IME can be slightly retracted in
tone. The 1" is unobtrusive. They don't hide detail, but also doesn't
reveal every little detail.
The idea is a monitor matching decent home gear.
Of cause it's difficult commenting on unknown drivers in a unknown box
and filter setup, plus not knowing my (claimed) abilities
I'll prooflisten partly on my homegear, which isn't hi-end, though
definitely above consumer level, and partly on two sets of headsets, an
old Denon AH-D300 and a studio quality headset, yet to be determined.
The above seems to match my intensions and fall in place with comments
in this thread. I may be wrong, and thus corrected...
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Kind regards,
Mogens V.