[Scott Dorsey]

daph wrote:
With about similar requests to monitoring as the OP I'm on to buy an
old pair of KEF Duet, nicely refurbished. I have to add though, in a
not-so-pro environment inside a tiny little caravan, so rather near
field...

I used LS 3/5a for this for years, and then AR 4-Xes. The Duet might
be a good choice.

The retired engineer offering these and doing some s/h trade and
speaker tuning gave me the following listening hint for checking
monitors on coloration: record the voice of your loved one(s), play
back with different speakers of choice. If you're on to heart-
breakingly shout "Oh, Penelope!" (or whoever), "where have you been!",
well then....

If it can't reproduce a voice well, it can't reproduce anything well,
and a loved one's voice is probably one you're very familiar with.
Personally I use a recording of Chris Connors, whom I have never met,
but whose recording I've been listening to for a few decades now.

I was both amused and impressed of this smart trick.

It's a good one, I like it.
--scott
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