"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
THE MUSICIAN'S ROOM
I think I remember seeing that she sold it almost immediately after the divorce.
It has nothing to do with flat response curve. That is why I said there is no fakery with large format monitors. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH, dynamics, sound stage, SPL level, velocity, source material, distance from the monitors, effect of acoustics, room anomalies, second reflections, ear fatigue, humidity, the list goes on...these are the things that can get out of control when mixing with large format monitors. THIS IS ALSO THE WOW FACTOR THAT OFTEN MAKES BIG SPEAKERS SOUND LARGER THAN LIFE. For example, that low end hump in your control room that can make a kick impale you against the wall, ain't even triggered with a wimpy little box. All of these things are easier to control with small speakers. In the simplest of terms, if the speaker is right in front of your face, you are not going to hear the bounce of the adjacent wall...but of course it goes way further than that.
WELL SAID, and that is the second half of the equation. If engineering was as simple as the art of critical listening, then we would all be doing it. It is only after years of making all of these mistakes that one learns how to tame the intangibles into a consistent product. NS 10's became a tool that aided in this process-- a fluke of timing really. If all you are doing is listening and offering a critique, then there is no need to consider all of the intangibles that goes into a mix.
I suppose we should all dump our big speakers and get little ones and put them right in front of our face so we can hear what the engineer intended!
But if we do that we'd miss the "wow factor". So if we engineer on small speakers the incidental consequence is it sounds better on big speakers? Doesn't everything sound better on big speakers???
". . . as you have no doubt noticed, no one told the 4345 that it can't work correctly so it does anyway."—Greg Timbers
What can I say--size matters.
For me listening is about fun, excitement and emotion. (within reason) I think a good speaker does all of these things while, keeping things under control and in perspective.
Mixing in a studio situation is about consistency and keeping it real.
I have never believed that music should be approached from "what the engineer intended." The goal should be to try and deliver a consistent product that translates into fun, excitement and emotion over a wide variety of playback systems.
You're confusing power and gain, the Crown being a pro amplifier has less gain and needs more input to reach rated output.
Also, no offense but "RMS power" means nothing. It doesn't exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_p...ine_wave_power
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