Monitors

I disagree with the basic idea that studio monitors are not appropriate for home use. There are several well known audiophiles who use speakers that are considered "monitors" and there are countless studios that use speakers that are considered home audiophile speakers. As with everything in audio, it's a matter of personal taste. Recording engineers are just as diverse as audiophile listeners. The classification of speakers as "studio monitors" is really more of a marketing tactic to focus sales on a particular market.

As one upgrades their system the typical result is that it gets more resolving. It is entirely possible that at some point the extreme detail might become distracting or unpleasant. I heard a pair of big Wilsons with D' Agostino amplification at AXPONA a few years ago and I didn't like the sound. I would describe it as "etched" and it was like blowing up a beautiful digital picture until you could see each pixel. Some people I talked to felt like I did but others thought that room had the best sound at the show. This really showed me that it is a matter of taste.

So, if your asking whether or not you can upgrade your system to the point where it becomes too detailed and resolving my answer would be yes, depending on your personal taste.

some like the studio monitor sound, it suits my preferences for my favorite 80s bands. Other genre, not so much

OK

I dont want to disagree with those listeners that like monitor systems. So can we sideline that discussion for another day in order not to distract from the question. Or you could start your own thread.

This is abut someone (me) who wants to avoid the monitor sound but ends up in just that situation.

I am starting to understand your original question (vaguely). I read it three times and just got more and more confused.

So you have studio monitors and you want to tweak them to produce a sound you like? Is that it?

This is how it usually becomes more productive:

you add more details such as what are those speakers, your amp, your source, room size, room treatment, preferred music, etc. audiogon members will be like bees on honey before you refresh the page.

Some studios use consumer based speakers for mixing, and certainly mastering labs do. Speakers like Yamaha NS10s sounded dreadful to my ears but became a standard used by a lot of studios...how anybody could stand these things remains a mystery to me but I get it. Standardization. JBLs in the 60s and 70s had a frequency map like a smile...all lows and highs...big Altec A7s are simply too big for most consumers so smaller furniture-like versions were made...I had a pair of A7s for many years and loved 'em but not in my house. If a system sounds good to you that's what counts, and wondering if so called "studio monitors" are somehow "special" is easily remedied by buying a pair. They might sound great...or not.