Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?


Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?  Does that mean audiophile speakers are warm/colored and distorted?   If Studio Monitors main goal is low distortion, does that mean low distortion is not something audiophiles want?  They want what, high distortion?  "Pretty" sounding distortion?  Or find pretty sounding speakers that make bad recordings sound really good?  What is the point of searching out good recordings then?  They won't sound as intended on a highly colored distorted speaker!   

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i don’t think you have the purpose of studio monitors right at all, no matter your friends have inferred by sales to their clients.

A studio record is a sonic painting, from the mind of the artist working side by side with a skilled set of engineers (tracking and mix engineers may be the same or may be different)  who can make the artist’s sonic painting happen.  What artist wants playback to be anything other than sonically extraordinary?  
 

Brad
 

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phusis, waiting as my wife dresses for our night out I wish you a happy times ahead. I really enjoy your ability. 

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What artist wants playback to be anything other than sonically extraordinary?  

Most commercial pop records have levels that are clipping and the artists dont care. All they want is the loudest mix so that it stands out. Quantity over quality. These pop recordings are enjoyed by millions of people on their ear buds or phones or laptops. Sound quality does not enter the equation. As long as it sells its considered a success. 

Most artists and musicians are not audiophiles. Ive said this before. They do not belong in our world nor do they understand it. 

Studio monitors are tuned in a certain way to focus in on certain areas of the mix. The NS10 is tuned to the mids. ATC are also similar in that respect. That is why every monitor sounds different. 

An audiophile speaker is designed for pleasure only. If mix engineers wanted to use audiophile speakers they would. But they dont want a good sounding speaker they want a bad sounding one. Hence the emergence of the studio monitor market.

If ATC were that good they would be the only choice. But there are dozens of monitors on the market and every engineer uses multiple monitors because each monitor is tuned to different parts of the spectrum. 

Theres plenty of complaints about ATC online you just need to do your research.

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It’s a shame people cannot see music in the different realms they are created and envisioned in. Pop music is completely different from something like Lenny Kravitz or Tom Petty or John Williams or James Newton Howard. If audiophiles throw everyone into the same basket that’s sad and not at all what the artists have in mind. Imagine looking at modern art and saying a Picasso is the same as Dali -they are “paintings”.

brad