Near Field monitors needed?

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JJSmithin <JJSmithin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>What makes a near field monitor different or better then a good quality 2 or
>3 way home stereo speaker? Would a good quality passive home stereo speaker
>provide the same quality of sound as a passive studio monitor that is labled
>a near field monitor? This for a home studio.

Yes, but you will find that a _good quality_ passive home stereo speaker is
more expensive than you expect.

Also, studio monitors tend to need to take considerable abuse and they tend
to have a lot of protection hardware in them.

>Are Event 2020 monitors considered good? These are not the version 2 I see
>online now but an older model.

Personally I can't stand them, but your mileage may vary. Monitors are all
phenomenally inaccurate, especially at this price range, and so it's going to
be a matter of finding monitors with the inaccuracy that you can live with.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Thats a good point. After looking at my workspace, my PC is in a corner and
I dont have that much room for midsize or book shelf size monitors on either
side of it or to place reasonably so I can work and listen without have to
move my listening position. . So I started looking at mini size. M-Audio has
the DX4 (8.5h x 5.75W x 6.25d) which is biamped and small for $150. Also
there is the larger BX5 for $300 which is larger then DX4 but still smaller
then all other bookshelves in that price range. Its 9.85h x 6.5w x 8d. That
is just about the limit is size so fit reasonably on either side of by PC
Display so that I can work and listen without turning my head.

any experience with those monitors?

thx
"JJSmithin" <JJSmithin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> What makes a near field monitor different or better then a good quality 2
> or 3 way home stereo speaker? Would a good quality passive home stereo
> speaker provide the same quality of sound as a passive studio monitor that
> is labled a near field monitor? This for a home studio.
>
> Are Event 2020 monitors considered good? These are not the version 2 I
> see online now but an older model.
>
> thanks
>