Hi and merry christmas to all :hohoho:
I m trying to learn about speaker designing , and understanding studio monitors
, IMO studio monitors are wayyy overpriced , most of them (low and mid price ranges) use some middle class drivers (around 100$) and some active XO and most of them are using lm3886 or some AB class amps , as you go through higher price products , drivers and amps get better but still overpriced IMO , from what I read most of them use well known brand drivers specially made for them but of course by specially , mostly just means they may made some few changes and sell them just to that brand , it doesn't mean it s better than other drivers , all I m saying is , it s not impossible to build a very good studio monitors and ofcourse less cheaper than most of products ,
for example genelecs are famous for their flat responds and from what I heard they use vifa drivers and dsp with an ab class amp , but they cost around 2500$ for a single 8" GENELEC 8250A unit , and they don t have good reputation along diyers because of the cheap built ... and I m sure most of diyers can build a similar product better than a GENELEC 8250A (not the same cabinet ofcourse) for less than a 1000$ right ?
anyway , in general I think most of studio monitors are rip off , but still some areas are unclear for me ,
-from what i understand and see some hifi loudspeakers are much more complicated than studio monitors , almost all of the studio monitors are in rectangular cube cabs that most diyers and loudspeaker designers avoid , why ?
-am i missing something or there s nothing special in designing a nearfiled studio monitor (i mean to compare to a loudspeaker design in general) beside the fact that they aim for flat respond and no colorations ,that you won't see in most mid class monitors anyway.
some big mastering studios use hifi speakers as they main monitors , like Abbey road studios that use B&W 800 series , so there s not some big difference between studio monitors and hifi loudspeakers , right ?
-I saw some studio monitors (mostly mid and far field monitors) use PA drivers like GENELEC 1038b (aroound 8000$ for a single unit) and ADAM AUDIO S7A MK 2 (24000$ per unit) , or they use PA and hifi drivers together like John Janowitz Mark Seaton studio monitors for Nick Barnetts , what s the benefits of using Pro Audio drivers and if they have better dynamic responds why they don't use them more often ?
I have a lot more questions and unclear stuffs in my mind , but enough for now :D
Regards
Ahmad
I m trying to learn about speaker designing , and understanding studio monitors
, IMO studio monitors are wayyy overpriced , most of them (low and mid price ranges) use some middle class drivers (around 100$) and some active XO and most of them are using lm3886 or some AB class amps , as you go through higher price products , drivers and amps get better but still overpriced IMO , from what I read most of them use well known brand drivers specially made for them but of course by specially , mostly just means they may made some few changes and sell them just to that brand , it doesn't mean it s better than other drivers , all I m saying is , it s not impossible to build a very good studio monitors and ofcourse less cheaper than most of products ,
for example genelecs are famous for their flat responds and from what I heard they use vifa drivers and dsp with an ab class amp , but they cost around 2500$ for a single 8" GENELEC 8250A unit , and they don t have good reputation along diyers because of the cheap built ... and I m sure most of diyers can build a similar product better than a GENELEC 8250A (not the same cabinet ofcourse) for less than a 1000$ right ?
anyway , in general I think most of studio monitors are rip off , but still some areas are unclear for me ,
-from what i understand and see some hifi loudspeakers are much more complicated than studio monitors , almost all of the studio monitors are in rectangular cube cabs that most diyers and loudspeaker designers avoid , why ?
-am i missing something or there s nothing special in designing a nearfiled studio monitor (i mean to compare to a loudspeaker design in general) beside the fact that they aim for flat respond and no colorations ,that you won't see in most mid class monitors anyway.
some big mastering studios use hifi speakers as they main monitors , like Abbey road studios that use B&W 800 series , so there s not some big difference between studio monitors and hifi loudspeakers , right ?
-I saw some studio monitors (mostly mid and far field monitors) use PA drivers like GENELEC 1038b (aroound 8000$ for a single unit) and ADAM AUDIO S7A MK 2 (24000$ per unit) , or they use PA and hifi drivers together like John Janowitz Mark Seaton studio monitors for Nick Barnetts , what s the benefits of using Pro Audio drivers and if they have better dynamic responds why they don't use them more often ?
I have a lot more questions and unclear stuffs in my mind , but enough for now :D
Regards
Ahmad