don't you all think that larger speakers would/should be better for monitoring? I mean, if the music is intended for use on a PA then you need to check it on a PA.
monitors are generally built with a higher standard of sound quality, as they don't have to be built to withstand loads of abuse, but not all sound systems are cheap shite from china.
doesn't have to be too expensive either. the old jbl cones sound great with some phat analog electronics running them.
theres a whole segment of the hifi nutters scene dedicated to jbl + 2" comp type things. minimal processing, so very little phase f*kups.
i struggle to see how an 8" cone in a monitor (for example), thats already being expected to run up to the tweeter frequencies, can really be expected to go down to "20Hz" without either loads of EQ/padding on the mid/high frequencies, or struggling so much that either the cone loses the plot, or the ports are chuffing lie a steam train.
anyway, relative to the frequency, the bigger a driver is, the more directional it is, focusing the sound forwards, so less room reflections.
I'm not starting an argument, just interested.
big gets my vote.
i suppose the bigger problems are neighbors, space, and the difficulty in getting high quality big stuff, but from the sound point of view 'large' shouldn't be a problem.
