| Originally Posted by comabereni I prefer listening to small speakers at close (monitor) range. Some benefits: -less room interraction between your speaker and your ears, -requires (sometimes much) less amp power to drive them, - they image nicely, though less like a concert hall--pretty much like headphones (what's in the recording is what you hear, not as much room interraction after the speaker) - you don't bother people in other rooms as much since you can play at a lower level. I guess the reasons I listed are pretty elementary stuff. I almost never listen to headphones anymore, though I still like to hang out here--headphone people seem to know more about hi-fi than loudspeaker people for some reason. Perhaps it's the lack of room acoustics that helps simplify discussion since room acoustics in typical in-room situations might account more for performance than many loudspeaker enthusiasts give credit to. But, again, that doesn't apply as much to close range, often lower volume, listening with monitors. - coma |
