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From: Terry on 22 Jun 2008 09:29
On Jun 17, 3:03 pm, barch...(a)hotmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 16, 12:46 pm, Terry <terry75...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I just discovered monitors but I'm not sure I understand their
> > purpose.
> > I'm pretty sure they are for someone who wants to play music thru
> > their computer.
> > I have a nice set of standard Altec Lansing speakers, but I think
> > MONITOR speakers are a different animal, aren't they?
>
> > Aren't they for musicians who play their guitars, keybds, etc. thru
> > their computer and play the sound back.
>
> > I do play my electric Gretsch guitar thru my computer and speakers
> > now, but I'm thinking of buying a pair of Yamaha MSP5's.
>
> > Terry in Texas
>
> Let me apoligize for the rest of the r.a.p. brethren who tried to
> answer you. While they are great people who have taken the time to
> help hundreds of others with their expertise, they are letting you
> down with their posts this time. So it is left to me, with the least
> experience of all of them, to help you.
>
> "Computer" and self powered "Home" speakers are used to get an
> acceptable sound from computers, i-pods, walkman, etc,. for the
> average person. To achieve this acceptable sound, they distort the
> level of certain frequencies of the signal to sound more pleasing to
> the typical non-technical listener. What you will hear is not what you
> put into your computer.
>
> Audio recording monitors are supposed to be designed to be as flat as
> possible in frequency response, letting you hear what you put in. They
> are NOT designed to make things sound good. In fact, they are designed
> so that things not so good that you play through them sound as bad as
> they really are. Hearing this, you then make adjustments in the
> recording chain to make it sound better. You asked about the Yamaha
> MSP5. The question restated is - "Do I need to pay $500 a pair to hear
> what I'm really recording?" While the other guys have actually used
> some of these I can only guess. I figure that, starting out like you
> are, that perhaps $300 a pair might be OK for now. Look at the
> Muscians Friend web site. Check reviews at harmony-central.com. A
> possibility that in some places is even less is the KRK Rokit RP5,
> though some think it a bit colored.
>
> C'mon guys, help a brother out...


Thanks, your the only one that understood what I was taking about.
And you replied like someone who understood.

I get this all the time when I post emails.
The are so many people that are so intelligent, they just don't
understand the average person's questions.

Thanks again.
Terry in Texas
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