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Professional vs. Consumer speakers

I had another question I hope people here can shed some light on. Why don't more people buy professional studio monitors for home use? I have read some more reviews on pro speakers and most of those mfgr's say that audiophiles will not like their speakers. Because they are flat response, clear and accurate.
Isn't hi-fi supposed to be just those qualities? Also, ATC for example, uses soft dome tweeters which seem more like DynAudio's than metallic B&W etc. So I don't really see them as being harsh or bright.
Has anyone here tried or owned some of these "pro" speakers? Are we better off with the consumer models currently available?
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blackie
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P.S. I have a friend that works at Westlake Studios that heard my B&W system and was blown away with the more natural sound. He said "This is what they want our rooms to sound like but how do they expect us to do it with their speakers?" No joke.
blackie
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The reason I got into high-end audio was because I was looking for speakers for my recording studio and found that the "pro" models sounded vastly inferior to what was available on the better consumer end of the spectrum. The B&Ws/Dynaudios/Dunlavys/etc. had way more detail, less fatigue, tigher bass than the Tannoys/Events/KRK/etc. In other words it was easier to get good mixes that translate to home systems if you are using high quality home speakers.
blackie
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What do you mean "harshness that real world music really has"? Listen to a jazz quartet, a symphony or a great rock band not at earbleed levels and it is not nearly as "harsh" as even a very good playback system. High quality playback systems strive to eliminate that electronically induced harshness that was introduced in the recording process. I have never heard a music system that can reproduce the dynamics, black background, clean extended highs, deep powerful bass and purity of midrange of an actual musical event. Maybe one day though...
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