Starting from scratch, I'm going to start acquiring home recording gear. Is it possible to use hi fi speakers for monitors? Vice versa? Upside? Downside?
I used to use a pair of KEF Q15 as recording monitors for several years. They worked OK as near fields. They didn't have anything below 50 hZ though so that will be a consideration.
I had a pair of NHT 3.3s a while back, got them from a guy in Chicago that used them in his recording studio. (I forgot the label). upside: they're really good downside: they're really big.....and heavy.....and akward.
Is it possible to use hi fi speakers for home recording studio monitors?
Upside: Cheap, look nice
Downside: Be careful, as you can blow them up very easily with the dynamics from your recordings and live instruments/microphones. ( remember media sold commercially has dynamics that are carefully controlled and compressed )
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