A Common Sense approach to uncovering the
"Truth" about what we hear

So lets talk about studio monitors. A thorny subject to be sure, with as many opinions as is believable. As with microphones and sequencers, the debate often turns into flame-fests.   Yet there has been some progress in our understanding of monitors.  Nearly everyone seems to agree that one needs a "near field" monitor to accurately assess the music they are creating.  A near field monitor is one that you keep pretty close to you, typically between 3-5 feet.  The idea here is that the music we  hear is dramatically altered by room acoustics.  Go try a little experiment.  Take any speaker and put it in the corner of a room.  You will hear bass resonating through the room that does not exist when the speaker is in the middle of the room.  ( read more ) ( by Rich the TweakMeister )