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Check out this awesome review of the sE Electronic Egg Munro 150 Studio Monitors from Sound on Sound...
"sE Electronics have enlisted the help of renowned acoustician Andy Munro to design these striking studio monitors. Does their unique approach to speaker design pay off in the real world?
In an ever-changing world, the one thing we can probably always rely on is the fact that, at some point, the 'music' (in whatever electrical form it might be) has to be turned into acoustic sound waves for us to hear - and in most cases that means some form of monitoring loudspeaker. The Sound On Sound Monitors & Headphones Smart Guide catalogues 185 small and medium-sized monitors, and there are probably even more currently available on the global market, each with different strengths and weaknesses.
And that's an important point: none could be said to be 'perfect', and it's very hard even to point at a high-end professional monitor that could approach true perfection in every respect! The plain fact is that loudspeaker monitoring remains the weakest link in the audio chain by a considerable margin, producing far more distortion and unwanted response irregularities than anything else. Although it's true to say that small and incremental advances are still being made, fundamental loudspeaker science has barely changed in well over 50 years. The differences between the countless monitor speakers basically come down to slightly different design compromises and priorities, with the end users choosing one model over another largely on the basis of personal preference rather than technical achievement.
Amplifier technology is mature, and even low-cost systems can deliver extremely good quality.Loudspeaker drive units, too, have reached something of a quality plateau: yes, a bigger budget buys a fractionally more capable driver, but even budget units perform acceptably. However, the most influential aspect of a loudspeaker design is, arguably, the cabinet: the big wooden box that holds everything together. Although constrained by the size and budget restrictions imposed by the intended market, cabinet design plays a huge role in determining the overall sound quality and character of the loudspeaker.
There are several different cabinet operating principles available to a loudspeaker designer, such as sealed cabinets, vented or ported cabinets (with the option of passive radiators instead of open ports), and the so-called (but not really in the true engineering sense) 'transmission-line' cabinets. Each approach has different strengths and weaknesses, and each manufacturer tries to optimise those in creating a well-balanced final product, albeit with varying degrees of success! One thing that almost all cabinet designs share, though, is that they are almost all rectangular cuboid in shape...click here to read the full review"
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