Studio monitors, also called reference monitors, are loudspeakers specifically designed for audio production applications such as recording studios, filmmaking, television studios and radio studios where accurate audio reproduction is crucial.
Among audio engineers, the term monitor usually implies that the speaker is designed to produce relatively flat (linear) phase and frequency responses. In other words, it exhibits minimal emphasis or de-emphasis of particular frequencies and the loudspeaker gives an accurate reproduction of the tonal qualities of the source audio (“uncolored” or “transparent” are synonyms), and there will be no relative phase shift of particular frequencies meaning no distortion in sound stage perspective for stereo recordings.
Beyond stereo sound stage requirements, a linear phase response helps impulse response remain true to source without encountering “smearing”. An unqualified reference to a monitor often refers to a near-field (compact or close-field) design. This is a speaker small enough to sit on a stand or desk in proximity to the listener (called a “bookshelf speaker” in hi-fi parlance), so that most of the sound that the listener hears is coming directly from the speaker, rather than reflecting off of walls and ceilings (and thus picking up coloration and reverberation from the room).
As well, studio monitors are made in a more physically robust manner than home hi-fi loudspeakers; whereas home hi-fi loudspeakers often only have to reproduce compressed commercial recordings, studio monitors have to cope with the high volumes and sudden sound bursts that may happen in the studio when playing back unmastered mixes.
Acoustic Force has of cource our own philosophy when it comes to detailed studio monitors.
We always get stunned when playing both models in this series. Amor 2.0I are with midrange / woofer 5½ inch – which has its “forces” in midrange area – but still with a deep woofer performance. Sometime people ask us where have you hidden your SUB! This little wonder plays correctly even in a room up to 40 /50 m2, no SUB required.
And 6½ inch Grande show us the way when producing floor standing speakers.
Grande has a performance like a floorstanding speaker – but are only a bookshelf speaker on stands, and with all forces from Amor 2.0I + extra dynamics.
