95% of people get THIS wrong about Studio Monitors

The way you just said that audiophiles don't know a thing about audio at the beginning was amazing. LOL.

Well, my decission at this point was really easy: Years ago at the music trade fair in Germany I saw the most showmen with that yellow monitors on the dishes. So when starting do DJ'ing two years ago, I decided to buy the KRK RoKit Classic 5. The selling points for me were: Literally the word "classic" in the product's name, showing that this is something traditional industry-strandard over the years and the good product's description at Thomann... At this time, I had less knowledge about all that things, but not a bad decission at all and I love them. Usually, I don't like to bring it to gigs but for small birthday partys, small pubs they also fit well, even though they are near field monitors, but they have a lot of sound output and can be very loud which is impressive for that small / mid-sized speakers 🙂

One should buy a subwoofer (SINGLE SUBWOOFER) regardless of how big their monitors are, because having two spaced low frequency sources causes power alleys and very VERY uneven response in the listening position NO MATTER YOUR ACOUSTIC TREATMENT.

And that starts already at around 160hz downwards because the waves are just so long.

And frequencies below ~150hz should be in mono anyway, one doesn't really get anything from having stereo information below that range.

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„Magic is in the Midrange“ made my Music sound way better , fuller and warmer

Teachers should study you, it's all clear and logical. If u want suggestions I'd like something about sampling from vinyl: which turntables are better, how to link them with the dawn or whatever u find interesting

I have a pair of Kali three-way IN-5's strapped to a Kali WS-6.2 sub woofer, effectively a four-way system. It sounds great and gives me very precise monitoring set-up for my small garden mixing studio. The beauty of the WS-6.2 subwoofer is that it's actually two speakers in one cabinet, so effectively a stereo two-way sub in one box. Amazing! 😎

Your science is wrong man. I think all of the benefits you listed are based on personal experience. Three way speakers have their pros and cons compared to two way systems, but the crossover is not a problem if done correctly. You get less intermodulary distortion on a three way system but in a smaller room I take the smaller size of the sound source of a two way system every time.

Good information

Thanks! Please do the 2 sub config video

This was a beautiful, succinct education. Ta.

Thanks for the Video its helpfully for me to understand the 3 and 2 way speaker. Greetings from Germany Wuppertal : )

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Please make the video about PSI A23-M. Very interested!

Great video!

I always recommend having an A/B setup if it’s affordable. Even with inexpensive speakers, having 2 sets of speakers to switch between can be extremely helpful for triangulating. (Obviously you have to learn well any speakers you use, especially if they’re inexpensive.)

PSI 3-way monitors in this video are $12,000 a pair? Wow!

I have a good 3 way speaker and it is unforgiving😮 but great when the recording is 👍🏼

Great video, thanks as always!

How would you rate the A17M’s? Are they far off yours with the extra mid driver and power? I can’t decide between the a17’s or barefoot 02’s!

love the breakdown on what the different parts of the speakers are for. its like i thought i know and u just gave me a complete tour through the rabbit hole basically

3 way is a fortuitous optimisation that moves the crossover out of the pinna activation region. Going to 4+ way re-introduces the issue again, with the exception of dealing with large monitors that have both a midwoofer and subwoofer for LF reinforcement

One thought (I'm only about 1m in so far) is that if you want a lower bass you need a larger woofer. A 12" woofer is likely not as good at midrange as a 5" woofer. Thus for the 5" you're fine in the midrange, but lacking the base of the 12" driver, but a 12" driver doesn't go up high enough, hence the need for an in-between driver to handle the midrange.

Same things my father when he was alive said many times when I showed him some Monitors on 2-way systems like: "how that can split sound very nice and quality, if 3-way is much more better than 2-s, and what a hell from 1980s to 2000s we have reduction of systems progresses" :D

That dual sub suggestion is very interesting!!

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The midrange is the most important part of a mix. Absolutely. For sure. This is why I love my Auratones.

Isn't it mainly about speaker nonlinearity and thus intermodulation which can be improved with 3 instead of 2 ways? You dont' want strong bass to modulate and distort the mid range voices etc.

For anyone struggling.
Three way Monitor is the way, preferably 8In, since they have an easier way reproducing sounds than 5In.
Also subwoofer is important, two are not needed though.
The rest is experience and practice. Just reference constantly. Too many people don’t reference.

I got 2-ways myself due to cost considerations. However, I'm pleasantly surprised as to how good the mid clarity is vs my older 1990s design monitors. I use Neumann KH120A with the KH750DSP sub. I've never had my mixes translate so well to many different systems, and yes, they don't make mixes sound good by default. Most mixes sound pretty poor on them, but a few mixes sound absolutely excellent. That's certainly the character of a good monitor system. Of course, I'd have gone for the KH310A instead if cost wasn't an issue. Good call about using 2 subwoofers. I currently use 1 (cost again).

I am using it for my hifi system, just great

Do the PSI review! I'm interested in buying them also ...

Can I just say, I love the content of the video, it is informative, but I dislike the clickbait it is packaged in. 95%, where does that statistic come from?

That must be said & remembered 🤝

3way is always better. It has better dynamic response than the 2way, and if you get used to the 3way, you'll realize how terrible the 2way sounds. This is why professional mastering studios always use 3way or more hi-fi speakers.

What if I put a 3rd speaker ontop of the standard monitors and then change the signal to send low and mid to the standard Monitors and then have the additional 3rd speaker to do the top end? Would that have the same effect as a 3 way system?

Great video

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I'm curious about how you decided on your pair of speakers. Where did you find the relevant information?

those PSI monitors are amazing craftsmanship, they are perfectly matched pair from factory with analogue phase time alignment, so no dsp and latency weirdness

Very good woofers (eg. Purifi) reduce intermodulation distortion and other effects in the midrange, meaning you can get a 2-way that is just as good as many three ways, assuming they are all competently designed.
Directivity will still narrow in the mids, so waveguided tweeters are good.
That said, many three ways still use some sorts of waveguides to match directivity of the mids and tweeters, as seen in the monitors shown in this video.

Honestly, I don't see any difference between audio engineers, music producers, and audiophiles in terms of how they perceive audio equipment and acoustics. I'm not an audio engineer, but everything you mentioned in this video is pretty fundamental stuff for every audiophile (I'm not talking about audio-voodoo things, which have their place equally in the audiophile and mixing worlds).

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Getting my first pair of monitors very soon. Focal Alpha Twin Evos, which are technically 2.5 way. But they have dedicated low and mid woofers and a tweeter (of course!).

Your input is trust worthy.

That was invaluable information. So what you're essentially saying is that two way systems can obscure issues that will then jump out and bite you when you try the mix on a different system, but those issues will be much clear with a three way system?

How about those cube style speakers the some people use? They have a single "full range" driver, but really they are mid range focused and don't produce as much top & bottom.

I’ve seen this “more drivers is more better” stuff repeated a lot, and by some very influential evidence-based audio reviewers. Both of the speaker systems on my mixing setup are two-way (not counting the center sub I have to keep disconnected because I cheaped out on the receiver so it fucks the mids), but the studio-facing pair is mid/hi focused not lo/hi. Which is suboptimal to be sure, but given the ridiculous budgetary constraints I operate on, still better than speakers with a THD of “yes” which was my only other option. Unless I can get those floor-standers working…

TL;DR: idk why I’m making this comment, carry on.

is the quality of the monitor more important than the listening position plus shape and size of the room?

Appreciate the video! I see you have the Barefoot Footprint01s in your picture at the very end of the video. How would you say they compare to your PSIs?
Thanks and all the best

Since most playback systems people use are 2-way they won't hear issues ......