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Re: Audio Monitors for Editing

Subject: Re: Audio Monitors for Editing
From: "oatcruncher" oatcruncher
Date: Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:42 am ((PDT))
--- In  jan.larsson <> wrote:

> We usually avoid any active speakers. A speaker cabinet is just about
> the worst place for an amplifier. Certain electrical components (like
> larger caps and certain types of resistors) can be quite sensitive to
> magnetic fields and then ... the whole cabinet is vibrating of sound.
> And most electrical components (from IC:s to caps) have a physical
> construction that make them quite sensitive to this.
>
Five years later, does this still hold true please?
I've just bought a Xonar Essence STX sound card for my computer, and was lo=
oking to buy an inexpensive pair of  ALESIS M1 ACTIVE 520 speakers for moni=
toring. These are getting good reviews for their price, and I'd more or les=
s decided to go this route until I found Jan's post.
Any advice appreciated
Max










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