standard studio monitor music industry rock pop recording engineers launched started life speaker destined domestic environment poorly received eventually valuable tool mix rock recordings speaker characteristic white coloured mid bass drive unit technically known speaker easily reveals poor quality recordings recording engineers sought dull response hanging tissue paper resulting known tissue paper effect type monitor large number successful recordings numerous artists leading refer important heard discontinued product history originally conceived domestic speaker designed launched sold price point speaker poorly received commercial life short took years popularity established professional users recording engineers came rely dominated mixing pop rock music world years displaced sound cube monitor choice 1980s recognised ability reveal shortcomings recordings probably reached american shores recording engineer visit japan engineer likely monitored recording session speaker japanese studio brought pair return began speakers los_angeles studio engineers heard time impressed sound use spread new_york adopted studios early use engineers include rising star record production credited popularity writing sound sound suggested probably earliest certainly influential early legend chosen worst speaker find new breed creative freelance recording engineers producers travel studio studio equipped gear included pair reference recording studios world particularly rock pop music adopted speaker standard excess pairs sold world referred important heard stopped manufacturing speaker citing problems wood pulp drivers years discontinued speaker continued found studios mix reported variants commercially available japanese consumer market design construction way sealed cabinet measuring millimetres weighing kilograms particle board cabinet wood skin seven black finishing layers domestic version speaker vertically came factory fitted drivers paper soft weighing manufactured flat sheet pressed pulp paper formed conical shape pressure ends black finish cabinet white bass mid driver cone distinctive iconic feature product network second order passive crossing frequency range quoted rated power handling early version speaker press type output later models screw signature sound simplistic terms possesses sonic characteristics allow record producers assume recording sounds good monitors sound good systems whilst reveal shortcomings recording mix monitoring chain lead listener fatigue prolonged use domestic setting perfectly flat frequency response sound slightly heavy like sealed box speakers similar size bass extension limited boost end starts rolling response open frequencies problematic worst sounding human ear practical level music professional speaker clinical sounding likened music editors reveal weaknesses recordings engineers forced necessary compensation mix report undertaken found excellent time domain response low frequencies ability start stop response signal input found superior monitors related closed box design researchers held extremely fast decay time speaker low frequencies ensures bass instruments guitar drums correctly balanced mix product revisions versions best known studio pro introduced technically identical studio pro comes fitted speaker meant vertical orientation professional version launched years introduction popularity engineers revised version including logo connection panel horizontally studio improvements included new crossover address problem better connection cabinet longer studio improved power handling excess pairs studio sold world product line studio magnetic different 1990s introduced bass version different designed home cinema bass response nominal maximum power handling rated miniature version named natural sound surround speaker launched reception sound quality opinions characterised love hate professionals find particularly enjoy listening refuse space studio happily admit effective professional tool reliance independent producers viral phenomenon thousands studios equipped attract big named producers making speakers industry standard tissue paper effect said recording engineers hang tissue paper bright covering tissue paper said produce mixes normal domestic phenomenon subject hot debate recording engineer investigated alleged sonic effects tissue paper found inconsistent results different paper said tissue paper generally demonstrated undesirable effect known high frequencies reflected instead absorbed derided tissue practice behaviour saying engineers usually fear associated cancellation effects suggested random electronic noted speakers studios routinely removed effect output improvised tissue paper filter influence speaker came relied independent engineers worked different studios needed equipment familiar reference point 1980s engineers producers worked widely speaker monitor album love 80s 90s born let dance david_bowie hall influential monitors professional mixing sound recordings inducted mix magazine reflecting influence speaker won technical grammy speaker found studio
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