Internalizing the WAF

[Feanor]

Call me crazy, but at this point I'm giving some serious consider to professional style, active monitors. The best alternatives have serveral or all these useful features:

• Built-in, custom tweaked amplifiers
• Bi-amplification with tweaked, high-order crossovers
• Bass level adjustment to accomodate near-wall and corner placement
• High frequency level adjustment
• High-pass bass filter which can make subwoofer integration easier.
• Controlled dispersion, making early reflections easier to control
• High output with relatively low distortion
• Compact size
• Inherently neutral frequency balance.

An example that has all these features is the Mackie HR624 MkII, (here or here); a pair of these runs about a grand, new. These Mackies also have servo-controlled bass.



Dynaudio also makes a few models such as the BM5A, (here), that is also about a grand the pair.