Similarly priced speakers marketed as Hi-Fi are just as robust as speakers marketed as studio monitors.
A loud speaker is a loud speaker, everything else is just marketing.
The thing that normally breaks speaker cones is clipping power amps, not filter sweeps.
Maybe you read that I said intentionally colored. I didn’t. Just colored. In that they won’t be as precise as monitors due to the manufacturers expectation that they’ll be in a living room or they should look good (as you mentioned) So these kind of choices go into their design and will compromise how flat they could otherwise be.
Maybe I should rephrase: home audio speakers will not designed to be nearfield monitors in a studio.
The frequency response of the Paradigm Monitor 9 is 42Hz to 22kHz +/- 2db.
The frequency response of the Genelec 8040B is 48Hz to 20kHz +/- 2db.
Nearfield monitoring is how you use a speaker as opposed to anything special about the speaker (i.e. you position the speakers such that they are almost like using headphones).
I was talking from my experience , i made empirical experiment 
but i am not qualified
that’s true but it doesn’t give the entire picture as we don’t know the on and off axial response. I highly doubt it’ll be similar. Plus as there’s a difference between monitors, home audio will be even further apart. Then put an amplifier into the mix…
Good talk but there’s a reason you don’t see home audio speakers in studios.
Happy listening!
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Are you running a business? Because if you aren’t then anything is probably fine within reason.
I feel like if either of those speaker families were doing what they claim to be doing they would be interchangeable, as far as audio quality goes.
But since that’s not how this works… I’m more likely to use a pair of KRKs for hi-fi speakers than the other way around.
Just means they’re aiming to deliver zero noise, lowest distortion at high signal, and match certain amp specs.
Kii3 are my dream monitors. I’m saving for them. It will take me 5 years to be able to afford them. 
There’s really no difference between PMC, ATC, Focal, or Amphion speakers designed for home use and those designed for studio use. Same with any other brand. “Designed for” really means “marketed at”.
A lot of mastering studios use speakers marketed for “home audio” use, i.e., B&W, PMC, ProAc, Spendor, Klipsch, etc.
Nope, just having fun after work, nothing super serious.
Any speaker within reason will do, as it’s been mentioned already the most important aspect is testing your mix on different systems, the more you do that the more you will get to know your monitors the better your mixes will be. Even if you bought a super expensive set you would still need a period of adjustment.
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I see that Thomann fx has a special nearfield and midfield category. And I thought it had to do with, among other things, the output angle of the speaker ( don’t know the real term ), you know, the angle of the listening cone. The zone that the most of the sound is broadcasted into.
Information: studio monitors, home stereo speakers.
https://www.neumann.com/homestudio/en/difference-between-home-stereo-speakers-and-studio-monitors
This and added dsp in the build in amplifiers aimed at getting best phase and frequency response in the ideal listening position. Things like power handling, headroom…
Studio monitors are built for optimal listening position and treated rooms. Hifi speakers are not per se. Studio monitors are aimed to detect problems in a mix and act accordingly. Hifi speakers are not.
There are exceptions where a hifi / audiophile speaker can be used as studio monitors. But there is a very good reason why professional mix / master studios use specialized monitors rather than hifi.
So definitely not just a marketing thing. Not to say that there are no brands jumping on the bandwagon by saying ‘studio quality monitor’. Like with the term ‘pro’.
Well of course a company which makes “studio monitors” is going to define a difference between them and Hi-Fi speakers.
The article fails to mention that putting the power amp inside the speaker enclosure compromises the design of both the amplifier and the speaker and Hi-Fi systems can also be active, often retaining the amplifiers outside the speaker enclosure.
It is ridiculous to think that someone who is interested in High Fidelity audio playback would somehow want a less accurate speaker!
You will often find that the same speaker cones are used in “near field”, “mid field” and “far field” monitors.
As has been previously mentioned, many major studios use speakers which are marketed as Hi-Fi (e.g. B&W Nautilus).
Umm, I think you’ve been had by the marketing people.
Ever heard a pair of B&W 802D in a mastering studio? Not too shabby for a “hi-if” speaker.
Really, there’s no such thing as a “studio monitor” and a “home hi-if” speaker. There are only speakers, some of which are better than others for your intended use, regardless of marketing. The pair of passive ATC SCM 3 I picked up for £300 on eBay a few months back, and which are clearly marketed for the “home audio” sector are every bit as good as the APS Aeons I use in my studio. Would happily swap them.
Studio monitors cannot possibly detect problems in a mix, only the mixing engineer can do that.