You would never use these for live. There are no grills on the speakers, and in general, you would never use studio monitors for live performance. Live speakers generally need a longer throw and quite a different response curve than studio monitors do, to say nothing of more durability and in general a different sort of appearance. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Carlson To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:01 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Studio moniters Hello Gord, Can you explain what "near field" means? Can these Event monitors also be used in live performance, mounted on stands, or otherwise? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:04 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Studio moniters I vote for events also. I'm using the ev5's which truly are near field. Some monitors are advertised as nearfield but they are really too big for that in my oppinion. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: kurt To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:12 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Studio moniters I really like the event stuff, very flat response, and uncolored. They blew away the genelex, in my humble opinion. There are several models, the 20/20's are great, but for around $100 new, maybe $700 used, the sp8's are great. They're biamped, so you have complete separation, and the crossover is great. They don't get real boomy, which I like, but the low end is incredibly tight. Hope this helps. Kurt ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason D. To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:18 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Studio moniters Hey guys my little dinky stereo speakers are not cutting it when it comes to my sound quality. Gee, that's surpising. Anyway I amlooking to spend four hundred ish on moniters that have their own indepedant power supply. I have a m audio moble pre sound card. Any suggestions would be welcome.