Jumbo Sunshade, Music Gear Review - Event 20/20 Passive Studio Monitors

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Music Gear Review - Event 20/20 8" Passive Studio Monitors
(Vifa/Peerless DX25SG05-04 1" Fabric Dome Tweeter)
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            My first studio monitors were a mint pair of Celestion SL600's that 
            my boss let me have for $0.  Audiophiles know just how completely awesome the SL600s are.I love the Celestions but they're actually kindof a 
            hassle because: always babying them; they're not magnetically 
            shielded (not good for somebody who was working with TONS of 
            magnetic media); and, with 6" drivers & small non-ported cabinets, 
            they just always lacked the low end i needed.
It ended up taking 
            me ten years to get some cheap studio monitors, all because i 
            refused to buy speakers without first hearing them - kindof 
            ridiculous i guess, but maybe that's just how it goes when there are 
            other

            Celestion SL600

        speakers available to borrow from friends and co-workers!In 2002 i bought a pair of Event 20/20 
            passive drivers; paid around $300 for the pair.
It's true that 
        whenever there was something really important, i'd be pulling out the 
        SL600's (or borrowing or renting other speakers); for the most part 
        though i have been monitoring,

        
        Event 20/20 (click for 
        larger pic)

        mixing, and even mastering with the Event 20/20's for the past 
        seven years.The Event's aren't the only monitors i use, but they're 
        definitely now the ones i have logged the most hours on so i do know 
        them very well.
At 10" x 14" 
            x 11" these boxes are kinda big-ish for a near field monitor, but 
            the low end is definitely worth that size.
I still have the 
            exact same amount of studio clutter on my desk; some of it is just 
            14" higher than the rest.  ;)  They only weigh 22 pounds 
            each, which i guess is appreciated by friends who 

        borrow them from time to time.  They're your typical mitered MDF 
        cubes sporting that vinyl laminate.The 20/20 pictured above actually 
        has an aftermarket tweeter in it.  The original looked like this...

        Event 
        PS8

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