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Originally Posted by Al Acuff
According to the book I'm reading you can make better mix level judgements by listening to a summed signal on a single mono speaker than by mixing on stereo monitors alone. He also points out that in mix cube speakers you have a single driver which means no crossover distortion in the midrange. And no cabinet port means better time coherence.
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I agree with everything except the bit about the port. Auratones and the like have so little low end that's it's easy to make mistakes. And the enclosure is just a box, with no science or "design" put into it. I built myself some speakers that address these issues, and I'm thrilled with them. There's a lengthy post about it on a different site that rhymes with "futz" but I can't link to it without violating Terms of Service.
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If I decide to pull the trigger and give it a try I'll probably go for the Avantone cube because of the convenience of having a built in amp. It gets very good reviews. Are there any users here?
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The amp is convenient, yes, but I think the real Auratones sound better. And a good-sized power amp makes a real difference, even at very low volume.