ACOUSTICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Like the Yamaha NS-10M and Sundholm Acoustics monitor (both of which we have tested), the BM15A's sonic footprint resembles that of a consumer loudspeaker. These monitors are not flat and are not designed to be flat. They enable the recording engineer to hear the track the way much of the population hears it, as if through a home stereo, rack system, portable system or automobile. In fact, except for the decade between 500 Hz and 5,000 Hz, the response is smooth. The off-axis response isn't flat either, but it's smooth and well-controlled, tapering only -2 dB from 1,000 Hz to beyond 10,000 Hz...
Darn. Well, I guess that explains why I loved the way everything sounded on the BM15As, yet the midrange never balanced or translated correctly on anything else.