Once upon a time on usenet Phil Allison wrote:
Graham. wrote:

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I thought a monitor was a speaker that was pointed at the performer
rather than the audience. What's the correct name for that?



** Correctly called an "on stage monitor" or "foldback wedge."

The boxes are typically wedge shaped to sit on a stage with the front
baffle at 45 degrees to the horizontal.

Yep, here in NZ back in the 80s they were reffered to as 'foldback monitors'
and were placed on stage just in front of the mic stands, angled to face up
at the mic position. They usually just contained one or two 6" midrange
drivers, at least the ones I worked with did. (No tweeter as that would
cause more of an issue with high frequency feedback.)
--
Shaun.

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