Best Studio Monitors for podcasting

A nearfield monitor is meant to reach your ears before the room does. In an untreated spare room it usually loses that race below about 200 Hz, where the walls add and cancel enough to move bass by 10 dB depending on where you sit. That is why the small pair often beats the big pair on the same desk: less low end to be lied to about.

Rear ports make it worse when the cabinet sits tight against a wall, which on a desk it always does. Look for a front port or leave real clearance, keep the drivers at ear height, and treat the first reflection off the desk surface before spending anything on a larger woofer.