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Monitor wedge 地面監聽（wedge）
The angled floor loudspeaker pointed at a performer so they hear themselves. Each mix a monitor engineer runs is a different answer to "what do YOU need to hear"; wedges trade against in-ear monitors, which take the stage volume war away but isolate the performer.
中文
斜放喺台面向表演者嘅監聽喇叭。每個 mix 係一位表演者「想聽到咩」嘅答案；同 IEM 互為取捨。
Regional usage
| Where | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|
| HK | monitor / 監聽 | 口語直接叫 wedge。 |
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Sources
- Theatrecrafts glossary of technical theatre terms — Theatrecrafts / ABTT heritage primary
- Stage monitor system — Wikipedia
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