Mixing Monitor A/Bing

[tkingen]

For mixing I'm currently using a pair Mackie 624's and feel happy with them. Mixes seem to translate well to other systems and they are comfortable to listen to over long periods of time.
Now I'd like to add another set of speakers to my system for cross referencing. Would it be best to go with another pair of studio monitors or get a decent pair of bookshelf home stereo speakers? The home stereo speakers make sense as they would be more of a "real world" example of what people will hear. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Terry

[Bonz]

I just posted a simular question and probably should link my Post with yours. I wonder if I can delete my question see what responses you're getting?

[Marciano]

i realy work just with monitors, i used to work with those mackies, ns10, ms10 and my favorit event 20/20...
If you put a mix sounding good there, it«s almost certain that the mix will be good almost anywhere...i prefer like this...i´ve try using an pair of home speakers, but all trhu there just sounded always to good to be true...i prefer using a boombox.

[SouthSIDE Glen]

I'd agree mostly with Marciano. When I built the most recent version of my room about six years ago, I got two sets of loudspeakers; I have the Mackie HR824s for close mixing and a mounted a pair of Klipsch kg0.5 bookshelf speakers on wall brackets up on the wall behind my mixing desk (played through a Denon consumer stereo amplifier.) The idea was to use the Kilpschs as an "average quality consumer-level" playback reference to check my mixes on, as well as a differently-located sound source in my room to be able to hear the mix in the room differently.

It didn't take long before I got acclimated to the sound of the Mackies to the point where I knew if they sounded "this way" on the Mackies, they'd sound "that way" on most decent consumer playback systems, for the most part eliminating much need for the Klipschs. I'll still play stuff back in them for the change of pace in sound to releive my tired ears, but as a check against the standard mix they have been pretty unnecessary since learning how the Mackies translate.

G.