bookshelf speakers as monitors idea

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Agreed. . . I use Tannoy Reveals, Behringer Truth 2031's, two sets of Realistic bookshelf speakers (I don't know the models, they're small, heavy and metal) and a pair of Technics A30 home stereo towers. I power them all with one Onkyo and one Sherwood hi-fi amp. . I could buy "better" monitors and certainly a "better" amplifier, but they wouldn't be any "better" than what I'm used to using. . .
 
This thread was started in 2003?

I can't believe I've been on here for over 9 years!
 
I use my bookshelf stereo speakers as my monitors, because I too am on a lower budget. They work fine for me, because I'm used to listening to music through them anyway. I compare the sound from them with headphones, car stereos, home theater system, and any other system I would normally listen to music on. Between all of those, I get decent enough results.
 
maestro_dmc said:
This thread was started in 2003?
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Midway through the invasion of Iraq ! At the time, with the "shock and awe" philosophy, it was presumed everything would be done and dusted in a month. So it's kind of appropriate that this thread should be resurrected !

Chibi Nappa said:
just make sure you know the speakers you are using (listen to hours of pro stuff), and then test your mix on every single boom box, car sterio, hi-fi system, etc. that you can get your hands on before saying the mix is done. Each different system will reveal different flaws. Find a flaw, take it back to your "mixing" speakers, change the mix, take it back out to all those other systems, repeat.
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Testing the mix on different systems is generally a good idea. But it can lead to a spiral from which one may never escape if you try to fix each system's revealed flaw. I have long found that no two stereo systems sound alike to me. Not to mention the spaces they're located in and headphones and a car etc.....I often marvel at how one system will bring something out that was never apparent on another.
Constantly changing the mix to suit the particular system you've tested on could end up as the never ending story. I tend to play mine on 4 systems and if they're OK on 3 of them, then I'm done, though the three must include the general front room stereo and my van or the car.
I saw what I thought was a great quote on this interesting thread on the Reaper forum in regard to mixes ~ "finished is better than perfect".
 
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