Mixing with computers in mind?

[Queue]

I've been listening to some of the mixes in the MP3 forum, as well as some of my own. It seems that some mixes can differ vastly when listening through PC (read pieces of shit) speakers vs. my Monitors at home (JBL LSR25Ps). I know that basically there's a night and day difference between the two, but my question is this...

We all seem to have this goal of creating a mix that will sound great across the greatest number of systems, and especially the type of systems that the greatest number of consumers/listeners will be hearing these mixes on.

-so where's the question, queue?- <-that wasn't it, btw

Is anyone checking mixes through shit speakers (probably 1 or 2 watts) jacked into a soundblaster as a separate reference?

Queue

 

[Tom Hicks]

Yes indeedy.
Listen through your nice monitors;also hi fi speakers,boomboxes and car stereos and tv (don't forget to sum to mono during mixdown to check possible phase problems for mono listeners).
The more ways you listen to your mixes,the better idea you will have how it will sound on other folks systems.

Tom

 

[dobro]

"especially the type of systems that the greatest number of consumers/listeners will be hearing these mixes on. "

At work, we've got these little Sony players that I've found really useful - they've got five EQ settings only (the button you push to activate the different settings is called 'Sound' - gimme a break...). Anyway, the five presets are:

flat
bottom end boost
top end boost
bottom and top boost
mid boost

If my stuff sounds okay as I click from setting to setting, it sounds pretty good on anything. If it can weather five varieties of shit, so to speak, it can weather anything.