Thanx for the responses, guys.
What's funny about how I mix is that I use a 31 band EQ to force my monitors to sound like regular speakers. I raise up the bottom end and the top end while leaving the mid-range alone.
I'm thinking that buying ultra-flat monitors would be silly considering that I will most likely boost the top and bottom anyway.
The Yamaha's with the ugly white woofers that were mentioned are called NS-10's. They are famous and infamous. They fetch a nice price on Ebay nowadays. They're popular because they represent the limitations one might find in a $50 speaker from Radio Shack. They break up at the right moment to show when you've got the bottom too high, and they have a hissy shrill top-end which people normally cover with tissue to keep ear fatigue down.
The idea is, if one can get a mix to sound good on NS-10's, then your mix should sound good anywhere.
I can't see a used set of NS-10's being worth $800, but I saw a set just now for that price. Absurd.
I'm also considering the Studio model by Audes.
Allen
What's funny about how I mix is that I use a 31 band EQ to force my monitors to sound like regular speakers. I raise up the bottom end and the top end while leaving the mid-range alone.
I'm thinking that buying ultra-flat monitors would be silly considering that I will most likely boost the top and bottom anyway.
The Yamaha's with the ugly white woofers that were mentioned are called NS-10's. They are famous and infamous. They fetch a nice price on Ebay nowadays. They're popular because they represent the limitations one might find in a $50 speaker from Radio Shack. They break up at the right moment to show when you've got the bottom too high, and they have a hissy shrill top-end which people normally cover with tissue to keep ear fatigue down.
The idea is, if one can get a mix to sound good on NS-10's, then your mix should sound good anywhere.
I can't see a used set of NS-10's being worth $800, but I saw a set just now for that price. Absurd.
I'm also considering the Studio model by Audes.
Allen