Originally Posted By: chulaivet1966
Personally, I've never felt it necessary to mix on headphones to determine a final mix for any reason.


I mix on headphones because I don't want to kill my song off in front of my family who hear it over and over and over again. They still do now but partly mixing through headphones reduces the amount of times they hear a repeat of the song. Plus, I don't have a big budget, this is only my hobby 2nd to riding my motorbikes. So recording is a winter or bad weather hobby at best.

1.I see a need to mix through monitors just don't know if the difference between what I already have and say a set of KRK's will be much greater?

2.And if monitors will make a worthy improvement should I go for rear or front ported speakers considering my setup in the photos? KRK's are front ported whereas Yamaha's are rear ported.

PS; The nearest store selling monitors is at least 2 hour round trip away, but the better shop with more monitors is a 4 hour round trip. Hence why I'm asking basic questions on a forum first.

Last edited by PaulH; 12/16/13 08:03 AM.