Okay, well, I was hoping to get just the sort of feedback you guys have provided.

I mostly listen to my 'phones when I'm trying to balance a mix. I have a nice set of Alesis Reference Monitors that provide a very clean sound. But their woofers are only 6" so they don't provide much bass response. Which I suppose can be a good thing because a listener is not always going to have a set of speakers or earbuds or whatever that provide a lot of bass response either. Nonetheless, I find that I have to listen to the mix with phones just to make sure the bass in my tunes is properly adjusted and balanced. I find they also help with other aspects as well. Especially some background parts -- making sure I've got them balanced correctly. Even with the Alesis Reference Monitors, sometimes these background parts can get lost in the mix.

I have a couple of other nice sets of speakers that do have larger woofers, but I haven't hooked them up to my system -- yet. Need to get around to that soon. Having them available will probably help a lot for a more normal room sound.

Joe, thanks for the link to that article. It goes into the sort of detail that I've kinda wondered about but really didn't know anything about. It explains a lot. Unfortunately that article is so old that a lot of the links mentioned in it are broken -- or they take you to pages where the software being discussed is no longer listed as available.

Interesting -- I found the Crossfeed EQ utility he referenced and downloaded it, then tried it out on one of my tunes. None of the controls work, besides play and stop that is. I can play the tune, but none of the adjustment buttons and sliders make a difference to the sound's output to my headphones (or speakers) at all. Curious.


Last edited by cooltouch; 06/07/18 06:13 AM.
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