Eddie,

One thing i have noticed over the years is that no matter how good your system is, it (the final sound) often comes down to a few factors:

1. How good is your own hearing over the entire spectrum.

2. As note, the mix sounds different on your powered monitors than on certain headphones. Some phones are prone to be very bass heavy to begin with, while others can be downright tinny.

3. Your listener may hear something totally different than you do on the same system. Very few people have perfect hearing in all freqs, and I would guess even fewer still have great pitch.

4. Some people don't "care" what it sounds like as long as there is a good beat.

5. Play your favorite track thru a boom box and you'll get one sound, thru a computer speaker system (also known to have bass tendancies), you'll get still another. Play it thru a high end audiophile system flat you'll get another, you get the idea.

Its a combination of all the posts above, I'm not sure if there is a perfect mix, if there was someone would be selling software for it a making millions.

Just my opinion.

Rob

Dang....This is addicting.

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