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Out of interest do you connect to your monitors by XLR or TRS cables?
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Studio monitors are designed so they are as acoustically flat as possible.
Flatness is a bit of a myth, really- but they are flatter than hifi speakers which often have have a bit of a 'smile' curve to them, in that they hype the top and bottom end.
What you are trying to do when mixing is have a mix that translates between rooms and to different speakers.
For that reason a lot of studios use multiple sets of monitors.
The industry standard for many years were the NS10's from Yamaha, which are basically an average sounding set of speakers.
They were adopted by studio engineers because having a standard meant you could move between studios and have some degree of control because you learned the speakers.
They are still used in many studios even today- they aren't flat and they also don't allow the engineer to hear every note and mistake.
Now the fashion is to have a 2-3 sets of monitors and to check mixes on different systems as you go.
Often people have some near fields- something like a Dynaudio BM6a or Adam A7's, plus a bigger set of 3 or 4 way monitors- which could be on stands or mounted into the walls (called soffits).
The third set is often called a 'grot box' with limited frequency response, so you can check translation to small systems and iPhone speakers/earphones. Auratone or Avantone make this sort of thing and they look like this:
Really the most important thing is to learn your room and learn your speakers.
I still do most of my mixing on a set of Dynudio BM6a's with a sub.
I've had them for 17 years and I know them better than anything else.
I do reference check on different systems- but if you know a particular set of speakers then you can work much faster than you otherwise would.
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In pro studios the reason why XLR is preferred is in microphone patch bays- because when you have +48v phantom power running and use a TRS connection you can arc the phantom power and damage some types of microphones.
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The other reason why XLR's are preferred in studios is they can be daisy chained- so two 12ft cables can become a 24ft cable.
TRS is perfectly fine though.
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FWIW I love mixing on NS10s!
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