

However, there is something else that can help get the sound of your monitors to your ears - the placement of your monitors. Ask almost any working mix engineer what the number one purchase that would improve your mix room is and you’ll probably get the same answer - Acoustic treatment. Monitors interact with the room in which they are placed and the sound that hits your ears is indivisibly combined with the influence of the room.

You can’t just buy a pair of quality monitors and get what you paid for. With a pair of headphones, you put them on and you get optimal performance - simple! With monitors, things are more involved and this is bad news for anyone looking for quick answers.

It’s an unavoidable truth that monitoring through loudspeakers gets complicated.
