KRKs - are shit??

[mixedbyLUSH]

KRKs are only really good for producing, they're a hype speaker. They artificially boost your low end to make your kick/bass sound fat, but once you listen back on a flat speaker like an NS10 or an old boom box then your mix will fall apart. The best speakers to get are small, flat speakers with no boots at any frequencies. It will give you the most honest and "true" sound, so if you can make a track that sounds bumpin' on those, then it will sound dope on your KRKs or your car stereo system or most importantly on a club system.

[1point5]

a flat speaker like an NS10 or an old boom box.

Definitely not as flat as KRKs, I don't find them to be particularly hyped in the low end anyway compared to other monitors. NS10s are far from flat - they're only an industry standard because lots of people are used to them.

[Genevieve]

This all makes me wonder. I mix on some shitty behringer speakers I got long before I got into producing. But my mixes have always sounded much better on other people's stereos than through my monitors... so I'm doing something right? o.O

[mixedbyLUSH]

a flat speaker like an NS10 or an old boom box.

Definitely not as flat as KRKs, I don't find them to be particularly hyped in the low end anyway compared to other monitors. NS10s are far from flat - they're only an industry standard because lots of people are used to them.

let me re-itterate. The reason NS10's are so popular is because they're a shit speaker that gives you an honest sound, if you can make something sound good on an NS10 it will sound good on anything else.

[Ghost of Muttley]

They don't give you an honest sound, people just know what area's are coloured and how to compensate for that in the mix cause they've been around so long.

[NinjaEdit]

Worst speaker != better mix. Try mixing on your laptop speakers.

[Electric_Head]

Worst Speaker does not = better mix.
It takes a fair bit of practice and listening to various comparative mixes before you can even dream of using stock speakers.
You would at some point have had to reference your mixdowns on other systems to be able to create a base point for your mixes.
Even with that in mind, the track will sound different because you are boosting or cutting in areas that the speakers excel or lack.
You end up spending more time trying to change the mix to suite an external system.

[NinjaEdit]

!= = not equel

[Electric_Head]

ok well then I agree.
≠ should have been used.