Is standard practice to patch home stereo speakers to the digi to see what a mix will sound like on a home stereo. I've been going through a little bit of hell recording my vinyl into the digi and having certain songs come out very bass heavy. I end up going through this annoying process of EQing and bouncing and burning to see if I fixed a song. It seems to me that if I patch my home speakers to my digi then I could easily monitor those songs that are bass heavy while I am EQing. Is this standard practice? It seems to make sence to me at this time. DJ DBOY

Hi, Dunno if it's standard, but I think most of us use some sort of speakers as well as headphones to listen to mixes before burning CDs. Work with what you've got to work with! Right?!?! Take care, Mark

I'm from the "Old School"...I make a cassette and listen to that in the car, boom box, home stereo as a test of the mix.

I'm with B.Ray. Mark too. Use everything. With Cd's as cheap as they are now, I'll run off a test CD and go for a drive. If Cassette is what you have, do a Boom-Box and car test. I also run radio productions through a little portable TV's 1" speaker to make sure the stuff will be well represented in the 'worst case' scenario. I learned the hard way that what sounds great on your high end monitors might sound like wimpy nothing on the air.

I think it's great to be able to patch into as many differnt speakers "from the source" as you can. I've actually ended up using my YAMAHA NS-A526 as my main mixing speakers! I bought them for use with my home theater because of their "flat" response. I found that I was doing my best mixes with them, so I figured why not? That being said, I still burn CDs and check my mixes in two different cars ( with very different sound systems), my home stereo, and my PC speakers.

I've heard mixes done on relatively superb equipment where say, the bass, is all but missing. So I definitely agree. To me, one of the best places to check a mix... your car. Roy