Accurate speakers for mastering - A good or bad thing ?

[Nwahs]

Originally Posted by garww

Ha ! As I was reading your message, the Stone's Jumpin' Jack Flash came on and I went to crank it up. Great jukebox bass in that song !!

Remember that the 40s are your reference and you should suspect the other systems.

You're saying to trust my headphones anyway. The 40s are that good? To be honest, I don't know if they are that accurate or not. They're the first I've ever used.

[garww]

Originally Posted by Nwahs

You're saying to trust my headphones anyway. The 40s are that good? To be honest, I don't know if they are that accurate or not. They're the first I've ever used.

It's a stretch to say any phones are that good, but you have to keep a perspective.

Headphones have quite a bit going for them by design.
Home audio is at the mercy of the room, and often, with mediocre components. Plus, controlling a woofer is much harder than a 40mm headphone transducer.

The 40fs were on my budget list for a long time. And, I feel they would have done a very good job. Today, I ordered a higher priced home set (open back) because I had the extra cash. I have cheaper Yamaha and Tascam fones here and the Tascam might be a budget AT.

You have to have a reference, and your headphones are it. These AT don't give a exaggerated bass, so keep that in mind.

Build up a reference set of commercial recordings in classical, jazz, rock, etc., so you can build some confidence in what is accurate.

EDIT; The album in my avatar is not a bad place to start for Jazz. I have the cassette from 1969 and (now) the remastered CD is petty good. Two songs : ) 32:45 and 5:37minutes.