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Is it? Every producer is different, every studio has different equipment and most importantly, everyone's ears are different. You can't possibly know what they intended.
The truth is that the correct way to listen to music is however you like it to hear it!
It absolutely is not. Albums aren't mixed to be listened to on studio monitors, they are mixed to sound good on consumer grade speakers because that's where people listen to music. Nowadays if you're listening on air pods that's probably the way it was meant to be listened to.
Yeah, not to mention the loudness war changing how things were mixed.
And like with most art, the artist doesn't get a say in how you appreciate it
Fuck the loudness war
WHAT DID YOU SAY????? SPEAK LOUDER
No, the reason why it sounds good on consumer grade equipment is exactly because it was mixed on flat response studio monitors. Flat response means little to no bias across the frequency spectrum and no enhancements. This is so you can make sure it sounds good regardless of the quality of equipment the listener is using.
Yes, I am aware that studio monitors (other than NS10Ms, lol) have a flat response and that albums are mixed primarily on studio monitors. But the people mixing those albums aren't mixing them to be listened to on studio monitors. There using their extensive knowledge to make that album sound its best how most people will be listening to it. Taking into account people listening in their car, on their phones, on their laptop speakers, headphones, air pods, home stereos, fucking TVs, etc.
No engineer worth their salt will be mixing an album to be listened to on studio monitors because that's not how normal people listen to music.
Edited to add: However, the point I kind of lost is people should listen however they want. I used to listen to albums that I knew very well on my monitors to get to know the speakers.
For sure. My original comment was meant as a half-joke that my flat response monitors and headphones are superior than an expensive audiophile setup. Your points are valid of course.
That's why flat monitors and sound dampening are important.
A lot of money is spent to try and make a neutral room.
Yes, the point of mixing on flat monitors is so you eliminate as much bias as possible, and to make sure it will sound good regardless if you’re listening in the car or in an audiophile listening room. When you listen to music on flat response speakers as the consumer, you are listening to it with the least bias possible, meaning no enhancements of any kind. So you listen to it the way the artist/band, producer, and sound engineer mixed/mastered it.