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Originally Posted by woodman
yeah, life after headphones really opens up your recording world. glad it worked out and you got no buyer's remorse!
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Mixing with headphones is a completely different beast than mixing with speakers and the two should not be confused. It's not the sound quality itself but the spacial info that is lost with headphones. With headphones, you hear 100% of the left side in your left ear and 100% of the right side in your right ear. This is not true with speakers where both ears hear some of both sides and the brain puts quite a bit of effort into sorting that info out (without our knowing it, and yes, even musicians exhibit this high level of brain function). That's not to say you shouldn't mix with headphones (I do) but it is impossible for headphones to mimic what speakers do no matter how good they sound.