does anything compare to the altec lansing atp3?

I just recently made some recordings and mixed them on the typical stereo speakers that you see that everyone has (the ones I have are Aiwas from three or four years ago with the 'fantastic' (I say 'fantastic' because I don't know if it is truly fantastic now) enhancements like 'T-BASS' and 'BBE' (all though I cannot imagine the BBE is that bad of a thing, but I did not use these enhancements during mixing). I have a statement/question relating to this subject. I'd also recommend a quality amplifier with a lot of headroom (as opposed to a run-of-the-mill integrated stereo amplifier with hyped tone). You DO have to be seriously familiar with them (which isn't any different from any speaker) and the room has to be in some sort of reasonable shape acoustically. Some of the best sounding albums I've ever done were mixed on essentially 'home stereo' speakers. I would dare to say that you'll be much better off using them instead of near-field, short-throw, narrow dispersion monitors.īig 'ol high quality loudspeakers is how it's done 'downtown.' The recent change to the lexicon - 'Studio Monitors' - is normally meant for the previously stated short-throw, narrow-dispersion boxes that are made to sound relatively sterile in the near-field (to make a less than ideal room less of an issue). IF you have enough room to sit back a little (these aren't near-fields). IF the speakers are truly good - 'Home stereo' speakers covers an awfully wide range from garbage to gold. You can use some of the better-quality consumer speakers, but don't expect the results to sound like the professionally-made CDs in your CD changer. But don't expect them to look like they were taken by a F-series Nikon with pro lighting. If any one of the above conditions rings false - and sometimes even if they're all true - you can expect to have trouble getting good response in your mixes in almost any part of the spectrum when you play them back elsewhere.Ĭan you take decent pictures with a $200 digital camera and ambient lighting? Sure, they'll be OK. IF it comes down between using them to make your mixes or making no mixes at all, IF you understand their sound well enough to know that if your music sounds like X on your speakers that it will sound like Y on many other systems so you can set your mix appropriately,

IF your speakers have a fairly flat and extended response, IF you are mixing for non-commercial purposes, IF all you have are consumer speakers and you can't afford to replace them with anything better, The longer, more accurate response is 'It can very easily be a bad idea, and usually is, but there are 'Ifs' involved that could mitigate it.' The short, canned response is 'Yes, it's a fairly bad idea.'

Does anything compare to the altec lansing atp3?