Audiophile speakers VS Studio Monitors.

I would go with a set of studio monitors which can get in the extreamley pricey range. I advise going to some local studios and expeeriencing their setups if possible. I know in Nashville its easy to get access to RCA Studio's A,B,C and Oceanway studio's whcih all have excellent set ups. Also for mixing music alot of people mix on several sets of speakers before the mastering is finished. Also they typically do it through headphones and several sets of speakers. Or this is what my friends tell me Im just a student at Belmont Univ. so I dont know as well as some other people I just know what Im told.

I see photographs of really famous musicians in their home studios using really, in my opinon, average speakes, like that Yamaha model with the white 6 or 8 inch woofer 2-way. You've got to be able to do better than that! Only problem I'm thinking of is that many hi-end speakers have ports in the back, whereas studios usually need placement on a shelf or on top of the mixer against a wall.

I am not an expert so I hate to answer this but... If I were you I might research Tannoy's line of monitors the 15"dmtII is used in alot of studios around the world. you see them here on audiogon and on ebay for below $2000 which in my opinion is a deal. They have a world class cabinet with a high efficiency dual concentric driver. The FR is very flat .