I am curious if anyone has ever done research involving this debate. If you are mixing and/or mastering recorded music, dont you want to hear every last little bit of info? Dont you want to have the "truest" representation of said recorded music?
If the goal is to make a recording sound good on "bad" speakers, is that, across the board, always the best sound possible? Does the recording always sound its best?
And what about the hours, days, even weeks spent finding desired guitar tones, drum tones, etc.?
If the recorded tone comes out of a bad speaker even adding its own colorations, doesnt that totally defeat the purose?
I have been a part of several conversations with recording studio employees and i want their opinion of this now.
Ben