monitors is that so often they're TOO honest; they don't reflect any consumer-end systems whatsoever.

I alternate between some pretty nice headphones and my PC speakers, which are just some Altec Lansing 4.1 joints. I have self-set neutral, low, and high bass settings for the woofer to simulate different kinds of systems, and I've gotten tuned into the variances in frequency response (just from hours of using them).

It's weird, because what might sound like a subtle mix effect that still comes through on the headphones, when brought to the speakers, just doesn't work sometimes.

A number of cats on here will happily tell you what's called the car test: if it sounds dope in the car, it IS dope.