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People still reference with auratones (Behringer make a cheap version of the auratone even!)
They allow you to concentrate on the mids on a small box with no port and pretty even though limited requency response. Often people will mix on a single auratone in mono, to get levels, check how transients are reacting together, ensure there is enough space in the mids for vocals etc.
Of course then you have to recheck everythig on the bigger monitors to get any idea of what is going on in the bass, and get soem panning sorted in the mix, theoretically when you get as far as the panning suddenly everything has its own space and the whole mix sounds really defined with a space for everything and everything in its place.
NS10s on the other hand, they just plain suck
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I've never enjoyed the sound of Horrortones, but recognise the necessity of their evil.
Wonder what these would sound like in a small box:
http://www.tymphany.com/files/PLS-P830987%20Rev1_0.pdf