Best secondary nearfield monitors?

I gotta give one vote for Auratones. I have the old 5C versions. Ugly overall sound but great for fixing mixes. Your midrange will never sound better.

The other ones that work well are the old Realistic Minimus 2way speakers. They have more high frequencies due to the tweeters but can still reveal some midrange mix problems.

Of the two, I'd still go for the old auratones if you can find some. I've not used the newer Avantones, but I think they are more hi-fi.

get some Focal Solo6's :-)

what's wrong with Focal Solo6's? they sound great to me..

There's always an answer. Auraclone or Davetone or whatever people are calling them:
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great horvitz, thanx 

I'm also looking at this too, I'm thinking of picking up some old HS50s or Avantones

I've actually seen guys hook up a boom box for a reference.

What's the goal? I honestly think the whole multiple monitors are of a seriously limited use if you trust your mains. And while I trust my Mackie 624s more than the 8s...they're still no slouches. I've had various secondary systems...to give me the "small" picture, but they've really ended up being useless in practice. If you'll just set the dim to crazy low volume--that's the reference you need that little shitty speakers give you--without the variance due to the "shitty" part. I mean, I would find I flip over to the little computer size speakers and something was too bright--so the F what? Am I gonna make it darker so it sounds better on the little crappy hyped speakers?

I mean, depending on the stakes of the mix...I MIGHT listen in the final hour on my main "listening for enjoyment" system (Oppo105/HK discrete/Paradigm Monitor9s)--just for a new "forgiving" but familiar perspective. It does occassionally catch some uber lows the 6s dont emphasize (but then when I go back, I hear it...and can fix it).

I often think there are certain techniques that are just flawed to the core--one is referencing tons of systems while mixing. Using "model mixes" post mid 90s is another. The balance and tone is SO changed by the brickwall limiting and clipping and utter garabge mastering, I'm not conveinced you learn anything important by comparing a raw mix buss to a mastered piece of redbook crushfest.

yoooooo, i heard this little thing yesterday at my sax repair guy's place. I was blown away by how it sounded. BASS BASS BASS and super clean high end. it's AWESOME.

www.wirelessoemshop.com/servlet/the-1298/Refurbished-Jawbone-JAMBOX-Black/Detail?gclid=CJ7LsZqXxrkCFa1xOgodbS4AhQ

bought one myself, we'll see how it sounds being a refurbed. But normally they're like 180 or so for the small one.   The small one (that's what the guy had) was about the size of a hot dog.