“they are good as well, i used this for 3 years straight until i saw the need to upgrade. different sounds, but you need to learn the system to not upgrade just to upgrade.”
“The Virtual Monitoring Add-On sounded like a nice-to-have, not a have-to-have, until I need to do a mixing session with headphones one evening when using the monitors was not an option. The custom headphone calibration made a huge difference for both mixing and listening purposes (though not as critical as with the speakers), and I personally find the option for 3 different virtual speaker types to be helpful in mimicking the behavior of a given mix on the 3 differently sized real world systems. I would not use the virtual monitoring as a substitute for real monitors, but I certainly would have no problem using virtual monitoring over uncalibrated headphones. As others have mentioned, there is no substitute for knowing your system and its coloration, and these tools do not replace that, but when you combine the two - ie, knowing your speakers and heaphones as calibrated (uncolored) by the Sonarworks tools, you may find as I did that there is no way you would want to get re-accustomed to the coloration. In a word, I find these tools indispensable.”
“I was considering buying Slate VSX, but then came across a video about SoundID Reference. In the review was also the virtual monitoring add-on and that got me interested. After I already updated to SoundID Reference 4 I tried the virtual monitoring. After only 5 minutes testing it I bought it. This was what I have been searching for. Having the correct headphone correction plus the virtual monitoring is a game changer. Even fairly cheap headphones can sound much better than they're worth and the nonus of being able to listen to a flat response on small, medium and large virtual monitors is a godsend! This has radically changed my mixing, even added a lot of joy to the process. Finally a sound in which I could hear everything and the possibility to check on other systems as well. Absolutely a must for anyone”
