I have a problem and I need advice

[solarbird]

So I’ve been working on this CD, and I’ve been mastering against a couple of sets of really pretty decent studio headphones. And that’s all lovely and good. But lately I’ve been also playing things on this old Pioneer amp I picked up… somewhere… a long time ago… and a couple of halfway-decent cheap speakers, and all the levelling and such sounds totally different and not so awesome.

Obviously I shouldn’t level to the 35-year-old transistor Pioneer amp. But given that: against what should I be working? I can’t afford good studio monitors and amp; that’d be awesome and HAHAHAHAHAHA <cries>

So…

…what do I do here?

Anybody?

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Comments

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Can you do it against something still in the music store? Perhaps as a demo?

[solarbird]

What I'm really looking for is what to listen to while actually making changes and stuff. But yeah, I could take it in on my iPhone or on CD and play and see what happens.