I really don't mean 2 rub more salt in, but I bet that when U bought the speakers U were (like most shoppers ) looking 4 the best sounding speakers, not the most REVEALING 1s.

It's also the tone I read in "searching for monitors" threads here in the forums: "...these XXX have a gr8 bass tone... ...I just love how the YYYs sound... " etc.

That's hi-fi shopping, not monitors. A good pair of monitors should sound BAD most of the time except 4 when the mix is PERFECT. A pair of white coned speakers I'm familiar with can shoot U out of the room covering ur bleeding ears when playing bad mixes.

I've yet 2 c a smart shopper bringing also BAD mixes over 2 audition alongside with his favorite mixes, which have been already mixed and mastered 2 sound gr8 on any given shitty system.

Having said that, and trying 2 give U a better advice not involving an axe, acid or gasoline - try and identify WHAT sounds different in the "bad" mixes ON UR MONITORS. NOT the overall color, but rather - are the "bad" mixes THINNER then the good 1s? Are they beefier? More focused perhaps? Is there a certain range dipped in?

U should b able 2 notice some of these differences even on hi-fi speakers by a/b testing. Learn 2 identify them on ur monitors and mix accordingly.

Peace,

Zooot