Who here produces or mixes on 5 inch monitors?

[willyjacksonjs22]

So I downgraded to 5s so I can play in lower volumes and also to get better mid range. Once I played my presets on the 5 inch monitors, o man, everything was muddy! So Much bass ! which I thought it sounded good on the 8s!  Fixed that right away played back on the 8s and sounded better than before! 

[codamedia]

I'm not sure it directly related to monitor size... as much as the difference in the monitors themselves. IMO - different monitors will produce different results, it's important to listen to more than one set of "quality" speakers. Most often fixing a "problem" on one, helps the tone in the other and vice versa. You will never make the two sound the same, but you can make both sound great - and that's the secret! 

 

[PierM]

The biggest "monitor" affecting the fidelity of the listening is the room. I do mix with 5" because my home studio is a perfect and small cube, so everything above that speaker size would mean a boomy fest, even with the acoustic correction on the walls.

 

Size of the speakers is just one of the many variables in the equation...

[DunedinDragon]

The real test is not your monitors, but how the production sounds once you have it mixed and mastered then played on your car stereo, your laptop speaker or your Bluetooth speaker.  It's not very likely anyone else that listens to it will be using a studio monitor.