Yep, back in the UK I have a big old modular Marantz stack complete with DCC unit going into Rogers LS3/5As / Warfdals. It set me back about 3k in 1994 and I don't imagine it has held its value ! However it sounds very nice especially through the Rogers !

Here in the US I have to make do with my studio (biamped Alesis M1s out of an RME Audio DIGI 96/8 PAD card, very tasty !). I use this to edit and mix with. I'm not even going to think about mastering through this system as A) it is not really up to it and B) the room acoustics really distort the frequency spectrum, bringing the bass way up. Even though these are near-field monitors and I have the corners of the room filled up with old boxes the room acoustics still give a false bottom end !).

As far as mixing is concerned I was taught that the art of a good mix is not something that has gone through a BBE sonic maximizer and had its bottom end synthesized to bits and totally blown out, but something that sounds as good as it can no matter what you play it through (i.e. the tracks have been EQ ed so they don't muddy each other up and can be clearly heard (unless you are using the instrument as a pad)) hence the need for flat response monitors rather then the very colored speakers that come with "pret a porter" stereos.

What do you mix through (Don't for the love of God say headphones !!) ?