georgebonnr

Maybe one of the lessons we're learning from removing all the gatekeepers is that Michelin stars aren't a truly objective form of assigning value. Or, value doesn't exist in a vacuum -- it depends on the application, and maybe the applications aren't what gatekeepers say they are.

"We're just ordinary guys" And ladies, etc.

I absent-mindedly opened this in a new tab along with a few other Hacker News stories. Was very confused for a few minutes. Good job!

Actually you'd want the mastering engineer's gear, not the mix engineer. And they both almost never use headphones to do the bulk of their work - it's almost always specialized studio monitors.