Need MONITOR Recommendations

need to mix at home. computer speakers are not good enough, right?
looking for high quality but affordable Monitors. would appreciate suggestions. thanks!
Also, my mixes sound radically different on my computer, than in the car, than on a stereo? will new pro monitors give me accurate/true playback?
which play do i believe to be true?

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All About Home and Project Studio Monitors
For different playback you face quite a challenge:
1. In the car there is a lot of noise so people normally have the volume turned up louder. If you have soft sections of your mix they may be lost. Limiters used sparingly can bring up the volume of the soft sections to improve the sound in the car. (Too much and you lose the dynamic contrast of the mix and get a pulsing effect on the loud sections.)
2. Stereo speakers and amps are colored in the bass and treble so if you use them to monitor you will tend to set the bass and treble too low. Listen to your mixes on a variety of speakers and compare your mixes to other professional mixes.
I had a similar question earlier
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1912764

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