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The problem is that even at studios there is unfortunately no unique target that is agreed and used. Older studios had monitors used with no EQ which had a bump in the bass and such recordings sound too bass shy with flat in the room bass response. Till recently the Genelec GLM software used a rather flat target and even there with the latest update now they go for warmer decreasing tilt. So even for loudspeakers there is no unique target (although at least there seems to be a trend to flat direct sound above transition frequency - not to be confused with flat sound at the listeners position) and with headphones there is additionally the problem of the individual HRTFs. Till these topics are solved a single target is utopian and like Dr. Toole says better is to get some loudspeakers/headphones with flatish responses without dips and peaks and EQ them to taste and recordings listened.