Comment by dusted

Mastering should be done for studio monitors. No, studio monitors do not sound the same, but they are somewhat neutral, they sound somewhat in the same ballpark, which is the point of them to begin with, have a flat frequency response (which does not imply that they "sound flat" just that music mastered for active-subwoofers sound flat).

This way, those who wish to hear how the music was intended to sound, will have a somewhat decent chance of coming near to what it sounds like, and people who want other flavours can still simply buy equipment which colors it in the direction they desire.