[damacman]

Originally Posted by Petronius

While there are many near field monitors, there are still monitors that are designed and built for mid and even far field. Some are even available to the consumer, or at least readily available. I have 3.

There are so many variables in the recording chain that listener is totally at the mercy of the recording / balance engineer, mics, technique and company philosophy. So even if chosen after much listening and evaluation, sometimes you get recordings that are not what you thought you were going to get. I have found that there are some recordings even by major companies that are unlistenable.
As far as rock or pop is concerned, the way that it is recorded I don't think it matters.

The best sounding recordings are those with the least amount of "Processing", and the fewest mics.

The Trinity Session would support that ...