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I personally don't like the 20x as it sounds to thin. I used to have the 40x, which is a pretty flat sounding one. Now I went to the 50x for the extra low end. For the reference I use the AKG K240 as it is also open and sounds more fresh.

I have used the M50s and currently use open-back Sennheiser 490s. I think they both do the job fine, but I do hear some subtleties in the 490s that I don't always get in the M50s.

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Are you monitoring through calibrated headphones or a sound treated control room?

You can either mix into the limiter to get it to a mastered level so you hear how things are going to sound when mastered, or if you don't want to go whole hog you can periodically check by putting a limiter on and listening in that range. You are likely doing this but make sure that when you are referencing your mix and the reference are gain matched - probably want to do that into the limiter too as most tracks are quite loud.

Use a reference mix - and of course nail the midrange (check on something like avatone mix cubes) then you can also Isolate a frequency band and check against a commercial reference. Also check the meters for that frequency range. It may sound thin. Also - make sure you are doing EQ carving to unmask your fundamentals etc.

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Yuval, that's an excellent accomplishment - congratulations!