Some techno (good stuff) is engineered to kick ass on rigs though. Mastered for clubs, not hifis. Plenty of commercial listening albums are mastered to be played on home stereos, not high powered PAs.

So definitely aspire to the good stuff, but its not a bad rule of thumb to use reference tracks that you know absolutely kill when played through a rig.

So for me, Joris Voorn stuff is great because its a sound I really like and not that dissimilar, and I know it sounds amazing when played out. Same goes for Steve Rachmad, Joey Beltram, speedy j and some of the new minus stuff.

All depends on what you want your music to do I think...