First, what are you trying to record and what mic(s)/positions are you trying?
I wouldn't be checking how it sounds on the monitoring headphones, but I'd be recording and then listening back on my monitors, i.e., what I mix on.
It doesn't have to be "perfect" to get a usable track. Of course, it's nice if you get a track that requires very little tweaking, but unless you're recording a solo performance of some kind, nothing can be judged to be perfect until you've got all the tracks and working the mix. "Better is the enemy of good" is not a pointless expression - better to get something down and go to work in many cases.
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