> Near-field monitors are expensive Something like this would serve you well: http://www.thomann.de/gb/adam_a7x.htm?sid=65707ea4b4bf3f43afa572866ad83d92 http:/

> Near-field monitors are expensive Something like this would serve you well: http://www.thomann.de/gb/adam_a7x.htm?sid=65707ea4b4bf3f43afa572866ad83d92 http://www.thomann.de/gb/adam_a7x.htm?sid=65707ea4b4bf3f43af... I paid 900 euros (second-hand) for my pair of studio monitors - back in 2004.. They're the best investment of my life, by far, as they've provided me with countless hours of music listening joy, and I'm using the same speakers even now. 1000 euros is nothing weighed against the value you get. > entirely inappropriate for most applications The "application" here would be: "maximizing your enjoyment of music, and listening to it the way it's meant to be heard". That's something you want to do.