magnaton wrote:As you can see, you'll get lots of participation from the forum on this subject.
Like Sonar11, I too would recommend a multi-channel option. IMHO, when planning or implementing a multi-channel setup, you can get by with the less the expensive studio monitors. If given the choice of a pair of Def Tech Biploars at $2K or 8 Adam F5 active studio monitors, I'd pick the latter. Or better yet, 6 Adam F6s and add on decent subwoofer.
I have a good friend whose HW set up uses 12 channels the 8" Monoprice studio monitors. Sounds wonderful! Another audio forum strongly suggested these Monoprice monitors are made by M-Audio as the specs and even the dimensions were very close to their production version. They are only sold in pairs ($165), so $2K would give you 12 pairs (24 channels)!
Finally, if you feel that studio monitors are "not particularly attractive", check out this cool thread:
http://forum.hauptwerk.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10333&p=76037
Danny B.
This is not going to be an easy choice, is it? I've never purchased anything from Monoprice, but the reviews seem to be pretty good. They don't have the ribbon tweeters that some here recommend, but I could always upgrade down the road.
They have a 25% discount so I could get 6 pairs of these for a bit over $900 incl. shipping. That seems hard to pass up. Their sub claims to go down to 20hz so perhaps I should get one or two of those as well... Don't have much time to decide, the 25% discount is today only.
MPiercey's setup has me salivating; thanks for the link. What a great idea. His console is very similar to mine and I have about the same amount of wall space. That would certainly address the ugly-monitor issue.