Harosha,
Believe this or not the other monitors you should have a listen to are the M Audio Studiophile BX 5. I have a set and they are superb.....flat response adding very little if any color to what I've recorded. To top it all off.....$300.00/pair at GC. Before someone scoffs at "cheap" monitors....the entire point of monitors is to give the flatest response as possible not to necessarily sound good or bad. They are meant to give an accurate representation of what you've just recorded and these monitors do that.

Not too many people are going to be listening to our work through Mackie 824's. It costs nothing to have a listen to the BX 5's and you should before laying down the cash, I was delightfully blown away by them.
Terry

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jam on,
Terry http://imjazzed.homestead.com/Index.html