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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 55671" data-attributes="member: 4">Re: Best Bang for Buck Home Listening MonitorsI agree that the KRK line generally does not impress, but I thought this new 3 way was a big step up. I have only heard them at a trade show, but it was a small one, and they still worked well off axis. For $500 they really exceeded my expectations.I didn&#039;t know that there were Focal monitors that could be had for so cheap! I&#039;ll have to check them out.My general complaint with small monitors is limited HF ability, combined with funny polars or tubby bass from trying to ride one woofer for 5-6 octaves. Some of these little guys sound pretty good until you turn them up just a little, I don&#039;t have a high output requirement but I do want to be able to get reasonable output 10&#039; away.I have heard a lot of the high end stuff and I know what I am missing out on, I&#039;m looking for something that sounds good enough and broad range enough that I can enjoy listening to it, not something that opens my eyes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 55671, member: 4"] Re: Best Bang for Buck Home Listening Monitors I agree that the KRK line generally does not impress, but I thought this new 3 way was a big step up. I have only heard them at a trade show, but it was a small one, and they still worked well off axis. For $500 they really exceeded my expectations. I didn't know that there were Focal monitors that could be had for so cheap! I'll have to check them out. My general complaint with small monitors is limited HF ability, combined with funny polars or tubby bass from trying to ride one woofer for 5-6 octaves. Some of these little guys sound pretty good until you turn them up just a little, I don't have a high output requirement but I do want to be able to get reasonable output 10' away. I have heard a lot of the high end stuff and I know what I am missing out on, I'm looking for something that sounds good enough and broad range enough that I can enjoy listening to it, not something that opens my eyes. [/QUOTE]

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