Bigger monitors geared toward mid-field listening or main monitors shouldn't have that issue, but they're not cheap. Just don't think that you can get away with the little desktop monitors in a full sized listening room.
Agreed.
Anything that's only for for near field listening is hardly going to work in a domestic setup and anything that can't get down to a solid 40Hz is probably going to need a sub.
For me, monitors aren't a way to save money, they're a way to get better accuracy and more control.
Yes, good loudspeakers do not come cheap.
Good accurate loudspeakers even more so.
But it's that word 'accurate' that's rarely ever mentioned when it comes to domestic loudspeakers.
As for on board DSP, I can see nothing wrong with having that option. In fact it's a growing trend for many domestic models these days of having some limited way of adjusting treble output built in.
Perhaps yet another approach is to look out for brands that produce models for both markets eg ATC, PMC, JBL etc?