Help wanted in regards to monitors...

I also had a hard time deciding which monitors to get in the $2000 range. I demoed the Proac 1SC, B&W N805, SF Concerto, Paradigm Studio 20, Aerial 5, and Totem 1. I have always been curious about Tyler Acoustics but never got the chance to hear them yet. Anyway, among these speakers I heard, I believe it's a toss up between SF Concerto and B&W N805. I find the Proacs lacking in detail.

I've heard them all, the aerials are like someone said too electronic sounding, Mike Kelly tries to make it exciting sounding which just means that its not natural and theres a midbass hump to increase the preception of bass. The N805 is a good speaker but theres better stuff out for the same money. The Sonus Faber Concerto's are a winner. They have much better bass then the 805 and sound a hell of lot more natural. The thing I never liked about the 805 was the tweeter, it was to tingy and just not natural. Thats why I've always liked soft silk dome tweeters. Concerto is just the way to go, another option thats even better is getting a pair of Sonus Faber Sigmum, which is actually made from walnut and belongs to their classic series. This has the best imaging of any dynamic speaker out there. This can be found with the matching metal and wood stand for around $2300 used.

I would also check oou Rick Reimer speakers. He had a head to head comparison with the Tyler reference monitors and was the preferred monitor of choice. Check ou rickreimerspeakers.com. He is also a great guy to deal with. I will be purchasing his Wind River GS series as soon as I can sell my ML Requests..