I need some clarity

Zaikesman: Amen.

Umm, thats what I said Zaik;)

whine whine whine

Thanks guys for taking such great interest in my post. Special thanks to Zaikesman for his strong words, which have caused me to think more about getting new speakers.

So I guess my next step is to get rid of the MMGs and get monitors. Now there is the issue of which monitors (used)to buy. Any suggestions (keep in mind that i can only spend about $700)?

So ZaiK:

What decent small monitors do you suggest in the $0-$50 price range? This is the budget that I ended up with in my last post.

The MMG's can sound quite good when set up half way right and this takes some time if you are not experienced with planers.

I do not see any problems with the system (should sound pretty damned good if the speakers can be placed 24" from the front wall) and suggested further work on setting it up properly.

As far as some of the silver IC's go I feel that they work quite well with softer sounding speakers (like the less expensive Vandersteens and the little Maggies). Since when is using the proper IC a tweak if it balances out what is otherwise lacking (in this case dynamics and HF's)?

Oh, and the same to you Dweller (we probably listened to the MMG's in the same shop - Shelly's). They sounded good and musical to me for a $550 planer.