Best high end monitors?

"Any active speaker is better than any passive speaker."

What a crock. Never make blanket statements like that, you are simply showing your ignorance.

-RW-

My first choice would be Harmonic Precision Caravelle's (but of course I have them and I'm biased towards them).

My second choice would be to seriously look into the Reference 3A De Capo i's. They're very good monitors.

floyd,

The suggestion of Reference 3A MM DeCapo(i) is pretty solid, especially at their used price of about $1200-$1600. I previously owned them and enjoyed them.

However! I recently heard a pair of JMLabs/Focal Micro Utopia BE moniotrs at a friend's house, and All I can say is WOW! They were fantastic in his system. However, they are about $4000+ used w/ their matching stands.

The Micros produced about the best sound I've ever heard in a real system, with the exception of a lack of low bass extension. However, if you are going to use subs anyway, they certain deserve consideration if they are within your budget.

Enjoy,

TIC

Merlin TSM-MXe needs to be on your list. Rel sub would probably be a better match. Cheers,
Spencer

Agree with Spencer Merlin-tsm's-I recently had mine upgraded to the lead free versions---all I can say is-WOW!
Bob