Monitors

I guess I was too harsh, but I just thought that your question was a bit silly. Anyone who tries to upgrade the internals of their home speaker is obviously not trying to make it sound worse or less listenable than before, even though that might be the unfortunate outcome in some cases.

What prompted you to ask the question? My apologies for the curt response.

OK

Can we first agree that few home audiophiles use studio monitoring equipment as it does not suit the home environment.

Yes, of course.

Part of the reason that people don't use studio monitors for home listening is that nowadays, the majority of them (the monitors that is) are active and most people already have amplifiers and so are more interested in passive speakers.

Secondly, a large number of studio monitors - even some fairly full frequency ones - are designed for nearfield listening - which does not suit most home listening environments.

But off the top of my head ATC and PMC make speakers used for monitoring that are in many home systems. As a matter of fact the last speakers Gordon Holt, the founder of Stereophile paid for himself were active ATC 50A monitors and he considered them one of the few speakers that were truely accurate and Gordon along with Steve Stone had recorded many live concerts of the Boulder Symphony Orchestra so he had a real reference.