2000$ - 7y old speakers - Better speakers today ?


Dear All, changing my 7 years old speakers (monitor audio 12) and budgeting the same amount of money i spent for them at the time (ca 2000 USD); will i get better speakers ??

In other words does speakers technology made big steps in 7 years of time ??
Tks
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Speakers get old and break down, other than that their has been no big break threw in speaker design in years. They all move air one way or another. I think the biggest break threw would be lighter,faster drivers.
Tks to anybody sofar...... I am thinking to things like the small Merlin. Do you loose only the bottom end when comparing to their big mate brother VSM ??
Will the small merlin beat my old Monitor audio studio 12 ??
Most speaker advancements have been at the entry level...with the rebirth of the simple 2-way...it is now possible to get a reference quality pair of monitors for 500-$600...such as the Triangle Titus, Paradigm 20,Krix Equinox,Dynaudio 42,etc...which was unthinkable 10yrs ago...in regards to higher end speakers like your Monitors...the improvments have been less dramatic...however...in your range...I would second the Revel m20...