Genelec 8030. Simply outstanding and should be pretty close to your budget.

Marcus Black wrote: Genelec 8030. Simply outstanding and should be pretty close to your budget.

i agree... or possibly the precision 6s by event...

a friend of mine speaks highly of blue sky as well

Out of those you listed, I'd go with the Dynaudio's.
If you wanted to spend a bit more, go with the Genelec's.

If you wanted to spend less, check out Yorkville YSM1P's. You might be surprised.

How about a pair of Dynaudio BM6 passives and a (perhaps used) Hafler P3000 amp. Probably about $1,125 or so.

another monitor thread

if you can affort them genelec- anything, specially the 8000 series
your ears will thank you... for a very long time and you will hear things never discovered before, but beware of discovering weaknesses in your system around them, they tell it like it is !!!

I love my msP5a's. :D

justin