"had a pair of m1 active mkii's for years, until very recently"

Snap, I hated them from the word go, should have taken them back right away but was too lazy... Anyway they have now been replaced by some Dynaudio BM15a's and the difference is unbelievable, ok they were £1500 instead of £200, but they are 1000 fold better...

It used to take me ages (weeks) to get stuff to a playable state by cross refrencing on different systems but since getting these new bad boys Im churning em out in 1 session....

I know you gotta have the money in the first place to do it but cheaper speakers dont save you money they just waste time.... and time is money...

So do what i did, sell your alesis or take em back, get rid of anything you dont use in your studio, then if your still short sell your mum... You wont look back :)