Got some Alesis Monitor 2 passive speakers. 150 Watt Sinus, cost around 749 Euro new.

What I´m noticing though is that with extremely loud monitors such as these, you tend to turn up the stereo too much when mastering. You gotta keep the volume down when mastering, and if you cant hear a certaint instrument clearly enough, then don´t turn up the stereo (wich is almost impossible to resist :roll: ) but turn up that cannel. Gets a little complicated when that channel already is up to the max (tend to get that problem....) Another thing about the Alesis is they go really really deep. Some like it, some don´t, sometimes it can be confusing.