ok guys, lets do this!

Budget: $400-$600 CDN aka monopoly money (approx. $325-$525 for you lazy americans)
style: bookshelf (save $50 for stand building materials), or floorstanding (no need for stands :P)
Music tastes: classic rock, hard rock, heavy rock (my madeup term for bands like pearl jam and such), rock, Jazz, Funk, Classical (piano, orchestral)
oh yes...a HUGE range there :P (they're listed in order of quantity listened to of each genre)

Right now I have my eyes on the new Paradigm Mini-Monitor V.5 ($400CDN from my local hifi shop that really loves me :P)

I will have $200 coming from the sale/trade in of my old Atoms, $200-$300 from my dad, and as much as I can afford to put in (we'll say about $100)

Any and all suggestions welcome, if you can, list possible audition places for the speakers in or near the Ottawa, ontario area if possible...

Cheers!