Quote Originally Posted by audio_dude
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!
Used Opera Audio Consonance Eric-1 mini-monitors would be my first choice in your range (approx $450 US)... difficult to find though...

Used Von Schweikert VR-1s should be able to be had, and more available ($400-450 US used)...

Also a good choice would be a pair of used Spendor 3/5s (about $500 US used).

New, I would look at the Rega R1 mini-monitors at the top of your range (around $500 US)...

Good luck,

---Dave