I've used quite a few Speakers in the last 12 years (or so) I've been working on Audiostuff. I started with some passive Tannoy's (not so much a fan of those) but over the years i also used:

- Yamaha MSP 7 (great speakers) - around 1000 EUR for a pair

- EMES Black TV HR Active (unique / rare / kinda good but you really have to get used to them / technically a good concept tho') around 1400 EUR for a pair

- Genelec 1032a (they are good / really analytic - don't like the overall sound tho')  around 1800-2000 EUR for a pair

- ME-Geithain RL 904 (unique german brand but quite common / really analytic / don't like the overall sound tho' you really have to get used to them) around 2500-3000 EUR for a pair

- Dynaudio BM6A (really loved them , great speakers) around 1300 EUR for a pair

- Fostex pm 0.5 (meh … not so good but better than any common, random plastic PC speaker) around 150-180 EUR for a pair

- KRK RP6 RoKit G2 (one of best speaker I've used esp. in that price range … great over all sound / powerful, quite balanced, good low-end, analytic but not too much, you actually can kinda enjoy listing to stuff) around 400 EUR for a pair

and i also used some KRK RP5 RoKit G2 on smaller workstations and as Surround speakers - around 290 EUR for a pair

So i really loved the last setup i had: a KRK 5.1 setup with 3x RP6 's and 2x RP5's. I used that the longest time and really got familiar with it … enjoyed using it.

But then I changed my Job, I did go freelance (as you might know I work for all kinds of projects and people now - like for ScruffyTV (a lot of Podcast work there in addition to other stuff) and even more so on more audio based / orientated stuff) So anyway, I kinda had to leave my beloved KRK setup at my old workplace.

Anyway … now i thought, well lets see how good the cheaper stuff really is - since i got asked a lot what cheap Studio-Speakers people should get, people who just get started. I did quite some research and it seemed that most small and "cheap" speakers (like most 5" speakers) are not so good for accurate and have not so good sound reproduction for any sound stuff, esp. if you have a pro'ish approach to / for your work. At the end of the day I was kinda left with really only two "low-priced" options:

The quite common M-Audio BX5 and the Samson Resolv A6 both of which got good some notes (so to say) for the low price they go for.