Pros and Cons of built-in amps?

Try ATC 19s or 20s--really great speakers for the money--slay all the competitors in their price range. Like all British products, you will be hampered by the low dollar to Euro.

I tend to agree with Shadorne on this one. Two members of my family were crack studio musicians (you would know their name and I wish to remain anomimous in this site) and I grew up around all the great studios of the world. Rarely do I see most "touted" reference consumer electronic products (Wilsons, Quads,...)--I do see a lot of ATC gear, both amped internally or externally. Studio engineering requires precise feedback from the listening experience, from individual passages up to the entire track.