Please recommend some active speakers

I owned the Active 20's and they rock (they are a little bit forward, but extremely clean). Try to get a Series II as the first version would have a problem with not shutting off the amps when it doesn't detect any music.

www.atc.gb.net

not only will you get what i feel are the best *active* speakers on the market, i think they make the best speakers *period*.

KRK systems,they used to be in LA,good luck,Bob

You do know that Paradigm Actives are discontinued, right? So, you'll be looking on the used market. They pop up every now and then on the Gon, but unfortunately are still quite expensive due to their popularity. They are absolutely wonderful and worth it, however. I have a pair of Active 40's, which are fantasticly smooth, and bass reproduction is strong so you can live without a sub. I hope to eventually move to ATC's as they are very well regarded as Lazarus wrote, but they are very spendy, and I think Meridians ain't cheap either.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I'd like to keep it under $1500, preferably closer to $1000. Ideally used. I think the Meridian and ATC stuff go way beyond, even used, no? Yes, I do realize the Paradigms are discontinued. If there were a pair of 20's available here, I'd probably jump on them.

But since they're so hard to find, I was looking for some alternatives. How do nearfield studio monitors compare in this regard?