Best Powered Monitors

What is your budget? At $500 max,look for Yamaha MSP 5(avoid anything else).At $1000-KRK vxt 6-8,Yamaha MSP 7,Event asp 8.Mackie HR are worth checking too.Adam A7 are very revealing,due to the ribbon tweeter.Also check the new JBL 2xxx series.Between $1000 and $2000-Focal CMS 65,Quested S8.Above $2000-Focal and Genelec,s are very good.You,ll need subwoofers.Check the new line of Epik sealed subs.2 studio monitors+2 subs can sound very,very good.TREAT YOUR ROOM ACOUSTICS(bass traps on all corners+multiband on the reflection points).Good luck.

I have a pair of Focal CMS (Compact Monitoring System) 50s and the manual states listening distance is 1-3 M. In the Pro line (like the CMS 65) they don't have the Be (Al/Mg instead) tweeter, but compare favorably to the soft Esotec tweeter in the Dynaudio BM5A my son uses.

Will serve as a very nice desktop PC speaker, if that is your interest. I haven't had the time to put them up on stands yet. The 65s have been preferred by some if the bigger size and price work for you.

These have a nifty little spikes and a rubber mat to reduce resonance with solid Al cabs. I like them.

Very good active monitors to use in home audio, not in studio are German Backes&Muller. They are not so clinical like most of studio monitors and have incredible slam and controlled bass impact.

@donpen21 - not a monitor, but I would love to hear the B&M Line 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoV1EDemEg

Genelec The Ones are very, very good.

The 8331, 8341, and 8351 are point source designs based on a 3-way coaxial driver system.