I want to replace my sound setup soon.. my Creative t20s are ok but compared to some other setups they just lack punch and depth, sound really flat if you know what I mean.. Anyway I cant decide between getting a pair of monitors such as the Mackie MR5s, or KRK Rokit 5s, or going for a hifi amp and speaker setup. I mostly just use these speakers for listening to music at reasonable volumes (probably loud bedroom if that makes sense), and a bit of basic recording (drums in ezdrummer, guitar either mic'd or direct into amplitube 2) - nothing "pro" just my own stuff at home to get ideas down really..
The KRKs are about £250 for a pair I think, and the hi-fi amp/speakers I'm looking at are system 2 here
http://www.richersounds.com/information.php?cda=static&cst=hifisystems at £150, it seems good value. Those tangent speakers get a good review from what hi-fi mag.
I dont have a proper CD player so the hifi appeals to me, then again I can just play cds through the computer anyway, but somehow its not the same haha. Any opinions? My mate has an alesis amp and some Monitor 1 Mk2s but they only seem to sound good when up really loud (as in, way too loud for practical listening in a flat), and sound a bit lacklustre for rock and metal - I want punch. I know monitors are meant to be flat but those Alesis ones sound pretty damn punchy for drum n bass etc, just cr@p for rock that I've listened through them..
edit - I want to stick to a 2.0 setup as well just for portability really, plus a sub isnt really necessary to me - my creatives seem to have enough bass with their bass ports without any need for a sub - still shakes the floor when cranked :)