Samson Monitors...
I was needing some budget monitors and this past weekend went to sam ash with the intentions of getting some Samson reslove 50s. Well they have the monitors set up on a switchbox, so I had the sales guy play a CD, and cycle through the ones in my budget ($200-$300 range). The ones that stood out were the ESI (child company of M-Audio) n-Eear 05's. They sounded way clearer and more "alive" than the samsons and small rolands. The samsons sounded boomy and kinda mushy. Might be worth checking out the ESI's.
Amra