Pinky
and The Brain...
Anyhow, I'm sure everyone here would love to have $1000+ monitors (and, in a way, I suppose I do--except mine are around 30 years old and not even made any more). However, this is a home recording forum, not an industry forum so the real trick is working out what works okay at a price the enthusiast can afford.
I have to post something similar from time to time, as the members here with deep pockets essentially build studios in their homes but call it a 'home' studio because their bedroom is somewhere under the same roof. Or those who actually run small studios that are involved here, who sometimes forget the financial realities of our largest user base.
I'm doing very well with modest equipment. When I first arrived here I had very limited money but managed to learn a lot and produce adequate recordings with what I had. As time went on my financial situation improved and so did my equipment. Technology has done most of the work on my mixes for me though, the explosion and quality of VSTs has elevated my abilities with nominal expense. Prior to that, I literally couldn't afford to sound 'good'.