I have a set of cheap M-Audio Monitors that were crap on the Tascam 2488 ...question ..best monitors for the money that sound like more money was spent? I am building from the ground up so far this is already acquired.. Rane headphone amp/Furmin power conditioner/ Tascam US1800/Tascam 750CDRW/and a small UPS to allow me to shut down in the event of a power outage(that happens alot here at the NJ Shore. I have listened to the computer posts and am acquiring a PC with a 27" monitor to hopefully eliminate problems with my 1800. Shopping for a good set of monitors that I will actually use as I never used the ones I have because they sound so bad ,so I mixed down in the cans. Thanks AGAIN to all who have helped and to those who will ! I will be (I'm sure) asking some more technical questions at the assembly stage when I receive my studio desk and start to put this stuff online. Thanks again fellow recording aficionados...