Before the Bear jumps in, forget the Alesis monitors -- you'll dig the Yorks.
I use the passive Yorks and they work fine for me. I've been contemplating getting a set of active Yorks -- my vendor is right here in town who sells from his home and is a Yorkville dealer.
If you could do a "listen" test, I'll bet you pick the Yorks.
I used to have event 20/20 and now I recently purchased Yorkville YSMP1s and they make the Events sound like ASS! They are really true and VERY dynamic, and not coloring like the events were. I paid 430.00 for the POWERED Yorkies.
i was wondering the same thing about the passive version. how would they sound with an out board amp? i have an adcom gfa5500 power amp in my studio for my reference speakers, would this be descent for the yorkvilles?