Lesser emotional involvement might actually be the way forward for you. You know, save a wall and stuff.I once read "Greater Emotional Engagement" to someone describing the music of Atomic Kitten and the wall still has the dent mark.
Kasper, it was at the very least 9 years ago (Wiki says they split in 2004). It was a throwaway anecdotal story with no real importance attached. [sigh]
Some of the Mackies are not-very-good sounding copies of some of the Genelecs. Really, one needs to know the models people referring to. Its like saying "I liked that car I drove" and leaving it at that. Some are fine some are hideous. Generally the Mackies are the hideous ones IME.
Looks like an air freshener.
When someone uses language like that I wonder how good such speakers can be, given that they are being likened to a stream of piss.
Less great with the pygmy polyphony & thunderstorms IIRC. Although that's only really a problem if you listen to a lot of pygmy polyphony recorded in thunderstorms.I had ATC Active 10s for a while about 8 years ago. They were very nice indeed