DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYBODY ON HERE
Sound is something that is extremely subjective. You are going to have to do an "A)B)C)" test and hear them all in comparison with one another in a decently acoustic friendly room.
BUT
If your purpose of buying monitors is for accurate and well proportioned audio then
THE KRK ROKIT 5/6/8 G2 IS NOT FOR YOU.
The KRKs exhibit a noticably innacurate low range (bass is not true to life whatsoever), and experience a lack of clarity in the high-midrange and low-high range response (which winds up as a "muddled" sound). Also, if you are looking into the 6" or 8" models, they are actually LESS accurate, than the 5" is. I couldnt possibly recommend the rokits to you with a good concious.
I HIGHLY recommend the
TANNOY REVEAL 501a!
This is an extremely accurate monitor. I guarantee that if you were to put the KRK rokits in a side-to-side with the Reveal 501a... your jaw would drop to the floor. Like I previously said, the KRKs have an extremely artificial low range which exaggerates the lows. I know many people that have done the monitor to PA system, track reference test, and I havent encountered anybody that thought the KRKs were anywhere near true to life (which is obviously pretty damn important in producing and mixing). Obviously your not going to have the booming bass with the Reveals, but studio monitors arent about the bottom end (especially with a 5" woofer lol), thats what you get a subwoofer. The Tannoy is much more of a true studio monitor, while the rokits come of as much more of a hi-fi/monitor blend.
I have owned both, albeit the rokits for less than a month, and the Tannoy Reveals are still around while the rokits have long been sold.
Also, the Reveals only retail for about $30 more per monitor than the rokits. I believe they are about $180.00 each (plus whatever discount you can find around) while the rokits are about $150.
Link to check out the Tannoys:
http://tinyurl.com/7skzsve
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