I had a pair of Monitor Audio GS 10’s which were fine till I bought my ASR amplifier. The amp proved to be too much for the GS10 bookshelves. It was like a Tanzanian devil trying to break out of a small box. Then I pushed them too hard and blew out a woofer and tweeter which was an easy fix, as I just ordered replacements and installed them. So I ended up selling them to someone who was putting together a Rega system and the Monitor Audios worked really well in that scenario. The overall tone of these Monitor Audio speakers was good but I thought it was lacking a little in detail. Shortly after, Monitor Audio released their GR series, which they claimed to be an improvement. Then a couple years after that, they released their Platinum speakers and though I never heard those, the reviews for those were excellent. Anyway, I believe Monitor Audio has made improvements to their speakers over the years and would be worth auditioning but have a feeling that there are many others that would offer more within that price bracket.
