I own a pair of Krix Equinox speakers that I use in my office system (not at the moment, however, as I am unemployed). I have been very pleased with their sound, as well as the cabinet and general build quality, which is excellent for a $600 pair of speakers.
The Equinox speakers are able to play fairly loudly without distortion, have good tonal balance, are reasonably efficient (so they don't need a large amp to drive them), image very well, and have surprisingly good bass for such small speaker. What they will not do, however, is fill a large room -- but in small-to-medium size rooms, they perform admirably. They work better on decent speaker stands, but I used mine on bookshelves in my office and they still sounded good.
The Krix Equinox speaker was reviewed in a comparison of small speakers that appeared in Listener magazine about 2+ years ago. If you can find the back issues of Listener, you can see that Equinox ranked second or third in a comparison of some 7-8 small speakers in the $600 range.
The Equinox speakers are able to play fairly loudly without distortion, have good tonal balance, are reasonably efficient (so they don't need a large amp to drive them), image very well, and have surprisingly good bass for such small speaker. What they will not do, however, is fill a large room -- but in small-to-medium size rooms, they perform admirably. They work better on decent speaker stands, but I used mine on bookshelves in my office and they still sounded good.
The Krix Equinox speaker was reviewed in a comparison of small speakers that appeared in Listener magazine about 2+ years ago. If you can find the back issues of Listener, you can see that Equinox ranked second or third in a comparison of some 7-8 small speakers in the $600 range.