If you're looking for something perhaps temporary, or maybe even long term, when I was buying my McIntosh equipment the dealer hooked up a pair of PSB Stratus Bronze's, the cheapest of the Stratus series, apologizing that that was the best he had just then and admitting that they would not compare to my B&W Matrix 802's. But I was extremely impressed with the combination - very pleasing midrange and mid bass, and pretty good all around. Ebay sells loads of these. Many argue the Silver i's are the best of all three. I had the Gold's in my system (with the Mac) for a long time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. For the money, the bronze is really a good value though.
