UltraNoob: Studio monitors or hi fi speakers?

Is it possible to use hi fi speakers for home recording studio monitors?

Upside: Cheap, look nice

Downside: Be careful, as you can blow them up very easily with the dynamics from your recordings and live instruments/microphones. ( remember media sold commercially has dynamics that are carefully controlled and compressed )

I had a pair of NHT 3.3s a while back, got them from a guy
in Chicago that used them in his recording studio. (I forgot the label).
upside: they're really good
downside: they're really big.....and heavy.....and akward.

I used to use a pair of KEF Q15 as recording monitors for several years. They worked OK as near fields. They didn't have anything below 50 hZ though so that will be a consideration.