Focal SM9 Active Studio Monitors (Pair).
P.S. If you're considering going for the Trios, check out this Gearspace thread-I A/B'd the Trios and the SM9 this afternoon and I have to say they're magnificent... And yes again, I'm talking about
SM9.
I just really couldn't belive they're miles ahead of
Trio6, but that was the situation here..
Trio's are fine speakers no doubt, workable with and all of that, but every single time I switched to them after
SM9 was a bit of disappointment.
They sounded scooped in opposition to
SM9.. Low end was kind of dull and muddy, but still extended .. It's not that they have more bass, the bass is somehow more upfront but it have some kind of 'plastic' touch compared to the other pair. Much less details in bass spectrum.
I was unsure about passive radiator thing and the level of clarity before the audition, but
SM9 just blew me away.
The texture of sound is great. Details, stereo image, everything..
SM9 model is like 30% more expensive, but it sounded much more than 30% better to my ears at least...