I just thought I'd mention that I eventually decided on these monitors:
http://www.genelec.com/firststep/
I should have them in a week. You might be puzzled about the fact that this thread is ancient and I'm just now getting the monitors. But even though I wanted to start getting my recording gear together last year, things just came up that prevented me from being able to do so. But now, fortunately, I'm finally able to really go ahead. I'll post a few pics of the monitors soon, just for fun.
