Final cut pro nice professional sound monitor speakers

I would like some nice book shelf style nice looking sound monitor speakers for my mac pro, when you see people with edit suites in a edcit studio on TV they always have some sexy looking bookshelf speakers, any ideas where to buy these and which are very good at sound monitoring?
Daz

Best to visit a Pro Audio store - one that caters for musicians/pro audio engineers. Tell them you need "Near-field monitors", but your budget is limited. Seriously - audio engineers spend more on their near-fields than I spent on my plasma monitor. There are two types - self-powered, which have internal amplification, and those needing amplification, in which case a standard hi-fi amp should do you. There is a price differential, of course, and it is also brand dependent. I am still getting good service out of a pair of Spirit Absolute Zeros, which are around ten years old.
Another consideration is: how far can you separate them from your video monitors? If they are unshielded, their internal magnets will interfere with your picture or your screens if too close - shielded will cost more.
j0nn0

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