Hope this helps you a little.
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-mu...cal-solo6.html
and this may help a little more
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1634177&mpage=2
On the Mackie front I find their PA systems better than their monitors for reasons previously mentioned. I love mackie mixers for their warm eq's but do feel their speakers are on the hard side. The KRK's are quite harsh and seem to be flavour of the month (NS10's) ring a bell?
Avoid SUB unless you got good acoustic surroundings particularly if you are mixing stereo imho.
The bottom line is everyone hears everything differently to a degree which leads to opinions being subjective.
As advuised. Take you favourite music tracks you know well and in the styles you will be mixing and get a demo down your local store to make up your own mind. Listen to you own ears and not the salesman! I believe in listening to a wide genre of music for self satisfaction and some classical/orchestral whether its classics or soundtrack scores.
Bear in mind surroundings will impact what you hear in your studio/room/setup/rig. Room acoustics have a lot to do with this and speaker positioning. Are you requiring passive or active?
http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.ph...opic=15833&hl=
Anyway good luck and let us know what you do...on the edge of getting some new boom boom boom boxes myself so a useful thread ;~)