MOTM

>I can't say if my experience is typical, but I got a couple of
>Monitor 1s for really cheap. But they were only cheap if I don't
>consider the cost of replacing tweeters on what has become almost
>an annual basis.

What kind of tweeters are in the M1's?? That's not typical for near fields.
Typically the woofers go, and it's a common practice to add fuses or keep a
spare bass driver.  Although, using subwoofers is getting more and more
popular.

Otoh, I have a pair of Allison home stereo speakers in which I've had to
replace a tweeter six times.

>I spent some time A/Bing the event 20/20bas and the mackie HR824s. I
>bought the 20/20bas because they sound very flat and I needed flat.
>The HR824s are noticeably brighter at the top end and much heavier at
>the bottom end, they didn't sound flat at all.

Don't the Mackies have EQ switches??  Maybe the switches were switched.