Near-Field Monitors

I'm refocusing my efforts towards more studio-based work as opposed to all live work.  I've got a nice pair of M-Audio BX5 monitors but they lack punch on the bottom end and I find I'm over eq-ing the bottom.  What is a good pair of near fields that stays reasonably flat.  I'm thinking 8" woofers or maybe 10", but I don't want to kill my hearing.
 
Thanks for the input. 

http://www.equatoraudio.com/D8-Coaxial-Studio-Monitors-p/d8.htm
 
  I blew a tweeter in my KRK v8,s   so I took a chance an purchased these .
They have amazing range ,  In my room they are flat down to 30 hz  while the V8's  started 
dropping off at 50 hz .    The clarity in the mids and highs  I am also very impressed with, 
( My room is treated very well)    Lots of good monitors out there  but these are great bang for the 
buck , plus the return policy is amazing.
     
 

You might want to hear these:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LSR308
 

8" woofers will greatly extend the low-end response over your current speakers. 10" and larger is, IMO, overkill for nearfields.
 
You might want to consider adding a sub instead of replacing your existing speakers. That'll be a quite a bit less-expensive way to achieve the same result. Plus you get to retain the speakers you've already invested time training your ears to.
 
Take a look at M-Audio's BX10s, an affordable but competent 10" subwoofer.

lawajava
David,
 
Fascinating that you blew a tweeter.  You must have been cranking it.
 
 

I did a stupid for sure:) (long story ) by the way the KRK v8  were fine  monitors , they translate very well.
   I am sure the new version are even better. 

i will share my monitor story:
 
i own a pair of behringer truths with the 8" woofers. i've had them for years. in my old space - a large, basically empty living room in open floorplan house - i had bass traps set on the floor (half-height on the wall) in 3 of the corners and one against a wall opposite my recording space. i would mix and mix on the "truths" (hours, days), and found that the mixes translated poorly on my stereo (in the same room), in my car and on my headphones. these terrible, cheaply made monitors were ruining my life! i finally gave up on mixing and concentrated on writing, singing and playing.
 
then i got married, moved and ended up putting my studio in a tiny 9x10 bedroom. i dragged in my bass traps and equipment, got some sound/light absorbing curtains, some artwork, and kept my wife's "idea board" because somehow it made an audible reduction in the room's flutter echo characteristics. having no other room, i stacked the bass traps on top of each other (floor to ceiling, and with such a short ceiling the bottom trap is at a slight angle). i set up my "truths" on their mopads and continued not to record.
 
one day, inspiration struck and i put a song together - wrote it in a couple hours and laid down the tracks in a couple more (2 takes of vocals total). since i was writing it for my wife, i had to get it at least presentable. so i prepared myself for endless hours mixing, referencing (stereo now in another room), mixing, cursing, etc.
 
instead i spent perhaps 4 hours total mixing it until i was happy with it because no matter where i played it, it sounded basically the same. phone speaker to home theater system.
 
what are the 3 most important things to consider when buying a pair of monitors?
 
your room, your room, and your room.

jacktheexcynic
what are the 3 most important things to consider when buying a pair of monitors?
 
your room, your room, and your room.

Great story. One I'm sure many here can relate to (including yours truly). You were fortunate (or wise) to avoid the path of trying to spend your way out of the problem. By the time I truly understood the significance of room acoustics, I had already invested a lot of money in speakers with improvement that was nowhere near commensurate with the amount spent. 
 
Of course, after fixing the room I was glad to have those good speakers. But without taking acoustics into account, it's money down a hole.