The input here is second to none.One of the reasons I like this forum is because there is such a diversity of opinion,and always somewhere in the middle is a solution.I love the yamaha ns-10's. However I have to have a separate amp to run them.I am in the process of changing my recording equipment.I use ROLAND VS880.a Marantze Cd recorder and the ns-10s.I want to go to an all in one recorder with a hard drive and cd burner built in and active monitors.I would Ideally like to use my computer to recod on but am ignorant of how to record vocals effectively into the computer.I own cubase but have never learned how to use it.I will post a n mp3 of a couple of sons I am working on for my new project.Perhaps some constructive critism will help in my endeavours.Thanks again for the imput.Terry