Hi azz,
Not to sound too gear pimpy, but I work in a very large musical instruments retailer in Brisbane, with a heap of Hi Tecj gear, including monitors. My customer base is not high end, so I spend a lot of time with monitors in the price bracket you are investigating. We are having great success with the Samson Rubicons, which are a powered speaker with a ribbon tweeter. I don't recommend too many things, your mind is for you to make up. All I can say is that we have 12 sets of powered speakers from $200-$1500 on a patch bay, we line 'em up, and customer chooses. The Samsons are 7:1 on all other brands combined, including Behringer, Tapco, Alesis, Roland, and ESI. The 5A's with the 5" woofer are going to be in the range, so PM me before I turn this into a pimp proposal! We ship anywhere in OZ, too.
Personally, I really like the Rubicons. I have Emes Blacks at home which I love, the Rubicons are about the only speaker under $2000 AUD that I could mix an album on. They sit right next to my iMac at work, and are playing my iTunes collection as I type.
Hope this helps. I hate being a pimp, I like seeing peopl get cool gear that makes their life a little easier. Otherwise, put the money to a kicking set of cans, HD600s baby....
sh.