You just have to try them. Also, you didn't mention a budget, just size. Or what your room is like, or what kinds of sounds you like, how how loud you play. All the spec sheets have dimensions.
IMHO, pick your budget, see what's available, and then get a few sets that you think you'll like from somewhere with a good return policy and see what actually works for you. That's what I did, and there's no way I would have bought these speakers if I wasn't just throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck. I wound up with mid-range HiFi speakers from a small company that most people write off.
As for subwoofers....I think they're necessary, but I'm sure people are sick of me saying that by now. I resisted for years until I actually tried it. The good home theater guys understand low-end better than the home studio guys...you can say it's different, but it's just physics. They do take some effort to set up, and you can't just stick a sub where it looks good or is out of the way. If that's what you're going to do, it's better to do without and tune your low-end with something like Tonal Balance Control (and generate the target curve based on isolated guitar tracks).
IMHO, pick your budget, see what's available, and then get a few sets that you think you'll like from somewhere with a good return policy and see what actually works for you. That's what I did, and there's no way I would have bought these speakers if I wasn't just throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck. I wound up with mid-range HiFi speakers from a small company that most people write off.
As for subwoofers....I think they're necessary, but I'm sure people are sick of me saying that by now. I resisted for years until I actually tried it. The good home theater guys understand low-end better than the home studio guys...you can say it's different, but it's just physics. They do take some effort to set up, and you can't just stick a sub where it looks good or is out of the way. If that's what you're going to do, it's better to do without and tune your low-end with something like Tonal Balance Control (and generate the target curve based on isolated guitar tracks).