Hey!
We used to use ‘horrortone’ c5’s in the edit suite in the news gathering company i worked for many years ago… nasty little things but brilliant for the job…
I think most people use Avantone cubes instead these days if they can’t get hold of a pair of auratones in reasonable condition… I have one myself for checking mono, again not the most pleasing of speakers but it does a great job of revealing all the important mid range info… i like using it to get a balance really quickly…
http://www.avantonepro.com/Avantone-Passive-MixCube-Monitors-In-Black.html
HTH!