I have a pair of the RM 1s and I think they are a great bargain! For one, there is no need to buy stands. Second they go down to 32 Hz, so a sub is not so necessary. Although they are very good and serious speakers, they are in my family room, and used 85% for casual listening, background, TV, and videos.
I had planned to use them for the main system I am building in the living room, but my wife liked them so much she hijacked them into the family room to replace the nice Tannoy monitors we had there before. (Now I am looking at RM 2, RM 40, or ? for the living room).