It seems Dire straits music was recorded using the Proac Studio 100

check this link in this link it shows that the person who recorded the Dire straits and other reputated guys music with Proac 100 You will find that somewhere at the bottom

Just press search " Proac " and press enter for few times you will find that the speakers are proac 100

http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_neil_dorfsman/

What monitors did you use?

I've been through every speaker out there, buying stuff and hating it two months later! The ones I've stuck with are ProAc Studio 100s; I switch between them and Auratones. I know that they're a little bit flattering, so I work around that. The philosophy I learned at Power Station was, “Use the least flattering speaker you can, and it will make you work harder.” I appreciate that, but at a certain point when you're mixing, you really need to get some pleasure from the speakers and to be able to listen for a long time without fatigue. The ProAcs do that for me. They do need a lot of power; for this project, Richard Rose from Hothouse Amplifiers was kind enough to loan me a really great Hothouse amp, a Model 500 Mosfet.