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Audiophile speakers that rock well

I am interested in a monitor sized speaker that does all the audiophile tricks, but can also rock the house without bleeding my ears. Can I get both in a single speaker? I've heard some real good speakers that do vocals, acoutical type music well, but absolutle fail at R & R. Can I have the soundstaging, the imaging, etc.etc. With a speaker that rocks? Budget is $3K

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ATC Monitors are popular with studios that produce a lot of rock - try to audition the SCM19 - small but plays surprisingly loud. You will need a beefy amp though.
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And if a "monitor sized" speaker is required because of the room size, then you aren't likely to achieve your goal anyway.

True it is tough to rock out with small monitor type speakers. However the ATC SCM19 will play surprisingly loud (with a big beefy amp - I'd suggest 200 Watts minimum). The combined woofer and midrange actually has a 3 inch voice coil. This is a larger voice coil than on the vast majority of floorstanders - most floorstanders are using 1 1/2" voice coils (slightly bigger than a tweeter) from mass produced driver manufacturers.

Someone also mentioned Dynaudio and Totem Mani (uses Dynaudio) - these also use large voice coils in certain designs. They would be another good choice and worth investigating.
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