I had a pair of Hales Revelation 3's that could rock really hard. My current Aerial 9's do as well.
I have a REL Storm III sub that I turn on when I want to pressurize the room.
A pair of Soliloquy 5.0's and a small sub worked wonders for me a few years back.
How big is your room? How loud is loud? Club loud? Or just "can't have a conversation without shouting" loud? The club stuff is cheap to buy -- a powered pair of EV's can be had for a few hundred bucks. Check out the website for Platinum Records to see the brands. The latter can be achieved with any number of dynamic speakers, especially if augmented by a sub, but then the quality comes with a stiffer pricetag.
And there are some excellent recordings of hip hop and rap. Not much excellent music (some, for sure) but the recording technology isn't worse than any other recording technology.
YMMV,
Rich
As one commentator noted, the better the gear, the less likely you are to notice it's loud. Crappy systems add distortion and that leads to higher perceived loudness.
I have a REL Storm III sub that I turn on when I want to pressurize the room.
A pair of Soliloquy 5.0's and a small sub worked wonders for me a few years back.
How big is your room? How loud is loud? Club loud? Or just "can't have a conversation without shouting" loud? The club stuff is cheap to buy -- a powered pair of EV's can be had for a few hundred bucks. Check out the website for Platinum Records to see the brands. The latter can be achieved with any number of dynamic speakers, especially if augmented by a sub, but then the quality comes with a stiffer pricetag.
And there are some excellent recordings of hip hop and rap. Not much excellent music (some, for sure) but the recording technology isn't worse than any other recording technology.
YMMV,
Rich
As one commentator noted, the better the gear, the less likely you are to notice it's loud. Crappy systems add distortion and that leads to higher perceived loudness.