Rock and roll speakers?

I've no idea why this is happening all of a sudden as there are several recent threads on this forum asking about the ideal speaker for a certain genre of music.

Examples: the best speaker for: electronia, death metal, 80s rock, etc.

This is the most common myth about speakers out there!

If the speaker is good for one genre, its good for another, plain and simple- the speaker does not care what music you play through it as long as you don't toast a driver.

Some people say you need volume or bass impact and this is certainly true- for all musical genres. Those happen to be good things that are found in good speakers. That really is the end of the story.

One is better off trying to sort out what speakers are more efficient, wider range, with the best detail and imaging, and then sorting out what sort of amp drives them best, as the latter is likely far more important, since some speakers favor tubes while others favor transistors.

I for one like to push things hard and I like tube amps, so one of the best speakers made for all types of music is the Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T-1 or T-3 (I have the T-3s), either of which are about 98 db 1 watt/1 meter, are 16 ohms (favors tubes IOW) and go down to 20Hz with no need of a subwoofer, yet are detailed and as fast as the best ESLs.

I think the element being not mentioned enough is that rock n roll is usually played loud and is not that sonically nuanced. Much is electric and the drums are simpler and less sophisticated.

That's quite a generalization! But the fact of the matter is that rock recordings are all over the place in terms of quality. If you are presuming that one *only* listens to the poor recordings and *never* the good ones then this might work.

I play lots of rock recordings at audio shows as demonstration. Not because they are 'not sonically nuanced' but because they sound good and show off what a good stereo can do; here are some examples:

ELP, self-titled, Pink Island edition
King Crimson, Islands, Atlantic white label promo
Steve Tibbetts, 'Yr' self released
Steve Tibbetts, Safe Journey, ECM
Black Sabbath, Paranoid, white label German Vertigo
Porcupine Tree, Voyage 34, Delerium

The better the system, the better these LPs sound!!

Whatever can play classical well should be what plays rock well as well. Speakers don't have taste- people do.

^^ A waste of money- just get one good system and you are set.

'Good' does not mean expensive. It means 'good'. The two are not always the same.

That should make them fine for whatever you throw at them as long as you have enough power.

I use Classic Audio Loudspeakers, which are 98 db and go from 20Hz to 35KHz. This allows me to run less power. Right now I am running a set of our M-60s and I can shake the walls. Rock, classical, techno, jazz (to a lessor extent), folk and more all need that ability from time to time :)