Speakers for Heavy Metal

I listen primarily to ambient/lounge/chill whatever and metal.

Run some frequency sweeps.  Here is the one I use::

http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencychecklow.php

The guy actually calls out the frequencies so you can see where your system is lacking.

Ideal response would be as flat as possible down to 40Hz, as that is about as low as metal gets bass wise.

In my situation, I have Totem Arros in a small room, and through mass loading and careful positioning with respect to the back wall I am able to get surprisingly good response.  Otherwise, I would peruse the various publications that show measurements with bass down to 40Hz and shortlist those speakers for auditioning.

Any big klipsch=Forte, Quartet, Chorus, Klipschhorn

You might want to check out Cerwin-Vega stuff.  From what I know they are available only through Cerwin-Vega; they are not sold in stores.

Back in the 80's the guys interested in Metal, certainly had Cerwin-Vega speakers because, we could play them very LOUD!

It would be interesting to learn if the company is original or owned by someone else....

Which metal artists are you guys listening to...?

If you can stretch your budget a little further then I can thoroughly recommend Tannoy DC10T. These are made to rock...& I don't mean just with weak-ass metal; these perform great with Nile, Gorguts, Beneath The Massacre, Origin, Melvins et al.

They drop to 30Hz so can easily handle some of the low frequencies dropped into tracks by bands like Animals As Leaders, The Flying Luttenbachers, The Locust...etc.