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CHALLENGE: Best speakers for playing 1812 Overture by Eric Kunzel with real CANON at 92+dB

The 1812 Tchaikovsky by Eric Kunzel album is a life like recording with HUGE dynamic.
Its dynamic s so HUGE that playing it in average consumer system sound will sound bad, because the soft sound can't be heard at low volume setting, so volume has to be turn up much higher than typically set of other recording, but then when the loud section comes, it will tax the system because it will draw power and make the speaker work hard :-)

I want to know what has play this songs at 92dBA before the real canon section.
Many audio shops are scare to play the track 1 loud because of the real canon peak sound.

Luckily, I found opportunity to repeat Track 1, last few minutes section (last 5 minutes of the 15 minutes song) on several audio stores (Revel Ultima, Wilson, Focal, Sonus Faber), so far I think B&W N801 holds the record for ability to play the loudest at 92dBA and can handle the Canon section with the most lifelike dynamic.


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arcticdeth
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My CV D-9’s are wicked at the 1812!

    First audition was in 1986-1987 at video concepts , darn woofer came out and retracted a good half inch, the bass was chest thump!

 No,speaker since has ever reproduced that day. 
  Bought them the next day,drove em home on my 1984 cutlass supreme. 1 in trunk, 1 in back seat. 
kennyc
1,169 posts
 
Seems like an exercise in hearing loss.
Trying to launch a massive sound wave, which can damage “expensive” speakers and audio components, seems to be the antithesis of high-end audio fidelity.  
wolfie62
349 posts
 
I have that CD. I've played it on my 1989 Polk RTA 8Ts with no issues at 96 dBA. But now I have a 2005 Velodyne DLS 15" subwoofer. It has no issues playing that CD at loud levels either. No popping, no distortion.  So I'm not getting the problem here.
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audioguy85
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Blew the foam surrounds off my old Jensen system 400’s playing the 1812 at a 4th of July cook out. Sounded pretty good, but the speakers were destroyed. That was using the Telarc cd. I also own a CBS masterworks and Mercury living presence lp of the 1812. They don't get played much if at all.
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hilde45
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I could never be satisfied with any speakers on this piece, so I purchased a small cannon for my listening room, and set it off appropriately along with the recording. That brings me the realism I need (and, frankly, deserve).
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