which excels at Rock and Roll


Room is 14X14' No treatments, but, room currently sounds great. Amp PASS X250.8, Fritz Carbon 7se bookshelves, LA-4 preamp, SVS SB3000 sub, Bricasti M5 streamer, Meitner DAC, only Rock and Roll, 85 or so DB   Considering used, Platimon VC 1, Arendal 15-28,  Marten  Oscar, Acora MRB-1, and Small tower, Devore Fidelity Gibbon super 9. There are others, but, I believe these would be the top contenders, USED?  Any and all responses welcomed. Love my FRITZ and won't sell. Just considering the above. Thanks, Robert TN

robshaw

If one is looking for the recording to sound the way the audio engineer intended, find the largest, most neutral speakers that don't overwhelm your listening space and supply them with the maximum power allowed. If you are looking for more punch, do as the professionals do and add a Behringer SX3040 sound exciter.

I've heard the Marten Oscar Duos and definitely preferred them to my Fritz, which I loved, and then auditioned the Parker Duos and the mids on those were amazing, so that's what I went with. 

As for agnostic speakers, I've had a number of different speakers in my system, including Harbeth Super HL7's, and while great sounding for many smoother genres, those Harbeths are not designed with rock music or reggae in mind. 

I have a MA7900 McIntosh int amp @200 wpc and a pair of reformed JBL L100 T's reconditioned , refoamed and Crossover Chef crossover's with a room your size. With a good high end SACD player like my Denon DCD-A110 classic rock will transports me into the next dimension 

I had a pair of DeVore Gibbon 8 speakers.  They are definitely NOT for Rock.  Jazz and classical they excel, rock NOT.  I drove from RI to Annapolis Maryland and back in one day to pick them up a couple of days before New Years in 2008 or 2009, my memory isn’t that clear.  Hooked them up the next morning as I got home after midnight and what a huge disappointment.  I really wanted to like them, added a sub but they were just too soft for Rock.  I kept them for a little over a year but ended selling them for what I paid.  They were gorgeous speakers but didn’t play Pink Floyd well at all.  One of my systems is strictly for Rock and I use the JBL L100 Classic speakers and a single SVS subwoofer.  I drive them with a 200wpc McIntosh integrated amp.  Match made in Heaven.