which excels at Rock and Roll

Many years ago I owned JBL 4350's with Phase Linear 700 for the bottom end and 400 for the top. Now they were great rock speakers, punchy and could handle full amplifier outputs and ask for more. At medium volume they could produce some very sweet sound. On poor recordings they sounded well .. I don't miss them.

Might be just a psychological thing for you..if you know how to use a volume knob or tone controls.

The last time you sat in your car and cranked it up, did anything get overloaded?? I am sure nothingvgot overloaded even though that car's cabin was a lot smaller than your 14 by 14 room.

It's mostly a psychological thing/ a hallucination about overloading rooms when a guy who's used to tiny crappy speakers sees a big speaker in a smaller room.

Found out the DI's are just to acoustically strong and powerful for that space. (14x14 with open door to bathroom and on the other side, door to open hallway) 

I would love to have maybe a small tower that would fit in that room and not 

roadwhorerecords said it best many quotes ago; Find a pair of AR9s and put at least 250W into them These big puppies ROCK.

OP

have you considered JBL 4367 or any of their large monitor speakers

I was listening to one a few weeks ago listening to Rock and roll and Dance music

I was pretty impressed with their sonic and PRAT flow. made me dance for sure

if it were me, I will choose JBL. 

robshaw

I have no experience with the Mon or Marten Oscar speakers, and wouldn't recommend the Devore for rock. Of the speakers that you listed, and considering the relatively small size of your room:

I love the Arendal 1528 bookshelf $5,200 and 1528 monitor $6,800 for all types of music, and they are on my short list for my next set of speakers. Pay attention that the 1528 monitors weigh in at 100 pounds each, so you'll need their stands at $1,500 a pair.

Acora speakers too are great, but I don't like the ceramic drivers in the MRB-1 or MRC-1.......they can be unforgiving on poor recordings. The next step up QRBs are much more to my liking, and too are on my short list.

If I may be so bold, I'd suggest you speak with Greg Roberts at Volti to schedule a listening session for his speakers......which he'll set up at his factory. He's a tremendous gentleman, and the Voltis might just fit your needs. He's in Baxter, TN which is about an hour and 15 minutes east of Nashville. His speakers too are on my short list, probably the Luceras.

When you go to Nashville, I'd check out HiFiBuys and see the Yamaha NS5000 speakers. Not a brand that typically comes to mind first, but man are they brilliant speakers.