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which speaker is better suited for Rock and Roll

I started a blog a while back on speakers suited for rock and roll and the responses were great.  Just to refresh, Listen to Rock only, 85 db to 90 or so. Somewhat small room 13x13' with doors at either end. (square room more or less) Amp that will be used Pass X250.8, good meitner DAC, Bricasti streamer, SVS SB 3000 sub, Benchmark LA-4 pre amp. Stream Qobuz through Audirvana.  Current System with FRITZ carbon 7 SE Mk2  are Very Good. Keeping them regardless. Would like to see if I could jump up several rungs on the ladder (bigger sound stage, more clarity, more dynamic, etc)  better MIDS and highs. Speakers that have been heard are Sonus Faber Guarneri (EXCELLENT, but EXPENSIVE) vs (haven't heard) Joseph AUDIO Graphene Pulsar, and Acora MRB (bookshelf)  Marten Parker DUO, (haven't heard) but, most likely out of my price range unless used somewhere.  The two top contenders are the Joseph audio pulsar vs The Sonus Faber Guarneri.   If anyone has either or both or has heard them , would love to hear your opinions or suggestions, probably last speaker for my lifetime here. Thanks Robert TN

robshaw
parkergetdean
1,120 posts
 

A wild guess: your budget is 10K. Buy the best speakers for 10K. (Used - that means 19Ksmiley) Likely monitor/bookshelf for your medium sized room. Don’t buy it for the type of music, that’s a myth. Rock and roll is the widest genre with so many variations anyway. 
My feeling is that KEF or Dynaudio would be a safe choice. 

Or any of these brands

  •  ATC  
  •  Dynaudio 
  •  Focal 
  •  Joseph Audio 
  •  KEF 
  •  Magico 
  •  Paradigm 
  •  Perlisten 
  •  PS Audio 
  •  PSB 
  •  Raidho
  •  Revel  
  •  Sonner 
  •  Sonus Faber 
  •  Totem Element 
  •  Wharfedale 
  •  Wilson  
  •  YG
     
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atmasphere
12,428 posts
 

Here we go again...

Speakers are not best for rock and roll without being best at classical, jazz and anything else, because all musicians are humans that have human hearing so they all use the same frequencies in the same way for expression. 

The speakers literally do not care what genre of music you play. Its all the same to them. 

I actually had somebody ask me once what speaker was best for downbeat 80s... When you focus on such a specific genre like this, it casts a vivid relief of what is really happening: speakers don’t care about rock or classical and no-one has ever figured a way to design them to do otherwise. 

Does the speaker play louder for rock? Great! Its good for high energy classical or whatnot as well. Same thing for bass, midrange, dynamics, etc.

highend64
325 posts
 

I agree. Rock & Roll is very dynamics genre with a very strong emphasis in the midrange spectrum where most of the sound occurs. Any harmonics happens beyond the mid range gives that airy sound. We are more sensitive in this speectrum. I listen to Rock & roll too I find a house curve response to be ideally for this. 

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oddiofyl
4,604 posts
 

I have a pair of Klipsch in my main room. I like them a lot with the amps I use them with.   

In my second system I have the excellent Studio Electric M4.   It's a great speaker.  I love them. If starting from scratch I would seriously consider the M4s big brother the M5.   I probably won't abandon DHT and low power tube amps anytime soon but I will own a pair of those in the future.  

 

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oddiofyl
4,604 posts
 

I fully agree with Ralph.   A speaker should handle any genre.   The reason I sold my Omega is because they did not have a firm grip on everything you threw at them.   As great as they sounded at "normal" levels they fell apart at louder levels or even not so loud complex passages. 

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