which excels at Rock and Roll

I completely agree with Ralph, as it does not matter the music. Keep in mind, much recorded rock is highly compressed, ime. For me, SPLs and dynamics are what, imo, separates the men from the boys. The speakers should cater to the wants, needs and desires of the listener, and the room will play a huge part of this. My best! MrD,

Like mhwalker, I had the D-7's,bought in 1983 and exercised them regularly. They would ROCK, and on one  summer session with my late brother, with the windows open, , we had the cops called with B.O.C cranking. Cities on Flame, indeed! 

I own a pair of ESS AMT 3 Rock Monitors which I bought in the 70’s, I drive them with ARC equipment. I listen almost exclusively to hard rock and roll. They are in the process of being completely rebuilt at present. I have listened to many other systems throughout my 60 plus years of listening, and although other brands to my ears are good, the clarity, warmth and dynamics don’t compare. With today’s modern interconnects and speaker cables these monsters continue to improve. Personally, I think it was a shame the manufacturer didn’t continue on with a similar design. They seemed to go in a different direction. Oh well.

+1 for the Arendal 1528 series. I went with their Tower 8 10th Anniversary Edition after auditioning the Mofi Sourcepoint 8s, KEF Reference 3 Meta, Perlisten S7t and Wharfedale Elysian 4s. The Arendal's build quality is on another level than 99% of speakers out there sans the Perlistens. They sound HUGE. I mean effortless reproduction. They're not perfect, no speaker is. They have very good directivity, wide soundstage (60 degrees), good vertical dispersion, solid low end down to 20 hz in room. They are large and need space, but your room sounds like these will pressure it very well. I'd get their Tower 8s and then spend the money you're saving on speakers for room treatments from Artnovion Acoustics.