Lawrence Audio speakers?

@hukkfinn The appearance does make it feel that way, but I think they are well rounded enough for any genre you throw at them. The Violin series has the 8 inch driver which has excellent impact and definition, as long as your room is not huge you can get by comfortably without a sub. They are quite dynamic and satisfying with bands like Tool, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree. 

The smaller Mandolin is obviously more limited due to the 6.5 inch driver, still kicks about as hard as any small/medium monitor style design I've heard.

@hukkfinn -- your post is an excellent illustration of how the visual appearance of a product affects our expectations of sound quality. However at 88 dB sensitivity I'd still expect a true headbanger looking for live rock concert sound levels to go for something more efficient.

I asked about these as well a while back. Seems as if he’s focusing on the Asian markets with a diminished NA presence. 

@mlsstl Good point, but any speakers can still rock hard if you drive them with enough power! Realistically I don't think the Lawrence speakers are up there with Klipsch in that regard, but they are still really nice well-rounded performers with no major weak spots.

@simao Thank you for that. Good info. That's too bad, but I can see how the logistics probably make sense for them.

@996turbo911 - agree in principle. I have a set of 88 dB efficient speakers (Ohm 1000s) which play more than loud enough for me, but then I rarely go past 85 dB in my room. I know people who like to hit the 100-plus dB level.

Watts have a logarithmic relationship to perceived volume --each 3 dB increase in volume requires double the power,  For example, if 1 watt and very low sensitivity speakers gets you comfortably to 80 dB, that means 101 dB requires 128 watts! That means some people either run out of power while others may burn out drivers on their speakers. A set of horn speakers like the Klipsch Heresy would reach that 101 dB level with 2 watts! (Note the examples are about average volume and do not consider peaks.) 

I've long recommended that people either buy an inexpensive sound level meter (easily found for under $30) or get a sound level app for their phone (free versions available if you don't mind a few ads). That's the only way to know just exactly how loud your preferred listening volume really is.