Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno

@gavman Alternatively how about 'Sensory' by Symbiosis? On the original vinyl, the speed was specified at 33 1/3 which was incorrect. But that is how I always played it...

It most certainly isn't a myth that many speakers, most even, don't provide sufficiently extended bass to do justice to electronica.

That is true and those same speakers don't do justice to classical music either! Classical music can have some serious bass drum whacks along with 16Hz organ pedal tones; 'if the room isn't shaking something's wrong' kinda thing.

it is about which speakers (not design processes, not designs, but finished speakers) may make certain genres sound better or worse to listeners using them

Such a speaker might make a certain recording sound better but its impossible for it to do that for an entire genre! I think this myth persists on account of certain recordings rather than an entire genre.

imo to call it a myth is a little strong ... lots of people with nice hifi’s don’t sit there for hours listening intently, some want the excitement of live music, listen for a while, get their thrill, turn it off

we need to be careful not to impose our own usage behaviors and patterns, think all folks do as we do - pleasure from a hifi comes in many forms, usage occasions, situations

not to mention people hear differently, some clearly more preferring or more sensitive to some forms of distortion/tonality than others

'Myth' isn't strong. It might not be strong enough! All I'm saying' all I've been saying is there is literally no way to design a speaker or anything electronic to favor a certain genre. If that were possible the market would look a lot different. Anytime there is a coloration present it will affect all genres equally for a simple reason: musicians all use the same bandwidth; all forms of music have the same use of lows, mids and highs.

some speakers do better with some musical genres than others because their strengths and weaknesses are more befitting and tolerated with certain kinds of music

example:

klipsches tektons zus - these are ’lively’ brash sounding speakers, excel with drum snaps, forward presentation, not the most refined, not the best at imaging - so they work well with electronic music, rock, ’party tunes’ - they are good with the beat, impact, energizing, in-your-face sound which is the essence and goodness of that kind of music

@jjss49 

If a speaker is 'brash' at some point you'll eventually tire of that even with electronia or rock. What's being ignored is that there are some excellent recordings in these genres that easily reveal speaker problems. Once revealed you'll always hear it and it won't matter the genre!

(here are some examples:

'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath; get the white label Vertigo pressing to really hear what that recording is about

'Mystical Experiences' by The Infinity Project big bass, lots of fun details hidden in the mix; get the Blue Room Released LP pressing if you can find it)

The idea that a certain speaker can favor a certain genre is the biggest myth in audio. If its good at rock but sucks at classical, you'll find that if you play enough rock recordings it actually sucks at rock too.

@tmac1700 

Having a hard time finding a speaker that sounds great with hip hop, techno and rock

There isn't a way to design a speaker, amp, preamp or source to favor a certain genre of music. What makes a speaker good (or bad) for a certain genre does exactly the same for any other genre.

If someone could figure out how to favor a certain genre of music with audio equipment they could be rich overnight!