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Is there such a speaker...(loud but smooth)?

Hi all!

I am wondering...Is there a speaker that will get quite loud (almost concert level volume) but still have soft smooth highs at higher volumes than most home audio speakers?

I ask because I am looking for some speakers that will kick butt. I want to feel the music but I do not want to have ice picks driven through my ears.

Dave
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jburidan
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The big Tannoys with 15" dual concentric drivers, e.g., Westminster or Churchill.

Also, the Tannoy 215 DMT II professional studio monitor, if you can find one on the used market.
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shadorne
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The big Tannoys with 15" dual concentric drivers, e.g., Westminster or Churchill.

Yes they would do it and then some!
sp_pres
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http://www.4sptech.com/version2/genprod.html
jb8312
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My Veruty Audio Parisifal Ovations can go really really loud and all the while they never once loose the sweet signature sound.......Did I say loud? Cuz I mean LOUD!

John
lightminer
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Several speakers have tweeter attenuators, among them the Magnepan 3.6s. With some speakers you can bi-amp, and then you can put small resistors in-line with the tweeter section.

Also, for 'loud' listening sessions maybe just put a washcloth or sound absorbing foam in front of your tweeter! Of course that wouldn't work on these:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vstrt&1187479190&read&keyw&zzinfinity%20series%205

It is actually really easy to dampen high frequency noise.

You could even just use cables that tame brightness. Lots of cables can do that.
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