Rap music on high-end speakers


Hello,

I have audiophile taste in gear, but not in music. I listen to rap music, and occansionaly R&B. Is there anyone out there like me? What do you listen for when buying gear? I was wondering what are the benefits in getting better gear? I want to upgrade the speakers to either proac response 3.8 or wilson cubs. Here is my system:

Levinson No.23
aranov ls-9000
Platinum audio reference 2
Paradigm servo 15
kimber speaker wire
esoteric component wires
amc cdm7
tru

Showing 2 responses by paulwp

This is an odd thread. 104 posts in response to a request for recommendations of speakers on which to listen to Rap "music," and precious few on point. One of the questions was what to listen for. My recommendation is to listen for the sound of real life. If you attend Rap performances (???), choose speakers that sound the most like live.

Now, I am not going to recommend specific speakers because I don't know what to make of the vast number of speakers on the market. At the moment I am listening to a Zydeco cd, Rosie Ledet's Sweet Brown Sugar, which I am sure many (most?) audiophiles would consider beneath consideration (if not contempt), on Harbeth speakers. My take on Rosie and this cd is you're dead (or a certain portion of your anatomy is all shriveled up) if you don't like her and it.

Harbeth speakers are ideal for every kind of music.

Get up and dance. Nobody cares if you don't know how.
I thought so too. Shameless plagiarism. Imitation the sincerest form of flattery and all that. Don't know where I saw it recently, either here or AA, or who is the source.

I only wish someone had told me that when I was much much younger.