Rock and roll speakers?

Hi efficiency forward sounding drivers or horns do this well.

Agreed. That's why I've been pushing the high end JBLs...you have the best of both worlds; power *and* finesse, imo. They rock hard, but can be delicate if need be.

Klipsch is ok too, but they're not in the same league as the high end JBLs, imo. However, Klipsch are more reasonably priced. As it should be. I wouldn't pay $10K for a Cornwall III.

At the low end, I guess Cerwin-Vegas, but those have clear colorations, perhaps ones that enhance the sound when playing rock and metal recordings, but in the long run one would get bored with them and sell them.

I think the element being not mentioned enough is that rock n roll is usually played loud and is not that sonically nuanced. Much is electric and the drums are simpler and less sophisticated.

That's quite a generalization! But the fact of the matter is that rock recordings are all over the place in terms of quality. If you are presuming that one *only* listens to the poor recordings and *never* the good ones then this might work.

I play lots of rock recordings at audio shows as demonstration. Not because they are 'not sonically nuanced' but because they sound good and show off what a good stereo can do; here are some examples:

ELP, self-titled, Pink Island edition
King Crimson, Islands, Atlantic white label promo
Steve Tibbetts, 'Yr' self released
Steve Tibbetts, Safe Journey, ECM
Black Sabbath, Paranoid, white label German Vertigo
Porcupine Tree, Voyage 34, Delerium

The better the system, the better these LPs sound!!

Whatever can play classical well should be what plays rock well as well. Speakers don't have taste- people do.

I think Dynaudio does a great job of playing both rock and roll AND classical music very well.

Typically, I prefer different speakers and setups for those two very different styles of music.

^^ A waste of money- just get one good system and you are set.

'Good' does not mean expensive. It means 'good'. The two are not always the same.

I am a Dynaudio fan as well though might not always be everyone's cup of tea. What is?

Dynaudio packs a lot of quality and a fair amount of quantity into their products. That makes them fare well no matter what you throw at them in general.

That should make them fine for whatever you throw at them as long as you have enough power.

I use Classic Audio Loudspeakers, which are 98 db and go from 20Hz to 35KHz. This allows me to run less power. Right now I am running a set of our M-60s and I can shake the walls. Rock, classical, techno, jazz (to a lessor extent), folk and more all need that ability from time to time :)

If you can afford them, probably Classic Audio Loudspeakers T-1.5 and T-3.4. Also look into the Klipsch Heritage line, i.e. Heresy, Forte, Cornwall, in that order. For absolute performance and value, Troels Gravesen’s Loudspeaker-1 or Loudspeaker-2 kit is definitely worth investigating. Build them yourself or contract someone to build them for you. 
:-)

Classic Audio Loudspeakers (Contemporary Line)
http://classicaudioloudspeakers.com

Klipsch Heritage
https://www.klipsch.com/heritage-premium-audio-speakers

The Loudspeaker-1
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/The-Loudspeaker.htm

The Loudspeaker-2
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/The-Loudspeaker-2.htm

Cheers!

JBLs L100 rock out.

Has anyone mentioned the KLH model 5?  Look up the review from Zero Fidelity on them.