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Speakers for bad rock recordings

I'm kind of stuck, my music collection is about 90% average and bad recordings, some very bad. I listen to a lot of rock, metal and punk. I live in an apartment too, which means I want them to be able to sound good at moderately low listening volume. I also like 'live' sounding speakers like my Klipsch's, but they do create a alot of fatigue.

I really like the way my Grado SR80's make even my worst metal recording sound good, so I was thinking maybe there's a speaker that's similar? Right now my amp is a Onkyo A-9555, which is neutral sounding and has about 85 real wpc.

I can only afford to spend about $600, maybe a little more if I have to.
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OHM Walsh speakers will bring out the best in most recordings, including those that are deficient to start.
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Agree with Saki that in most all cases a tizzy top end can be tamed with an appropriate system setup.

A good setup may help to make recordings that are dynamic range or frequency response challenged still sound very listenable and enjoyable, but within those limitations.

I've found out recently that even old 78s played back on common inexpensive 70's era 78 RPM compatible ceramic cartridge tables can be very listenable. The microdynamics in fact can be quite exceptional and compensate for the fact that there is not a lot of overall dynamic or frequency range compared to more modern recordings.
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