Speakers for.....every type of music?


I'm new to this site & first time poster. I am one of the guys that receives the emails every night, reads them and tries to be informed about this "hobby". A little background. I got into stereo early but never pursued it due to drumming, so I am only trying my best to keep up with you guys on this level. I have no gear like yours but keep a modest system that I have pieced together with whatever change I had. But I saw something interesting tonight on the popular discussions about a certain speaker not being a good "rock" speaker. So what do you recommend I think about when looking for speakers when I listen to everything? This is not a joke, I listen to almost every genre of music: classic, jazz, metal, thrash, world, easy listening, disco, you get the idea including vocal only. What say you fine gentlemen about my particular dilemma on your level? I am looking at used Advent & KEF speakers but will they fill my needs? I realize sound is a personal taste but in which direction might you think about?
vista1868

Showing 1 response by ivan_nosnibor

Welcome!

As far as listening to ALL kinds of music goes (that's me really, btw), how satisfied you might be in the long run may come down to how far out of your way, so to speak, you're willing to go and how far your willing to take things...that may be more true in the long run as you move forward in your quest in general.

But there are 2 things IMO:

1) The better the overall design of the speaker in ALL aspects, the better it will handle a wide variety of music genres.

2) Handling all music well will also come down to getting the bass right for whatever speakers you're considering in combination with your room.

But, 3 more things in the long run:

1) Getting the overall design of the speaker right at ALL levels can be technically rather challenging and so therefore these speakers at least tend to be more commonly found as you go up the price chain (though not necessarily always!). But, in speaker design world, getting ALL design parameters right enough for ALL music and then for the user to get them to behave right in the right room is perhaps The single, most difficult goal in this hobby. Not that it can't be done, it can, but it takes rather a lot of effort, dedication, trial and error and is not really ever the result of accident. But, all that is more of what might await you on down the road from where you might be currently, so it's not time to panic yet!

2) Among the highs, mids and lows, getting the lows right might consistently prove to be the hardest to get right in this hobby. 

3) Bass can come to deal with speaker design, EQ, room placement, room treatments, etc...lots of learning as you go, there.

Hopefully others here can make recommendations on particular speakers for you. I myself wound up making my own open baffle speakers a while back and haven't scoured the market lately, but people like Dahlquist DQ 10's on the used market...or Vandersteen 2CE's - both very good all-around performers.

Regards,
John