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What speakers work best with electronic music?

I've been demoing lots of speakers lately, especially those in the Dynaudio & Focal lines. I personally own the Focus 160's. I listen to electronic music almost exclusively, with a little jazz & classical. I'm starting to find that I may just be looking for these speakers to do something they can't. They can play Jazz, Pop & Classical like I've never heard before in my life, but they just leave me wanting when it comes to electronic music. And it's understandable too, there are times where a single electronic track can have 60 different instruments going at once, sometimes even more. Only thing currently in my system that I wouldn't part with is my stereo F113's. Which speakers under $15,000 (used or new) should I be looking at it that will be able reproduce the complicated nature of a lot of electronic music with ease; something that just has jaw-dropping dynamic range?
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atmasphere
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Any good speaker will be good for electronic music. Speakers don't care what music goes through them; only people care about that. But one thing about music- sometimes there is bass. I'm more convinced if the speaker makes good, deep and uncolored bass. So I use Classic Audio Loudspeakers, the model T-3.3

But I have also used Audiokinesis to great effect, Sound Lab, MG20s; anything that makes bass and is easily driven with tubes.
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^^ Actually it matters quite a lot. Electronic music can be quite demanding, on top of that it may come as a surprise but there is an analog/digital debate that is on-going in the electronic music community, and is why older analog synthesizers go for big money on ebay.

Electronic music can also be quite demanding of the system. Like all other forms of music, the better the speaker the better it will sound.
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FWIW a speaker that is really good for classical music is also going to be good for rock or electronic music. Speakers don't care what you put through them!

The same things that make a speaker good for electronic music (resolution, dynamic punch, bandwidth) make it good for classical.

For those that doubt that electronic music can be demanding, try out the LP 'Infinity Project' (issued on Blue Room Records in the mid-90s) and see if you still say that.
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