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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Showing 3 responses by raindog031

im pushing focus 380s with gryphon diablo and crystal cables ultra...the electronic music never sounded so good as on these speakers...its just matter of production and source at the end...for example of electro my reference...trentemoller "last resort" sounds nothing but sublime...but cabling and amp are mandatory to get this results on my speakers(and yours i suppose)...more better electronic more better results...classic, electro, metal, rap,jazz...just name it...so im very suprised to hear that your focus 160 dosent push electro good...
dynaudio speakers "too colored"...well i have to disagree with that...i found sonus faber, harbeth, bowers colored...dyns one of most natural speakers ive heard and differently sounding with different amps and cabling...true to the source...ofcourse they pushing natural instruments better than electro...and btw Colonel when you mention sig sound on entire dyn line i ask you with which exact models of dyn speakers you spend time to conclude that and with which amps, source and cabling...cuz we definitively have different experience...regards...
"slightly warm"...well thats a different story...on the warm side of the neutral at most...if i would grade warmth sounus fabers(serblin models) would be 4/5 ,dyns would be 1/5...more smooth and delicate sound than warm but thats just me...when i tested karan ka i-180mk2 on my focus speakers with cardas cabling that was warm sound and with half of details, soundstage, resolution, control of gryphon, crystals combo...not my cup of tea becuz rock/metal and other agressive music diddnt sound as convincing and natural as on a neutral non colored amps and cabling...what im tryin to say is that speakers are so sensitive and can sound from smooth to harsh, dark to bright, warm or analythical depending on rest of the system not by its coloration...they like to get out of way...but if you lost the faith that dyns can push electro in your way there is allways PMC speakers :) but in my experience with dyns you need to feed that speakers with much better and stronger amp and play with a different cables even power chords to find what suits you best...and you will be suprised...i wish you live closer to my place to hear how good produced electronica sounds on my system :)...