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Young audiophile metal head looking to level up speaker choice

Hello Audiogon,

I'm a pretty new to the world of audio and looking to make a signifiant upgrade from my first self purchased speaker, the Q Acoustics 3030i.  I was encouraged by an audiophile friend to join Audiogon and post a question regarding what speaker would be best.

I decided to pick up a much nicer amplifier last year, upgrading from a Cambridge AXR85 to a Rogue Sphinx V3. This 2024 I am wanting to make a similar upgrade to my speakers.  I wanted a more dynamic amplifier and found the Cambridge to smooth when combined with my Q Acoustics.

I have my own listening room but it's rather small 11ft x13ft.  I listen to mostly heavy metal/rock music at 70-85 decibels.   I have looked at been cross shopping the Buchart S400 mkII, Dynaudio Evoke 20, Zu DWX, Arendale 1723 - but have also heard good things about vintage Usher speakers..

Thanks for your consideration and advice here.

cheers

killingforcompany

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Great job @deep_333 on the performance characteristics of the speaker required for metal. Also, nice suggestions by others and for @fthompson251 for going into detail on Legacy Audio. I am an authorized installer for Legacy and prior to becoming a dealer by trade, I owned Legacy Focus SE and Legacy Aeris speakers. They are higher up the line than what you might start at, but now having smaller Legacy speakers on my floor, I can attest that even the Legacy Studio HD can do a great job in filling a medium sized space and still deliver the clarity and speed for metal. 

I’d be happy to discuss options on the Legacy line if you’d like. They deliver great price to performance ratio. 

Another speaker line that I carry that would do a great job with metal is Perlisten. I just picked them up a few months ago, and they are very punchy, and very detailed.

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