Speakers for bad rock recordings

In addition to Jaybo's response , I would echo the tube suggestion , as many as you can do ie. amp , preamp and CDP .

A second addition would be a speaker change to something with a soft dome tweeter and a big bass driver . Also , two 7in. drivers are not as good as a single 10in. driver .

Of course the driver size will depend on the size of your room . And the box will be wider than the new designs of today that use the multiple smaller driver array for better looks . This is the reason that the older speakers , suggested above , look like kegerators !

These changes have made many of my CD's go from the 'For Sale' stack back into the 'Listening' stack !

Good luck .

JBL L100 or 4311,4312. Many rock recordings in the sixties and seventies were mastered on these. You also don't need much power to drive these.

Just give your CD's and tapes and records to me.
Them you could come over and listen to them
on my stereo! It ROCKS!

What about the early, good version, of the Realistic Mach one's? Those, with a good el34 tube integrated, like an older ASL or even a NAD 3020A or a classic Sansui AU717, the Rock would sound punchy and great with those,just a thought.
Good luck

Thanks for the suggestions. I thought about getting a tube amp but I've been told it's not good to leave the power on all the time, which I do often. I have a turntable but most of my listening is with flacs through a modded soundcard. EQ does help, but turning down the high freq's loses a lot of the music.

The OHM Walsh or Spendors sounds like a possibility. I'm not sure about really old speakers because of the degradation of parts over time. Big speakers wouldn't work well in my small apartment. The heresy's I have are ok, but the sounds seems to blend together, I'd like to have more separation.