Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno

@gavman Alternatively how about 'Sensory' by Symbiosis? On the original vinyl, the speed was specified at 33 1/3 which was incorrect. But that is how I always played it...

@atmasphere 

Yes i certainly preferred that...we'd call that genre 'goa trance'.

If you like the 808 sound, try this?

All Ablaze, by Ian Brown

Meanwhile, getting back to bass extension, solidity, punch😁

We have a genre known as drum and bass. Here the melody is often in the sub-bass. This also happens to be my favourite tune by anyone.

The bass is astonishing 

@atmasphere    In a similar vein (and this has nothing to do with bass) I got the 12" EP of the DKs "Holiday in Cambodia" and inadvertently played it at 33 1/3 rpm. I never went back...killer.

Well man you seem like enjoying the same music genres as I do. FYI I listened to most 90s/00s hiphop 70% of the time, 10% would be for rock & techno each, and 10% for other genres. 

Before I bought my speakers I tried many brands, from active Yamaha, Genelecs, D&B (my company is a resellers for these), to auditioning passive speakers at hi-fi store: Pro-Ac Respond, Dynaudio, Focal, Spendor, Kef LS50, Kef Reference 3, Revel, Sonus Faber, Monitor Audio Gold 300, let's say that hi-fi store here in Singapore are small and have a limited setting since it's in shopping malls, so my experience would not reach the speakers' capability, plus I have just been in this journey for less than 5 years, but here is my experience:

1. I found Monitor Audio with ribbon tweeter to be the fastest, most dynamic (which is very important to hiphop - I don't want my Public Enemy to be so laid back), however it sounds a bit too sharp & I get fatigue very quickly. 

2. Spendors A series are the most musical of them, bass is thick and punchy, mid si fully textured & high are clear and lively but not very sharp to the ears ,  the harmony of the music is lovely and I can really feel that I can enjoy them for a long time. I was looking at the D series, which the dealer said it is even better than the A but they don't have one for demo, plus it's over my budget so I gave up. 

3. My friend has a pair of Sonus Faber Olympica 1 can it sounds lovely and the bass reproduction is amazing too, punchy and right to the chest without any subwoofer. However his systems paring with Mcintosh amplification is also over my budget. 

HOWEVER, things get very interesting when I audition a pair of Joseph speakers RM7XL and without a doubt, I bought it on the spot because the sounds they reproduce is purely music, is the joy to listen to: from details, harmony, soundstage, speed, they have everything for just above a grand. If you have a dealer nearby, please go a try it, it perfect for me for all the music genres I listen to, and it is just amazingly well priced. Since then, 5 years passed and I have listened to many other speakers but I only upgrade my speakers through the Joseph Speakers line, now I owned 3 pairs of them, including their flagship Pearls. I listen to hiphop on them almost everyday and I feel that they are best for every buck, I don't need to spend so much on the speakers and more on other electronics along the chain.

P/S: My top 10 GOATs: Rakim, the Beastie Boys, Nas, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Outkast, Wu Tang Clan, Kendrick, Public Enemy, ATCQ. Hope that helps. 

@acresverde - Jello is a friend of mine; I'll tell him about that - he'll get a laugh out of that!