Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno


I love many genres of music. Having a hard time finding a speaker that sounds great with hip hop, techno and rock. Suppose I should mention I've auditioned the Dynaudios Hertiage Specials and Sonus Faber Oylmpia Nova 1s. They sound fantastic with classical, acustic guitar, female voices etc... But what audiophile speaker ..especially at the 7-8k price point doesn't. Idk..  Im starting to think I need two sets of speakers. Sonus Faber Olympica Novas sound beautiful...then maybe a pair for other genres of music. Any suggestions for speakers that sound great for hip hop rock and tecno? I'm only able to do bookshelves...and I do have a pair of RELs already.

My pwr amp is a coda no.8 v2 @ 250w

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I must add that even when playing "audiophile approved" music, having lived with ultra high sensitivity speakers for years (and the micro and macro dynamics that go with those), I find a lot (if not most) of audiophile speakers (at least those that are still affordable if you're not crazy rich) to be overly polite, voiced to be "safe", and rather bland and boring. It gets worse when they are brought home and associated with the wrong equipment. I tend to be more easily moved by speakers that are either more "alive" than average (single drivers with very light cones, horns) or more transparent (ESLs, ribbons...). Dynamic relationships between instruments, life, contrasts, that's where music lives for me, not in the flattest / smoothest treble ever measured. YMMV, of course, and we are all sensitive to different things.

cerwin vega is good for young people,who likes  feel vibrancy of beat and bass go through entire floor and walls and likes booming bass

dynaudio contour worked fine for techno and rap and rock music when listening louder than usual with krell,bryston and top of the range onkyo amp combo

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