Best speakers for classic rock

Peaks in classical music can be as loud as a rock concert. Whether you can hear that in a recording or not is a different matter- that depends on if any compression is done in the recording.


You need good bass response to do classical right- there can be a lot of wallop in a 6' diameter bass drum!

Don't forget electronia in all its guises from the 70s until now. One of Vangelis's best LPs is the 1492 Soundtrack- nice bass on that one. Mike Oldfield did a nice recording about the same time called Songs of Distant Earth, both were available on import vinyl in the early 90s. Why limit yourself to classic rock??

I’ve been upgrading my system for several years now and each pair I bring home excells at something. That said, I do think some speakers are natural matches for specific music genres. This is self promoting but still true, I have a pair of speakers for sale online that had me spinning all my old rock cd’s with each one better than the last, Black Sabbath, Ted nugent, VH, UFO, the list goes on. Vienna Acoustics Strauss fed by my Hegel h360 was amazing, The same drivers as the Mahler but a single 11” woofer! and I always said va’s didn’t rock. I was having so much fun with the older stuff that I didn’t dig out any hi Rez stuff for several days and that’s when I figured out why they were so complimentary to the old stuff. A pretty gentle tweeter that isn’t going to compete with the be’s or dmd tweeters making the headlines. I think about keeping them just for Friday night sessions but it’s not practical. 

Very interesting stuff. I'm in a similar dilemma. Have a somewhat hi end system, with a SVS sub SB4000,  Amp/  Pass X250.8 , large area 20x30" high ceiling R&R at high 80's low 90's digital only , very nice DAC and hi end CD transport, and streaming Qobuz . My budget is used or new around 10K, give or take. Currently listening through Tekton DI's upgraded and love them. My wife thinks I'm nuts for looking. She loves my DI's. I guess I'm looking for a hi end speaker that enjoys R&R. As I have a SUB that I really like that supports my bass dreams, integrated very well, currently.  Just wondering if a speaker exists that has a GREAT MID RANGE and TREBLE to die for. Don't want JUST LOUD, want accuracy and detail to die for. Maybe I have it now and don't realize it. I need to get out more often. Spoke to ERIC at Tekton recently, as I really like my DI's.He suggested his MOAB speaker with a BE tweeter. We also spoke of his ENCORE speaker, which he loves , but stated  it is more at home with Classical,etc. He mentioned that he is working on a ENCORE with different, faster woofers, and different crossover. That really interests me. Looking for the best of both worlds, accuracy, hi end R&R. Does it exist!!!! Robert  TN

@tablejockey Wrote:

"Genre" speaker/gear is a ridiculous premise.

I agree!

Mike

Make sure to look into Open Baffle speakers. I listen to everything except Rap. I absolutely love my Emerald Physics 3.4s