Devore O 93

There seems to be some varying opinions on the Devore O series speakers when playing rock.  I've seen the occaisonal person who demoed them and found them too polite with rock.  I think this might be because they do not have an agressive top end.  It's open and airy, but "easy on the ears."

On the other hand, you'll be hard pressed to find a speaker with a thicker, more "meaty" presentation near their size.  So it sort of depends, perhaps, what an individual seizes upon as the character that stands out.

In my case, like a number of other people, I found the Devores to be particularly great with rock!  (Mostly Rush, Van Halen, some others).The 0/93s have big, rich, "feel it" bass, good snap for drums, and do electric guitars beautifully as a thick wall of sound.   A lot of other speakers sound wispy and smaller by comparison with rock.

So the Devores had a great sense of drive, richness, palpabiity and power that sold the energy of rock, while being just polite enough on top to allow my ears to relax when listening (as distorted guitars can be pretty edgy to listen to over much time, if given too much prominence IMO).

I'd think the characteristics I described would map on well to the groups you mention.

Hope that helps.

I would say try some Robin Trower with them. Soulful but edgy at times. Bet they sound great!

I have owned mine for just over two years. They are great with rock. I have seen people in an obvious state of awe when I play LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver on my digital rig. I own the same record on vinyl and though I generally prefer vinyl, the deep bass synth is more punchy with the digital version imo. Two other great records-yes on vinyl-to audition the O/93's with are Soul Coughing's Ruby Vroom and Sneaker Pimps' Becoming X. 
The O/93's are extremely sensitive to placement in the corners-every half inch from the sidewalls and front wall matters. They will amaze in a small room. For larger rooms, the O/96 is even more impressive. I have listened to both and if I had a larger room, I would get the O/96's. The 93's are arguably more refined and coherent, the 96's are simply engaging like no other speaker I have ever heard, again just imho. 
Also, despite the naysayers, at least with my amp, an ARC Ref150SE, they are extremely sensitive to speaker cable choice. I tried six top brands and heard distinct differences with each, some seemed to throttle the 93's and others allowed them to do their thing. I ended up with Cardas Clear. 

Hi fsonicsmith, how close to the front wall could I place the O-93 or 0-96? They would be in my living room and I can’t bring them too far into the room.

To the question "Do O-93s rock?" the answer is a resounding Yes!  Like many in this forum, my musical interests range from classic jazz to emo-adjacent punk rock, with stops at classic and new rock along the way.  I've found the O-93 to be a great speaker for all these styles of music.  As others point out, choice of components matter (I've found good harmony with a Leben amp and Anti-Cable interconnects) as does room size (mine is a medium-sized room above my garage that doubles as a listening room/office).  In terms of placement, I've found the O-93s need some breathing room, mine are 36" from the back wall, 15" from the side walls.

To the mod(s), may I ask what is going on here? Pmowbray1 asked me a question but I only saw it as a private message and responded. Now I happen to notice that my reply to his PM evidently got posted and then removed. My reply was sincere and I think, informative and nothing else. So there are two issues;

1) How did a PM response become a post on a public thread, and

2) Why was it then removed?

And let's tackle something else while we are at it. I accidentally deleted my A-Gon purchase/sales account and that resulted in my losing my ability to post in Forums. So to remedy that, I created a new account under the same user name other than a "1" after it, from Fsonicsmith to Fsonicsmith1. Does this cause you to suspect I am a scammer?