Help with a system for a guy into electronic music

Coloneltushfinger, I have a room half the size of yours and the Dynaudio Focus 160 didn't work for electronic music as the bass was a bit slow, too big and swollen with any amp I tried. I have heard the speakers in bigger rooms and they were amazing, even with tube amps! I've tried most genres, electronic music aswell and that requires a lot of power from the amp! If you can, make sure to try the combo in your room. I have never had any thoughts about using a sub to these speakers, no way, they play very deep by themselves! Unless you are a big deep bass fan of course.

For electronic music, I would also try another danish speaker brand: System Audio. The sound is just a rich and full as Dynaudio but much "quicker" in the bass. The new System Audio Mantra 50 floorstander is probably a very good choice. I have heard the Mantra 60 and compared it side by side with Dynaudio Focus 160, in two different rooms, and it is actually better in every aspect as long as you don't have a very small room. Both speakers are great though!

I'm a big fan of electronic music from way back. I bought Tangerine Dream's Pheadra LP within a week of when it came out.

I've followed the ambient music scene ever since. Infinity Project , Global Communications, Transient Waves, Massive Attack, Juno Reactor, etc. I guess I like the dreamy stuff, but with lots of bass impact in the recording. Many of them I find to be demonstration quality and I often play them (all are on LP BTW) at shows.

I use tube amps and easy to drive speakers. I find it much easier to get the system to play bass and I can reach higher volumes without pain. At home I have Classic Audio Loudspeakers (model t-3.2) but I am a big fan of the Audiokinesis speakers, which pack a huge bang for the buck. Speakers like these allow me to get by with a 60 watt/channel amp without fear of clipping, they can shake the building and have tons of resoltion. The tube amps I use have direct-coupled outputs so they have full power to 2Hz. They can play bass like nothing else.

Did you know they can put a 10Hz signal on an LP? One reason I play analog because the bass is better :)

Egoben, fastness is really important, but I'd rather let the subs deal with that rather than the speakers.

Egoben, also, I can't seem to find anyone in Chicago with System Audio Mantra's :(