What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?

^^ It depends on what options are installed. I think the base price is around $12,000/pair, with all the options I think they are about $37,000/pair.

Options are field coil powered woofers (there is an 18" available now), Mundorf caps in the crossover, and a larger diaphragm on the mid driver, which is beryllium with a Kapton surround and has no breakups in the audio passband.

Ok, cool, thanks.

So funds have been short this year so I had to scale down the speakers I wanted to try. However, I picked up a pair of Cerwin Vega xls-215 for 800$, brand new, (fell off a truck kind of deal, lol). Have them hooked up to a pair of Bel Canto EVo2 mono blocked and man do they rock. My audio friends and I are really surprised at how well these speakers perform. Even with the huge woofers they are very dynamic and have great soundstage as well. Silk dome tweeters are made for heavy guitar tones and no shrill like you get from Klipsh horns. First pair of non Audiophile speakers and have to say they really compare to much higher end stuff out there. Perfect party speaker and get as loud as you can take it with no complaints.

Update - Not enough room to get rid of the Arro's. Thinking Forest or Forest Signature. Still - Playing my ripped DVD Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death and it sounds okay. Not vinyl, but I'm a little too tanked to trust myself to get into the Iron Maiden vinyl.

whichever your direction, get a beast of a sub to control the low and bass drum.