Best Monitors for Rock N' Roll under $2500

Gooddomino-

You may trade in your Europas for more bass, but you DEFINITELY will miss the quality of sound happening above that bass.

Seandtaylor9-

The Callisto has dual ports, and is tuned to allow more bass output. Try listening to Ciarra's "Goodies" or Akon's "Locked Up" with the Europa. Both of these tracks have high-volume synth bass and TR-808 kicks. If you can't turn it up loud and rock your room, you now know what's to be gained in the Callisto. True, the -3 dB is 47Hz, but everything there and above, rocks!

I am a huge fan of the 1.3SE's and the Special 25's. If you want power in neutrality.... look no further.

Dynaudio Focus 140s or Merlins are my pick. I have personally owned B&W 804, 805, Dali Helicons, and Onix Reference.

Snicklefritz really summed it up:IMO you should Forget about refined "audiophile" mini-monitors and floorstanders with teeny woofers (especially in the $2500 range); most lack the raw punch and air moving capability required to adequately reproduce the emotional impact of live rock music.
Rock is not about retrieving subtle nuances and throwing out focused holographic images at 90db.
My Monitor audio silver 9i do Rock way better because of their "forewardness" compared to my Epos "imaging champs". You have to think that BIG "drivers" are better in this case. The DeCapo's may actually be a good choice if you really want a monitor type speaker as they play like a big speaker. Failing on the monitor style means that you will just have to try some bigger candidates. I personally love the sound of dynaudio but I'm not sure if that will give you what you want. Certainly I remember the first time I heard Dark side of the moon (~1974)on some classic JBL's with 12 inch drivers. The heartbeat i heard wasn't duplicated for 30 years with any of my own speakers!

You should put the Reference 3A mm de Capo on your short list. no crossover---high sensitive (this means rock out) and they handle power like crazy. Great speakers. Better for rock others you mentioned. Great bass by the way.