Do they make Speakers For Rap/Rock

Commercial speakers (JBL, EV, Klipsch). Most of these will have circuit breakers to avoid damage, they put out loads of bass and are fairly efficient (110db with 100 watts).

Keep in mind that a nice crest or qsc amp would help tremendously. Even though a nice Onkyo receiver may be rated at 110db/THX, it won't keep up that pace with nearly the ease of a nice QSC amp.

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In fact, there was this dance club in Manhattan we went to late one night after the Stereophile show. There was this little brunette dancing soooo perfect to the super loud dance mixes. Of course she was not much older than my teenage son, but HEY, I was just looking :^)

Glad I'm not the only one just looking... =P

I reccommend a pair of Klipsch Epic CF3's or CF4's. I use CF3's and they can handle 250 watts continous with 1000 watt peaks. They are pro sound voiced, 100dB efficient and hit like a concert monitor when cranked. They will pound you with rap and rock all day long. They are a fantastic speaker for any type of music and for movies as well. There is a pair for sale here on Audiogon right now for around $700 or so.

a long time back a dealer really cranked up a pair of B&W 802 matrix speakers proclaiming that you "couldn't blow them".
i'm glad he was willing to take a chance like that with the store's inventory rather than my stereo... anyway, they didn't display any strain that i could hear, and this was definitely at "rock party" levels. RAP music however is so percussive that i can't render an opinion. if you can get a pair of 801/802 with the apoc protection circuit in the crossover which will save the tweeter under studio-monitor conditions, and you can still get driver replacements, they are tough to beat, and they do mozart too. so imho get two pairs of 801's and pretend you're at a concert...

"Can you give us an example of audiophile quality rap recording? Sorry."

Eldarado you assume that the production quality is low on this type of music and if you bothered to listen to some of the music you would find that the producers of this music stretch the bandwidth capture crystal clear vocals and effects, some tracks on 50cents album, Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Public Enemy, Run DMc, Colors Soundtrack, add lots of Soundtracks are startlingly clear and well defined.

I am always surprised by how good some of the hip hop tracks are produced and make the most of what my system can handle. I usually get a sampling through the Now! pop compilation series and usually the Hip hop selections are the stand out tracks from a production standpoint.