Do they make Speakers For Rap/Rock

"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.

I would look at the bose professional series speakers. If the dance floor is 30 x 30 what is the size of the room? Again, take a look at the bose professional series. They have some premade packages that include amps, subs and the main speaks. Good luck.

I can confirm what others on this thread have said about ATC actives with regard to rock music. David Gilmour, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz and many rock artists use these speakers. However, the bass might be a little too tight and accurate for what rappers might prefer...

As for loudness levels, you can get night club music levels with an SCM 300 ASL without the harshness or compression you get from lesser quality "club" speakers....but you will also need a night club venue; an acoustically treated room and a large lot, far away from any neighbours.

I have the active SCM 100's at home with a 0.1/15 sub. I supect they would be ample enough for your described need. I don't do big dance parties, but after 25 years of collecting speakers, for the first time, I can enjoy music continuously and accurately at levels similar to live music with very little compression (heaps of headroom and dynamic range). I don't even need to drive them hard as it quickly gets too loud for my 25' by 20' room.

I have found the SCM 20's, as some have suggested, can get close to rock party/live loudness levels when driven hard in a small room. However, there is noticeably less dynamic range than the 100's; I think this setup would be flirting with driver damage in the passive version and I suspect the soft clipping circuit on the actives would often kick in, protecting the drivers but adding distortion. You would definitely need a sub as the lack of extreme LF bass is obvious at higher levels on some material.

SPL's on different tracks can vary widely, particularly with digital sources, what may be rock party optimum on one track might blow a driver or distort on another track. With an SCM 20 you probably would not enjoy the party, my guess is that you would be fretting over volume levels all the time just to keep it at the desired loudness without distortion/damage!

Cinematic_systems,

Thanks for the suggestions. Although I don't listen to rap I will probably go pick up 50 Cent out of curiosity. One of the main things that drives me crazy about a lot of rap and electronica is that they use drum machines which to me don't sound strange and I can't get past it. But I guess that is a trait of the two. Sorry to get off subject. Thanks again Cinematic_systems.

I had a pair of Hales Revelation 3's that could rock really hard. My current Aerial 9's do as well.

I have a REL Storm III sub that I turn on when I want to pressurize the room.

A pair of Soliloquy 5.0's and a small sub worked wonders for me a few years back.

How big is your room? How loud is loud? Club loud? Or just "can't have a conversation without shouting" loud? The club stuff is cheap to buy -- a powered pair of EV's can be had for a few hundred bucks. Check out the website for Platinum Records to see the brands. The latter can be achieved with any number of dynamic speakers, especially if augmented by a sub, but then the quality comes with a stiffer pricetag.

And there are some excellent recordings of hip hop and rap. Not much excellent music (some, for sure) but the recording technology isn't worse than any other recording technology.

YMMV,

Rich

As one commentator noted, the better the gear, the less likely you are to notice it's loud. Crappy systems add distortion and that leads to higher perceived loudness.