Best speakers for 3 cord rock and roll

dress nicely and be courteous and go when they are not overwhelmed with customers

Scott,

Upon re-reaing this it could be taken the wrong way. I mean no disrespect to you.

....all I mean is that if you show people a great deal of respect then they tend to give it back and that way you will get way more out of an audition...I know from bad experiences myself.

Pretty much all Montanas, even down to the SP2/3 are very good at doing loud, dynamic rock n roll.

Ive been hunting the same, though in addition to 3 chord rock add metal to the mix. So far I tend to find an either/or kind of presentation. Either great with imaging/nuance or punch/power...but not both. Its all about trade off's I guess. But without typing a novel, the latest speaker I heard that did both very well, was the B&W 804S. Probably not much above your budget used.

You might find you can get your Ya-Ya's out with Dynaudio. Likely a dealer in your area. Perhaps mid-fi compared with some of the favorites here, I bought a pair of 72 floorstanders for about half your budget for my basement after listening and liking my son's powered monitors he used for mixing.

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations. I'm now going to visit some shops and take a listen. I'll keep you posted as to what I hear. I'm still interested in the little horns from the horn shoppe so if any of you hear them put a little rock into the mix for me.