Your opinions on what speakers to go with?


I listen mostly to rock, dance/trance, female vocals?

My system is comprised of Rogue Audio M150 Monoblocks, Rogue Audio Perseus Preamp, Consonance Turandot Player, and Monitor RS8's speakers.

I am looking to upgrade the speakers and I would like to know your opinions on what to go with (or what companies make a system that for the most part sound great with the music that I listen to).

My problem is when I raise the volume only to mid levels I start hearing distortion coming from the Monitors, as well as sounds mixing together (when they shouldn't). I like to listen to my music loud so please keep that in mind.

Please any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Tom
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Of course, if this is something you are only experiencing recently then Tweak could be quite correct - you may have a tube issue. Another challenge could be microphonics when you play loud. Pink Floyd's studio have their tubes in an entirely separate room to avoid the microphonic problems at higher volume levels. I seriously doubt if cables/interconnects can cure a problem that only appears at higher volumes.

My advice was based on your stated interest in trance/dance genre and "like to listen loud". Check out this setup from a guy who mixes for Kaskade and other DJ's for club music.
I THINK ONCE YOU HAVE CHECHED YOUR TUBES YOU COULD UPGRADE YOUR SPEAKERS... CONSIDER USHER AUDIO 6 SERIES AND TYLER AUDIO SPEAKERS... BOTH WILL NOT BREAK UP WITH A LITTLE VOLUME. DEPENDING ON ROOM SIZE WILL DETERMINE WHICH MODEL IN EACH LINE WILL WORK BEST.
I had a pair of Monitor Audio silver s8's, which I believe were the british made predecessor of your RS8s. I recently dumped them off for a pair of Quad 22L2s. I can't honestly say I had any problems with distortion at moderate listening levels, but I have all solid state gear (Musical Fidelity A308 Integrated and a benchmark dac1).

The MAs have an abundance of low end base given the 3 6 1/2" drivers and dual rear ports. My complaint with them was boomy low frequency and shrill high frequency with the metallic dome tweeters at increased volume, so that may be the muddiness you're hearing (not really distortion, just poor imaging due to an overload of low end response). I agree though that power conditioning, better power cables and solid interconnects can clean up the sound quite a bit. You could probably get away with pure silver since you're using a tube setup (I found I can't as it's too much HF emphasis). I'll be the first to admit I'm not an expert (nor even close), but I've learned some through the growing pains of system upgrades and dealing with MAs.

The Quads throw out a much better sound stage and better imaging....at the expense of low end frequency response of course (one less 6 1/2" driver and one less rear port).
I strongly suggest you check out Digital Phase AP-4's.
They are made to order for your requirements.
Would the Usher BE-718's do the job, or would I need to stick with CP-8871's?

Thanks for all of your posts...

Regards
Tom