Bass:
Live is too short not to have great bass in your listening room. Getting a pro's help is a great idea. GIK Acoustics will also do remote consulting for you. If you are loathe to do any tone changes to your mains, having one or two subs which you can DSP in a well treated room is nirvana. Figure out how you'll do that first, because you may do very well with very good 2-way systems. In a well tuned room, 2 ways sound much bigger and dynamic than they have any right to otherwise.
Having said that, rock often benefits from a 3-way system. The midrange gives you more headroom and can sound more lively.
You need to fill us in on your room size, and usual speaker placements though. Still, my go-to mid-price speakers is always Monitor Audio, but I also like Lawrence. Lawrence may be too neutral for you though.
What about some gently used JBL monitors? Definitely the right sound for rock. :)
Best,
Erik
Live is too short not to have great bass in your listening room. Getting a pro's help is a great idea. GIK Acoustics will also do remote consulting for you. If you are loathe to do any tone changes to your mains, having one or two subs which you can DSP in a well treated room is nirvana. Figure out how you'll do that first, because you may do very well with very good 2-way systems. In a well tuned room, 2 ways sound much bigger and dynamic than they have any right to otherwise.
Having said that, rock often benefits from a 3-way system. The midrange gives you more headroom and can sound more lively.
You need to fill us in on your room size, and usual speaker placements though. Still, my go-to mid-price speakers is always Monitor Audio, but I also like Lawrence. Lawrence may be too neutral for you though.
What about some gently used JBL monitors? Definitely the right sound for rock. :)
Best,
Erik