What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock?

For Vintage speakers, i'm going to vote for the Infinity IRS Gamma. You can't beat physics; with 4 x 12" Watkins dual voice coil woofers, the Gamma's get down to 15Hz & pound!

For 80s hard rock I really enjoyed a pair of Advent 5012 W speakers that were re-foamed and restored. I powered them with an Accuphase E202 Integrated but had to be careful with the volume control.

What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock?

Yamaha NS1000's

Cheers George

My Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T3.3 are the best for rock and roll.  And **all** other forms of music. Because they are the best. In my room. That I've heard so far. With my equipment. And my taste.

Once again, the idea that a speaker is better for one kind of music as opposed to another is 100% myth. The speaker is unable to distinguish what music it is playing.

We're talking about **1980s** **hard rock** for Pete's sake! What if its 1970s hard rock or 1990s hard rock?? Or what if its 1980s metal (which is not hard rock- ask any metal dude if hard rock is 'true')?

How in the heck can speakers be so genre specific?? The simple fact is that they are not. If its good for classical, it will have the punch, detail and dynamic range to handle rock or folk or whatever you throw at it. All speakers trade off things in price and performance; some might say that you need more efficiency or bass to do rock right, but you need that for classical too. As well as 90s house dub. And the ability to play my band, which is 2010s hard rock (space rock actually; slightly different genre...).

So- the idea that a speaker is somehow genre specific if complete nonsense and is 100% myth, and FWIW is the biggest myth in the world of loudspeakers. 

My speaker system sounds great for all eras of hard Rock & Roll, except a few specific things from late June of 1979…otherwise atmasphere is correct as usual, although some may find analog recordings of Liberian Death Mumblecore using a 1952 Martin Tiple somewhat challenging for drivers using alnico magnets. Trust me.