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Great Rock & Roll speakers?

I have a pair of Vandersteen 2 sigs with a DNA-1 & CJ PV10al. I have never been able to get the image proper with the speakers due to odd ball room placement. I really like the speakers but need something to image better in the same price class. I don't have a lot of room behind the speakers & don't want monitors. I really love the bass response of the speakers but had the idiot lights flash during a listening session once. Since then I have been paranoid to really crank them. I spoke with Richard & he explained how the lights work so it is obvious that I listen to alot of music that is heavy in the mid-bass region. So I need to find a speaker that is a good match to my DNA & CJ that will image well sitting close to the walls. The overall size of the speaker isn't much of a concern as long as they aren't much larger than the Vandy's. Speaker placement issues would pretty much rule out planar speakers & adding additional subs is not the direction I would like to take. Check my system here & let me know your thoughts.
fishwater
tweakster
19 posts
 
I listend to both the Vandy 2ce's and the Paradigm Studio Reference 100's at my dealer.

I also listen to rock n roll.Rush, Metallica, Stevie Ray Vaugn, Iron Maiden, Hoobastank, Megadeth, and Disturbed are some of what I choose.

I listend to a bit of all of it on both speakers.

I realy liked the sound of the Vandy's, with their matching sub. Even with the sub they didn't quite go low enough for me.They don't go loud enough for me either.

The 100'S will go loud enough but be prepaired to give them lot's of juice, for when the bass gets a cook'in with groups like Disturbed, they need it, like 250+.

As one reviewer also mentioneed they don't throw that big of a soundstage, and in my opinion they were lacking when the electric guitars went off with soaring solos.

I passed on both for the reasons mentioned.

Look you I need to look at those NHT'S or the PSB Gold's.
tweakster
19 posts
 
I should have mentioned the 100's I listend to were the V2'S.
phizzer
23 posts
 
Tweakster,
like the choice in your music and we seem to listen to a lot of the same stuff. I agree with you on your assesment of the vandersteens. As far as the 100's go, they do need juice to crank them but they do a pretty good job on rock imho. You must like a speaker that is a bit more forward so that wailing guitar can stand out and really come at you the way you want it to. Let me know what you think of the gold's when you listen to them. To me, they are a little more laid back and smoother. I do not know if you will like it in that respect. NHT' require serious juice to crank em.
fishwater OP
178 posts
 
I found a pair of Montana's that I really enjoyed, they are smaller than I wanted but so far have the sonic characters I am looking for. I do not have a PSB dealer near me with Golds & still have to check out the Matrix's this week. So the search is still on, I'll keep everyone posted.
abex
322 posts
 
I use a pair of Modified NEAR M15's and will be getting a set of NEAR M50's that are really phenominal on everything I have heard them with.

Alot of rockers like Klipsch ,but I think for myself I would try VMPS.I heard some Vany's and was not to impressed,but the amps and CDP might have been liable.

B&W's are not to shabby either,but my NEARs had them in soundstage articulation, detail and Bass.

I would like to hear the speakers from Monitor Audio also.
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