The ELAC are going to be very hard to beat (if not impossible) for this amount of money. I heard the bargain basement Elac as well as mid level. They are all very excellent for sound quality, have an extremely well balanced sound, are not bright, and can rock out.
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Those JBL speakers also look to be a good deal, but be careful of the titanium dome tweeter as those can be very bright sounding (possibly not great for rock music).
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Those JBL speakers also look to be a good deal, but be careful of the titanium dome tweeter as those can be very bright sounding (possibly not great for rock music).