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Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound?

Admittedly, this may come off as an unsophisticated post for audiophiles, but I'm seeking advice nonetheless. 

I have a house with an open floorplan and love entertaining. I'm looking to create the auditory feeling of a high-end nightclub at home, as opposed to having a setup with the goal of creating a single ideal listening point. After traveling to Ibiza and hearing some of the world's best nightclub sound systems I fell in love with how they bathe you in sound. Since I can't fit a Funktion One Dance Stack in my home, I'm curious as to what I should look for in the home audio realm to recreate that feeling of filling a room with powerful sound that isn't super directional. 

With a total initial budget of about 4-6k (1k - 3k for a pair of speakers), what qualities should I begin looking for to create this sort of system? I'm thinking used higher-end speakers might be a better solution. 

I've noticed a few different categories of sorts: some speakers have a single driver with a wide-range, like the Zu Audio Soul, while others have several for different drivers, like B&W 603. I absolutely loved the line-source sound from Martin Logan ESL speakers, but their directionality is exactly the opposite of what I want. Moving 2 feet to the left or right of their line of fire made it sound like the music was coming from the next room over. I live in Los Angeles, so there are plenty of used, good quality, higher-end speakers circulating in the marketplace. Can anybody offer a little guidance to narrow my search for what sort of speakers/amp combination might best accomplish this? 
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canibefrank
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love this thread...
forgive me if I aleready mentioned this, but I have a Yamaha DRX10 that sounds excellent and is powered. I use it for literally everything ... my bass rig, my guitar rig, stereo and PA duty. It has a bit of hiss (white noise) at idle with no input. I see that Tannoy has a powered version of the V12, the VXP12 and that may be my stereo upgrade in the future. One reason I really like these powered PA monitors is that I travel and work internationally and offloading a mid to high-end set of audiophile speakers in some of these countries is near impossible but these powered pro-audio boxes always have a market .. my bottom dweller will probably be a Behringer 15 inch powered sub .. or two. I figure for 3-4 K you can have an absolutely wall crumbling stereo, less $ used and even less $ if you move down in driver size.
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rocray
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130+dB? No thanks. I guess I’m an old fart. That would definitely rattle my stents loose. 
speakermaster
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Altec lansing a 7 speakers of any vintage are the perfect club simulator for your home they will give you that live visceral experience every time.
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b_limo
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For a club experience at home, set it up like a club.  Put a mackie srm450 in each corner top corner.  Its important to have the speakers above everyone so that when people are standing up dancing, they dont block the speakers.  Add 4 big accompanying mackie subs. Use a bluesound node 2i into a good dac and then eq or dsp.  Control the music from your phone or ipad.  Get spotify, tidal and amazon hd; that way you’ll have all your music covered.

Id add sound treatments from gik all over the place.  This will allow you to play music loudly, cleanly and for long periods without destroying everyones ears.

last tip, play to the audience / guests.  Whatever they like they’ll dance to so tune in on that then find a good playlist with that genre so that you can entertain guests rather than picking a new song every 3 minutes.

If people are into it crank it up.  If everyone is trying to converse, either change music or turn it down or both.  

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zufan
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I have a set of Zu Omen Defs that could prolly recreate a jet engine, but I rarely wind them up. Mostly jazz. However, I do now & then, on EDM / beats type stuff. They're seemingly limitless. They don't have pounding bass like a sub will but from ~35 on up or so, buckle up.
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