Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system?

@artemus_5 ,

If you are enjoying the Judas Priest "British Steel" album, give a listen to their 2nd studio release, the 1976 album, "Sad Wings of Destiny".  A very well mixed and engineered slab of vinyl that was the beginnings of "Heavy Metal".  Another band that is on the heavy side with great engineering and mixes is the Swedish band Opeth.

That's no room...(say it with me..) that's a space station!

I have been there, trust me, a space station is what audiophiles settle for when they don't have the budget for Mike's room. Put it this way, when the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation wanted a system suitable for the Enterprise it turned out the Holodeck was easier and cheaper. 

@audiodidact

@millercarbon

thanks guys, for the kind comments.

i feel lucky to enjoy my room. and the room tuning-sweat equity part of it, which cost me almost nothing, and took twelve years of learning and effort, is really what makes it special. having a big budget (spread out over a couple of decades of system building) is only a part of it. the pieces need to have synergy. all the little things acoustically have to be right to handle large scale music without it falling apart as things get cooking.

i do listen to heavy metal (that fits my taste) at high SPL’s and enjoy it a great deal. much of my drive to sell my old house and buy the new place 18 years ago, was so i could do justice to large scale music and not have the room hold the musical enjoyment back.

it’s a large commitment but i was all in.

I grew up a metal only fan loved all of it. Even though my listening habits and rotation have changed I still will put on some metal. I would not say that on my reference system it is bad but it definitely sound different from what my ears remember. Have to realize my memory is with it played loud at a party, in a car, or even at home never siting in the sweet spot. Bose speakers hanging from the celling and my chair under them. I have to admit I think it sounds better in my car than at home right now but that is only based on my memory. I have listened to new releases like the new Iron Maiden at home where I have now built in memory and I does sound great! IMO It does sound much better at low to moderate volume, I find I turn up the Doors and turn down Maiden.

@ allenf1963

I appreciate the recommendation. However I must disagree that it was the beginning of Heavy metal. Zep & Sabbath are generally known as the beginning  (1969). But IMO, Iron Butterfly  was HM and were playing before Zep & Sabbath. And I'm sure there were others. That said, in the '60's & early 70's the genre was mostly known as hard Rock hard. There was lots of hard rock too with too many artists to mention. IMO, HM is not easily defined, especially in the 60's & 70's. IE, where does hard rock end and HM begin?