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What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?

I know totally blasphemy question here on Audiogon. But you like what you like, right? Anyway, I know most metal music is totally compressed and recorded horrible (aka Metallica) however there is a new age of metal bands out there that are starting to change that (Opeth started with Blackwater Park). So what speakers out there can take the pounding of a double bass drum kit hitting at full throttle and give the roar of metal guitar justice. There has to be a set up that would make Glen Tipton turn his head and say hell ya!
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jasonbourne52
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Altec Stonehenge 1 is a killer speaker for LOUD rock and metal! I have a pair - and prefer them over the Model 19. 

mofojo
2,291 posts
 

All speakers can play anything equally well is complete BS. Play some Slayer on some Vegas then play it on some Harbeths. What sounds better? Some female vocal stuff vice versa. No comparison. Ohh how bought play some sepultura on some high end Sonus Fabers ! Lol

fiesta75
1,378 posts
 

Altec, JBL or Cerwin Vega.

celtic66
1,656 posts
 

Find myself repeating myself because the answer does not vary.  Wrote this response for another thread.

Now, stop mucking about. These will blend you into the wall paint, affect your blood circulation and rearrange you on a molecular level. Oh, and they reproduce music very cleanly.

ATC SCM110ASL Pro Dual 9" Powered 3-way Studio Monitor ATC 1" dual-suspension S-Spec tweeter ATC 3" Super Dome midrange driver Twin SL Spec 9" bass drivers Onboard ATC grounded-source 350W Tri-amp pack Maximum continuous SPL (1 meter): 115dB Amplifier output: LF 200W, MF 100W, HF 50W Weight: 160.6 pounds

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johnk
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I am lucky enough to have loudspeakers that Van Halen RUSH Dio Metalica Tesla Judas Priest etc all played through live. I repurposed these horns into modern loudspeakers so when I listen to metal it's just as it should be heard. Through horns that the artists actually used in concert.

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