Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno

@jheppe815

some EDM/Electronic mixes are massive / "big console" type mixes that are very fun to experience with extended bass and a not overly compressed mix. Your senses are sometimes overwhelmed (in a good way) by these huge mixes played back at decent levels on a big system in a big, well treated room.

Can i recommend ’Oto’ by Fluke...in case you aren’t already familiar with it?

It’s truly astonishing, one magnificent soundscape after another. And the mastering is sublime, you can really crank the volume because it sounds so restrained and natural. The bass is extended and perfectly controlled, the sub bass is percussive at times, or swelling naturally at others. My favourite track gives one the impression of floating downstream, being carried by the current towards two rock giants hurling thunderbolts at each other....another ends with you floating in space, as warp beasts of mind boggling size gently drift by, and below you.

You’re just not going to get that with bookshelf speakers or, perhaps controversially, valve power amps. While i adore a valve pre, It takes solid state power to bring the fear factor to the pit of your stomach and quicken your pulse.

Oh god……..I’m sorry everyone BUT I’m going to say it, I don’t usually recommend these because of the crazy owners who do more harm than anything else but……

Tekton

I really don’t know of a better manufacturer for speakers for this type of music. DIs and Moab’s are perfect for your needs. Don’t even need sub. 

I'm assuming you're interested in bookshelves ... in this case, please check out Fritz Carrera BE speakers. They are phenomenal for all genres but especially excel at rock and techno. You'd be surprised the amount of taut bass these speakers can produce. The build quality and the fit and finish are excellent. They are easy to drive and play well with even low powered amps. To make it even better, Fritz offers a 30-day return policy, so basically you've got nothing to lose. The only downside I can think of is that they take quite a bit to fully open up -- for me it was around 200 hours. 

Did you guys read what Ralph said earlier? Simple logic dictates that there exist no speakers better suited to particular genres of music. Bad and good tendencies apply across the spectrum.

Simple logic dictates that there exist no speakers better suited to particular genres of music. Bad and good tendencies apply across the spectrum.

yes and no, in my opinion

some speakers do better with some musical genres than others because their strengths and weaknesses are more befitting and tolerated with certain kinds of music

example:

klipsches tektons zus - these are ’lively’ brash sounding speakers, excel with drum snaps, forward presentation, not the most refined, not the best at imaging - so they work well with electronic music, rock, ’party tunes’ - they are good with the beat, impact, energizing, in-your-face sound which is the essence and goodness of that kind of music

conversely, speakers of that ilk can be found to be too unrefined, sloppy, inexact for properly re-creating small ensemble jazz, acoustic music/piano/guitar/woodwinds, sparely accompanied vocals, classical/orchestral music ... they don’t image well enough, everything is up front in an even plane no depth, distortion can be heard around leading edges (a plus in rock music) and thus, listeners like me find them rather intolerable and unable to deliver the purity of sound i seek in serious and long listening sessions