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Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno

I love many genres of music. Having a hard time finding a speaker that sounds great with hip hop, techno and rock. Suppose I should mention I've auditioned the Dynaudios Hertiage Specials and Sonus Faber Oylmpia Nova 1s. They sound fantastic with classical, acustic guitar, female voices etc... But what audiophile speaker ..especially at the 7-8k price point doesn't. Idk..  Im starting to think I need two sets of speakers. Sonus Faber Olympica Novas sound beautiful...then maybe a pair for other genres of music. Any suggestions for speakers that sound great for hip hop rock and tecno? I'm only able to do bookshelves...and I do have a pair of RELs already.

My pwr amp is a coda no.8 v2 @ 250w

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overthemoon
419 posts
 

@arcticdeth Hooray for Cerwin Vegas!

mofojo
2,300 posts
 

Cerwin’s, especially the older ones are absolutely voiced to rock and hop! 

mofojo
2,300 posts
 

I hear posters say if a speaker if good then it’s good for all music over and over. IME that’s complete BS. Every damn speaker is voiced to an extent otherwise we would all listen to studio monitors.

regismc
112 posts
 

 

rolox
181 posts
 

For stand mounts, I'd try to find some Klipsch RB75 second hand: an 8inch woofer and a compression driver. I wouldn't go for the lesser models, with a horn loaded tweeter instead of a true compression driver.

 

My system is huge, fully horn loaded (except the subs), tri-amped, with an average sensitivity of 105dB. Completely DIY. It does double duty for me: during the week, it soothes with Jazz, classical, soul, opera... but the weekends, our DJ friends come over, and we play techno / tech-house / house. For me the ability to do both is mandatory; the hardest part was of course to make it audiophile enough for pleasurable classical reproduction, while at the same time pounding and screeching with the best techno tracks. It's been a challenge, but I think I succeeded. :-)

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