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Best speaker for songs like Heart - Alone

Hello!
I have tried to get help with finding speakers (and amp) recently on this forum, but with no luck. I try again with an other topic.

What speaker (and amp) plays Heart - Alone in the best way? ALL high-end speakers I have heard plays this song very bad. It's way too bright and hard, specially in the chorus, and it's lacks of bass so it sounds thin.

I want the song to be soft and relaxed in treble, and there should be good bass in the song.

If I play this song on a cheap boomblaster on my car stereo it sounds really good, but on a $10.000 stereo system it always sounds very bad.

It's frustrating, because I want to buy a good system (cheap speakers can't play very deep bass and are not always so punchy in the bass), but I can't find anything that works.

I don't want vintage equipment. It must be possible to buy it new. EQ is of course an opportunity, but anywat I want suggestions for speakers and amp that plays this 80's hard rock music in a good way.

Thanks
rockpanther
timo62
280 posts
 
Rockpanther , Are you looking for a complete new system starting from scratch , or do you already own some equipment??

Also , do you have any local audio dealers near where you live to audition a different mix of speakers and associated equipment?
zd542
5,339 posts
 
No one can really answer that question in any meaningful way. We all like different things. Why are you only considering the amp and speakers? Your preamp and source is just as important. If they're not to your liking and/or well matched to your other components, it won't matter what amp and speakers you use.
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maplegrovemusic
1,113 posts
 
Here is the trick . Buy a speaker that will pressurize the room with bass at low volumes . You will find yourself listening to music at lower volumes and not driving your speakers to distortion . Also speakers that do bass well at lower volumes tend to sound better as you turn them up anyways. Take the two way Proac Response 2.5 for example . When i had this speaker i tried several class a/b and class d amps . Then i used a thirty watt class a amp and it was a match made in heaven . It just gripped the driver without distortion .

your source can be tailored for Heart music as well . You will have to experiment with dacs and pres and cables too . everyones system is different . But there is enough universal advice that is not personal preference ,laws of physics to get you in the right direction
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