Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K

Stuff in your budget worth auditing...

15k - Yamaha NS5000

11k - Borresen X3

But, you will need to put that flea watt power amp away for either speaker and get a pair of Schiit Tyr monoblocks. Those 350 watts will make either speaker kick like a mule.

I find listening to rock vs jazz, instrumentals or classical are totally different.  With Rock I am listening to guitars, drums, and maybe a piano.  I am listening to the overall beat and vibe.   Rock and roll recordings are meant for dynamic speakers.  I don't think you are going to be in a room and picturing where the lead guitar is vs the bass guitar.  That is why I would go SS and Texton or ATC if that is all your are listening too.  

The Op has great amps probably from Gestalt Audio if I were to guess.  I have Horn speakers that are 98DB.  I truly love horn speakers for my Jazz, Classical, and instrumental listening.  Rock and roll do not engage me in serious listening.  I think it is all about the musical instruments and being able to hear each instrument.  Rock and roll is dynamic and in your face.  I would not even use a tube Preamp for just rock and roll.  I am not saying that my speakers do not play rock and roll good either.  I am saying that a dynamic speaker is what I would get if all I was interested in was Rcok.

I am curious what the op is going to do.  

ThePerlisten R7 Loudspeakers are excellent and will play very loud without breaking a sweat  and very musical for any type  of music at $10 k 

before discounts a true audio bargain  checkout the reviews on YouTube 

Zu

I don't think you are going to be in a room and picturing where the lead guitar is vs the bass guitar. 

@willgolf This suggests to me that you've not heard every rock recording out there. I run a studio; we pay attention to where we place instruments in the mix as do many studios! We record the drums with only 2 mics so we get as natural a sound out of them as possible.

You might try playing side one of Islands by King Crimson. This starts out as a jazzy piece and its very well recorded. It transitions to a pretty intense rock sound featuring multiple Mellotron tracks. It has depth and imaging. You might also try a good copy of ELP's first album... I can go on; I hope you get the point.