Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K

@atmasphere 

I will gladly take a listen to the King Crimson album.  King Crimson in general is a very different type of rock similar to Pink Floyd.   I have been  a fan of King Crimson.

If I were to just listen to rock.....Van Halen, Bob Seger, Jethro Tull, Who, Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Metallica etc etc, then I would just get a good SS amp and dynamic-sounding speakers.  Again, that would just be my preference and it would have saved me thousand of dollars...lol

On my system, which is Aries Cerat amplification, Lampi Horizon DAC, Lucas Audio Music Server, and Viking Acoustic Dual Horn Grande Voix speakers.(soon to be Aries Cerat Aurora speakers), I just have not heard many rock songs that from the production level just wow me.  But when I have friends over and they want to blast that type of music they love it.  

It boils down to my tastes during a critical listening session are different than anyone else.  Everyone has their tastes.  Cheers

JBL has always been great Rock speakers

L100s and larger studio monitors.

It’s obvious that a few here have never really listened to Rock, otherwise they would not be recommending Vandersteen, Volti and other speakers that were voiced with Classical and Jazz. I owned 2 pairs of Vandersteen and they sucked on Rock.  You need a speaker that puts out a big sound and inefficient Vandersteen will not do it.  When I talk Rock, I am thinking along the lines of LED Zepp, PF, Nirvana, etc. Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and even C,S&N are lighter rock and may be suitable to the “other” speakers mentioned but not for real Rock.  My 2 cents worth.  

@stereo5 

What would you recommend?

It’s obvious that a few here have never really listened to Rock, otherwise they would not be recommending Vandersteen, Volti and other speakers that were voiced with Classical and Jazz.

@stereo5 

This is nonsense. Speakers are not 'voiced' using a certain form of music, not if there is a competent designer involved! They may prefer a certain genre, but that won't influence the design for the reasons I presented earlier.

Inefficient speakers struggle because the have thermal compression associated with the voice coil of the drivers involved.  It hurts them with any form of music so isn't rock specific.