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What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?

I know totally blasphemy question here on Audiogon. But you like what you like, right? Anyway, I know most metal music is totally compressed and recorded horrible (aka Metallica) however there is a new age of metal bands out there that are starting to change that (Opeth started with Blackwater Park). So what speakers out there can take the pounding of a double bass drum kit hitting at full throttle and give the roar of metal guitar justice. There has to be a set up that would make Glen Tipton turn his head and say hell ya!
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dayglow
1,907 posts
 
JBL-LSR 6332?
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nrenter
766 posts
 
Well, I guess classical is only well-reproduced on dynamic cone speakers, because I've never heard metal well-reproduced on anything other than that. It's gonna break the hearts of Quad and Maggie owners that their speakers aren't that good.
dave_72
1,399 posts
 
The JBL LSR is a good speaker for heavy metal. I know someone who had them, and I heard them before he sold them. He played a Metallica album, and it sounded really good. However, he had subwoofers going at the same time.
linaeum66
60 posts
 
There seems to be tons of suggestions for "Pro=type" speakers (for lack of a better word), like JBL and Klipsch horn speakers. I've never personally tried this kind of speaker, and am a little reluctant due to the lack of low end production. I'm not really sure how speakers having 12" or even 15" drivers can have such a disappointing low frequency extension. For instance the Klipsch Heresy, an almost universally-loved speaker is listed at 58-20,000 Hz (±3dB). How can this me possible for a 12"? Am I missing something here? I would hate to buy a speaker with a monster driver like that, and huge size overall, and still have to invest $1000 on a SVS or REL subwoofer.
linaeum66
60 posts
 
If you do go the way of big fullrange drivers, Emerald Physics is another to check out. http://www.emeraldphysics.com/
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