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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!
lizzardkingseattle
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johnk
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Linaeum66 Yes missing something, a basic law of loudspeaker design = Hoffman’s Iron Laws of Speaker Building

1) Bass Extension

2) Efficiency

3) Small Enclosure

The law is that you can only have two of these three
isochronism
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So true, Johnk. I choose #1 and #2. as I know you do.
I have a pair of JBL 4676-A that are waiting for me to find a much larger place.
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koslekt1
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I am a huge metal and heavy rock fan, among other music vices :) I enjoy Opeth, Entombed, Amorphis, Slayer, Rage Against the Machine, all the way to Norah Jones, KT Tunstall, and Andreas Vollenwieder. Music comes in many flavors, no need to be pidgeon-holed!

I highly suggest a pair of Revel f30s for the budget you have, or a pair of m20s and a pair of good subs, preferably servo (maybe old Velodyne). The nice thing is that you can crank these things way up, they take abuse, but still sound nice. AND parts are still available if you get a little crazy.

For the money invested, you won't beat what you hear.
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audiolabyrinth
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Hi Koslekt1, check out Volbeat-Hang man's body count, this song rock's, get back to me hear after you listen to this song, tell me what you think of it, crank it up!
psag
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Atmasphere, I've been thinking about your always thoughtful comments, and I think you're missing something. I know that you are using the top of the line Classic Audio speaker, which is a design that I've admired several times at RMAF, particularly for small group jazz recordings and vocals. However, I would not regard it as an optimal transducer for digitally recorded, highly compressed metal in its current incarnation. For Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and other 70's metal and hard rock, it would be a nice speaker choice, but certainly not for Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, and countless other current artists. If you are ever in Tucson, AZ, I'd be glad to show you what I mean.
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