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Logans and Heavy Metal?

I am reall interested in a pair of Aerius I's, and I like all kinds of music. From Jazz to Country, Blues to Extermely Heavy Metal. I've heard these speakers with all kinds of music except Heavy Metal. I've read that they are not that great at the hard stuff. Is this really true? Is it a listenable reproduction of the music, or is it so bad that I should avoid them? Most of my Heavy Metal listening is at work or in the car, but there are those days... These speakers will be used as home theater as well. Any comments or other recommendations are greatly appreciated.
FYI the driving amp is an Odyssey Stratos.
ton1313
mrtrader
4 posts
 
Check out this review at hometheaterhifi.com the reviewer does some Rage Against the Machine reviewing and I think that's pretty heavy

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/masterindex_toc_main.html
sean
6,231 posts
 
No offense Mrtrader, but Rage is not considered "heavy" or "metal" by ANY metal head that i know.

I too agree that e-stat's and planars just don't have the excursion capability that is required to do "slam" or have massive impact on the bottom end, especially at high volume. Like anything else, they have their limitations. If you can do without that, they can make some really nice sounds if properly set up. I've been thinking about a set of e-stat's for the bedroom system as of late. Sean
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no_money
638 posts
 
If rage is not "heavy" what is? Plenty of low high impact stuff, so I think it is a good test irregardless of whether it is actually old school "heavy metal".
pcc
150 posts
 
Okay, I forgot one thing. Add a sub, a very good sub and problem solved. I crank my aerius i's all the time(bat vk200 amp) and sub and I'm never disappointed. I listen to metallica and ozzy(crazy train) and have not had any problems. Good luck.
sean
6,231 posts
 
Strictly a matter of semantics and personal taste here. Rage has more of a "chunky" sound than "heavy" to me. Nor does "hard rock" or "old school" classify as "metal". "Heavy" would be bands like Paramaecium, Winter, Sorrow, Mortification, Morbid Angel, Master, Entombed, Unleashed, etc... to name just a few. It is very difficult to hear "real metal" on the radio for various reasons. The closest band to Rage's style that i could think of as being "heavy" would be Pro-Pain. Sean
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