Speakers for Rock

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'm going to be checking out Paradigms today (hopefully) and some other brands this weekend......

I'm surprised noone mentioned that B&W CDM9s are a league higher than rotel separates. Rotel makes good stuff, but not in the same league as CDM9s.
I'd be careful to make sure that you audition the speakers with the amp that you'll be driving them with. Otherwise you might find you audition CDM9s with $2-3k of amplification driving them (they'll sound fabulous), get them home and hook them up to your rotel kit and be severely disappointed.

I'd suggest in the B&W line rotel will match up well with the DM603s or 604s, and you'll have to step up to Bryston, Arcam, Creek, Naim or better amplification before the CDM9s are a good match.

but the main message is make sure you demo the whole system before buying parts. $2500 speakers driven by a $800 receiver will likely sound much worse than $1500 speakers driven by a $1500 integrated amp.

Sean, I don't like to recommend B&W.
Don't want anyone's stereo to sound as good as mine ;-)

If you want just to rock try. The pro line of MTX. Two 15,two horn midrange,two super tweeters 105 db,

Rotel or B&K seperates?
I guess at that price range I would recommend either the Monitor Audio Silver or Gold series or maybe the NHT 2.5i or higher.
These speakers are great on fast phased R&R music, and will all play loud given you provide it with enough juice.