What Speaker are Great for Rock and Roll $5K-20K




My bother just bought a Krell FPB-300 and Krell pre-amp.

He wants to play Rock and Roll,

I tried to explane to him that this equipment is best for Jazz and Classical music.

I would like some help if possible on this one.

Thank you
Peter
proy
For rock...there is no need for 5k speakers...let alone 20k...but if you want to spend that kind of money...Snell or Dunlavy would come to mind...Klipsch are very efficient...but for critical listening ...they are very "boxy"...Axiom makes a very highly reviewed top of the line tower with multiple drivers that is very affordable....
Hi-end purists would disagree...but Paradigm Reference series towers...such as the 100...are very good for rock...and their out of box imaging is good enough for classical,jazz,etc...a bit "hot" in the treble...but a very good all arounder with deep, clean bass....
Well I surely do not agree with Phasecorrect. With all due respect, I think it's ridiculous to assert that rock and roll does not deserve superior speakers or warrant spending $5k.

Are you trying to tell me that Pink Floyd's The Wall sounds just as good on speakers costing less than $5k as it does on speakers costing more than $5k? There are plenty of wonderful recordings of rock and roll that deserve good equipment. I personally listen to mostly classical and jazz but I love to crank a good rock album and a good system makes it all the more enjoyable.

Perhaps Britney Spears or highly compressed top 40 crap will not show off a high end system as well as a dynamic Mahler symphony, but I refuse to accept the idea that audiophile grade equipment is only worthwhile for a small percentage of recordings on the market. Virtually every piece of music I've ever A/B'd has sounded vastly superior on a good system. Of course, the better the recording the more noticeable the improvement... no argument there.