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

Again Sean another brilliant post. You hit the nail on the head. "Sustained SPL's without compression".
I heard Rush at the United Center in Chicago about a month ago. Damn they rock!!!!
The only way to really reproduce that experience is to generate the SPL's I experienced at that time. For me, that involves driving my speakers with my 380 watt/channel amp almost clipping.

SImiliar to my initial point...if volume is what you are after...there is no need to spend 10k...you wont have any hearing left to discern the difference between a 5k system and a 10k system anyways...and critical listening is never done at high levels...

I disagree with phasecorrect. Technically speaking, it is possible to be killed by the pressure of a sound wave. If someone were to be really jamming down to some serious SPL's they could be at risk of death. Therefore since life is short and one never knows when they might die, it makes sense to spend 50 or a hundred thousand dollars on a pair of speakers.
Carpe Diem
PS On a more serious note. In my case, I like many different types of music. Last night before jamming to Rush "The Spirit of Radio", I listened to all of Coplands Third Symphony. For me, it makes sense to have a $12K pair of speakers.

Holz...good point...some have misinterpreted my posts...I am by no means "anti-rock"...c'mon Im from Detroit...but if your primary goal is to simply "rock"...and rock well...I think spending an absurd amount of money is somewhat foolish...that being said...those who do...end up "widening" their musical tastes to incorporated jazz,classical,etc...since upgrading myself...nowhere near your level...but very good Brit monitors...I have found myself expanding my tastes...fusion jazz,etc...by the way...I am a huge rush fan...go figure...those Canadians kickass...

You know there are alot of factors which the answer depends on.Like what size room and your taste in speaker's.One man or womans taste might be really different than another's.

In my limited experience you really have to go after these things by yourself.Some people are happy with Bose or Boston Acoustics.That is extreme,but true.

Klipschorns seem like a good choice if Rock is what you are after with Bass,but you could get a SET amp to drive them.

If Bass is a real priority get Dual Subs and Speaker's that are great for the upper ranges.There are many to choose from.