Good ROCK speakers

Rather, I should have said "You're making me feel old". Or better yet, "You're making me feel stupid!" ; )

Riley - I've heard that recommendation for KLF-30 for rock many times. Never even seen a pair. Must have really rocked, with that sort of legacy.

With so many mentions for older speakers, where are the new breed of rock-ready speakers, or are we just looking back in time too much? I was interested to hear about Pauly's experience with the Meadowlarks, for example.

My vote is to Klipsch as well. (as far as new stuff anyway)

But what Avnut said couldnt be more true. A good clean front end (and back end as well) is always better.

Ohh, and dont forget to bring a healthy plateful-o-watts to the table as well.

4 modified Klipsch Heresy's with four additional sealed, stuffed and downloaded 12" subwoofers. Cross them over at about 50 - 60 Hz with a sharp slope ( preferably 24 dB's / octave, but 18 dB's will get you by ). Crank it up and bring plenty of power with you : )

As a side note, ported speakers tend to sound like crap when you really start driving them hard. That is, unless they are VERY well designed and / or optimally tuned for best operation in the high spl range.

One sign of a more advanced ported design would be the use of what is called an "aero-port" or some such similar device. This is a port that uses a horn-like flare on both the exit and entrance of the port. Think of it as a port with "Mi-Horns" on each end : )

Passive radiators will almost always sound noticeably slow compared to an optimized sealed design, but are capable of great bass weight in the bottom octaves if really done right. Sean
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In my college days,,, a guy had a pair of Cerwin Vega D-9 Rockers that were,, scarey loud and really ,, rocked?

Give them an open ear if you ever get the chance.

I own a pair of KLF-30 which I use with SS and my 5 watt 2A3 Cary monoblocks (at times), they are versatile and good sounding. 103 db.