Speakers For Rock

Have you listened to the B&W Nautilus 800 series speakers? These speakers sound great on rock/pop, and the nautilus tweeter is very smooth and forgiving with some poorly recorded material. The Nautilus 803 usually sells for less than $4000 used here on Audiogon.

Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference IIIs would do really well at just over $4500 new. For rock you need bass, and the Seas 10 inch woofers produce high output yet are incredibly fast and articulate. The Scanspeak Revelator tweeter ranks among the elite soft domes - smooth yet very detailed.

I owned Ty's Taylo Reference monitors with the Revelator and heard the Seas 10 inch woofers in his Woodmeres when I visited his factory in the spring, so I know from experience. I have a pair of Woodmeres on order.

Ty has his Linbrook Signature System on August sale for under $5000 as well. I traded my Linbrooks for the Woodmeres and I've no doubt that they'll better the Ref IIIs, but need more space being rear ported. I personally think the Seas Millenium tweeter is just a bit more liquid. Don't worry that the paired 8 inch woofers in the Linbrook bass modules won't rock - they are fabulous down to 30 Hz and very little recorded music goes lower.

You'll never regret buying either the Taylo Ref IIIs or the Linbrooks. You can also later trade up to the Woodmeres for the ultimate in true large scale loudspeakers at a fraction of the cost of the Dynaudio Temptations, Avalon Eidelons, Talon Firebirds, etc. of the high end audio world.

I second the Tyler idea. although you might need a (stereo) subwoof to get full authority in the bass.
An unusual recommendation: horns. A good design like the old Klipsch (if you have the room) could fit your bill.

The Hyperion HPS 938.