I’m assuming you plan to use these full range? You might be better off using bookshelf speakers and a subwoofer. Floor standing speakers, especially two way variants of bookshelf models with an extra woofer, do very little outside of extending bass response. Unless you can find a 3-way speaker with relatively large LF woofers, most two ways run full range suffer from IM distortion, which is easily audible even at lower levels and highly objectionable. You get much better bang for your buck, and better bass integration since a subwoofer can be moved to an ideal location. For under $1500, you could dedicate $700 to speakers, and up to $500 for a sub. Since the primary use is music, you shouldn’t need extreme LF response, 25hz-30hz should be plenty.
While all music benefits to some degree from a fast transient response metal especially benefits. I often use it to compare the transient response of speakers, there is often so much going on at a quick pace, that speakers with a poor transient response will smear nuances underneath the “noise”, while a very quick speaker will maintain the integrity and separation of all instruments. I often wonder if more people would appreciate the genre better if it was played back on better speakers that didn’t turn it into a smeared mess.
I haven’t actually counted, but it looks from a rough estimate that Hannes Grossman, the drummer from Obscura, Blotted science, and Alkaloid, has at least 12 different cymbals in his drum setup, with a good transient response, each one is well defined and separated during the quickest, most congested music. In my car using the lousy stock speakers, it blurs into a mess of incoherent noise.
How big is your room, what are you powering them with, and how far is the listening position?
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