Some of the Best speakers for Prog Rock/Metal

I listen to bands such as Soulfly, Hedfirst, Kaliban,Vesania,
Eterna and Chaosbreed to name a few through my KCS Oris 150' horns c/w with 18" bass cones, they really rock the room, and go deep enough. They go very cheap when advertised on here.
I would also agree to check out the Audiokinesis models. I heard the (stormbringer)?, pump out really nice sounds of that pop band 'Rammstein' and quite loud too at the 2007 Denver show, they too rocked.
Classic Audio Reproductions were excellent also at the show in the large room on the ground floor.

KCS
Audiokinesis,
Classic Audio Reproductions.

Mapman,

I currently only have a very basic PC audio system, consisting of a pair of Pioneer HPM-60s and a Sony Integrated Amplifier (TA-AX500). The room parameters at this point are irrelevant because I have not yet moved into my own place. Again, I'm simply looking for ideas and am in no way shape or form ready to buy any equipment for a while (years).

In the future, I'm looking to setup a budget of about $8K for the entire system. And, honestly, even at this point that's probably unrealistic, probably around the $5K range. I know speakers are the most important part of the package, but at the same time I know a system is only as good as its weakest link.

For now, I'm just trying to get a feel for what brands/models you guys know of that would be good for my genre, as well as still perform well for other genres that I listen to, including: some softer rock, classical, movie sountracks, some jazz.

A good speaker and system should reproduce all music equally well.

If a speaker is particularly good only on a specific music genre, then it's not an overall good speaker to own, IMO.

Most of the suggestions made thus far in this thread are speakers that perform equally well on all genres.

The important factor with rock and progressive rock is that you want a speaker that moves a lot of air, IMO. Speakers with larger woofers do this better than speakers with small woofers.

Tvad,

That all makes perfect sense, thank you for your insight. I'm guessing the best thing to do is just define a budget, so to as many audio stores as possible, and listen listen listen.

One thing I've always wondered though, is how do you take your experience from what you've heard at one place and compare it to another? What I mean is, every store has different brands/equipment/components running to various speakers? Doesn't this change the effect of the speakers and performance in comparison to other locations? There are just so many variables to take into consideration!

Thanks Hey.

I think your getting a lot of good info to work with here so far and will be very well informed when the time comes around.

I've found you are usually better off in terms of value you get for the $$$ with audio the longer you can wait. The latest designs currently will likely start to become available second hand down the road at considerable reduced cost. And more people will start to turn over older more popular designs which drives the cost down on those as well as people tend to move towards the latest and greatest.

Good luck!