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Budget system for Rock and dance Music?

Hi there guys as much as I love my Luxman/harbeth combo for jazz and strings and vocals, sometimes I feel iam missing the dynamics i love from Rock music and some techno why not when I am in the mood to work out or feeling good evening.

Instead of starting all over I might can put together a second system in budget where I can spin this kind of music from Metallica, Iron Maiden etc, plus techno.

I am music lover as far as it can seems Ella F from DJ Tiesto,
its all about the music and the mood for the moment,
highly appreciated!

budget 1500 for amp and speakers,

regards and Buon Weekend!
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roscoeiii
1,155 posts
 
How about a nice punchy pair of active speakers for rock?

And how important is bass in this equation?
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horseface
222 posts
 
I scored a pair of Altec Model 14's and a Sansui 9090DB for $800 on Craigslist - then scored a JBL 18 in a cab and a Peavey CS-400X for an additional $500. I shelled out another $75 for an EV xover. ItÂ’s all in the garage and it will rock your world ...
elevick
2,439 posts
 
Does your luxman have B outputs? A pair of Klipsch Heresey or even bigger will fit the bill.
chayro
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Cerwin Vega 215's are excellent for dance music and stuff like that. I don't know what the current version is, but they sell for like $600+. I wouldn't buy them used, as the types that go for this type of speaker certainly must have blasted the crap out of it. For an amp, maybe a Cambridge Audio 651 at about $700. It has tone controls, which you probably should have for a system like that. The only thing is, you probably want to play music pretty loud, which means you should look into a higher powered amp. It will mean you're going over budget, but there's no sense buying something you won't be happy with. Best of luck and hold onto your wallet.
rlwainwright
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Emotiva XPA-200 amp, $419 Free shipping:
http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifiers/products/xpa
200

Emotiva USP-1 Preamp, $369 Free shipping:
http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/processors/products/usp1

Tekton M-lore speakers, $649/pr., $60 shipping:
http://www.tektondesign.com/lore-m.html

All of these products come with in-home trials of 30 days. I doubt you'll be returning *any* of them. And those Tektons will play LOUD with that 150 watts/ch. Emo amp
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