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What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?

I know totally blasphemy question here on Audiogon. But you like what you like, right? Anyway, I know most metal music is totally compressed and recorded horrible (aka Metallica) however there is a new age of metal bands out there that are starting to change that (Opeth started with Blackwater Park). So what speakers out there can take the pounding of a double bass drum kit hitting at full throttle and give the roar of metal guitar justice. There has to be a set up that would make Glen Tipton turn his head and say hell ya!
lizzardkingseattle
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jafant
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lizzardkingseattle

are you still rockin' those Cerwin Vega speakers?  Hope your search continues in 2019.  Happy Listening!

1988eldorado
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Kraco 6x9s, the important part is the enclosure.   I used a 1978 Trans Am for mine and couldn't be happier. 
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atmasphere
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i love metal of all variety, but when listening to metal at home, I tend to prefer fast transients, detail, and refinement.

Listening to Revocation’s “Greatest is our Sin” right now on a pair of two month old Sound Lab M645s with the new bass focus panels, and loving it.

The bass isn’t cracking the walls, but I can hear every thing with excellent delineation.
The Sound Labs are great for classical and jazz too.
BTW if you want them to play bass right, you need a tube amp. The Sound Labs have a high impedance in the bass (30 ohms) and its hard for solid state amps to make power. As a result, a 100 watt tube amp can keep up with a 400 watt solid state amp (and by that I mean it can make the same measured sound pressures) on that speaker.

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oddiofyl
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Another vote for CF 4 ....  I had a pair driven by B&K M200 Sonata mono amps.  It was ridiculous, their size was ridiculous too.  Replaced by a pair of KEF Reference 2 .... also rocked.  
danoroo
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"1(Fast deep Bass, however not too over powering or boomy
2)Treble smooth and accurate that defines the lead guitars accurately without a brash blur of distortion.
3)Treble that lays the drummers symbols on top nicely to the rest of rhythm
4)A midrange that gives the vocals a clean but not harsh edge.
5)Good separation of the different instruments playing in the music
6)Good live sound, if you know what I mean."

   You've already purchased your speakers, but for future reference, consider some Tekton speakers.  I've owned a few of the speakers mentioned in this thread. Polk, Paradigm (Signature Series), JBL, Usher Dancers and a couple of others, all with the purpose of playing  loud, hard rock.  More recently I bought some Tekton loudspeakers and as much as I try to find fault with them (just my nature I guess), it's difficult to do. The characteristics you mentioned are all met by these speakers. The Double Impact or Double Impact SE will rock your socks off.  
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