Good ROCK speakers

My vote is to Klipsch as well. (as far as new stuff anyway)

But what Avnut said couldnt be more true. A good clean front end (and back end as well) is always better.

Ohh, and dont forget to bring a healthy plateful-o-watts to the table as well.

4 modified Klipsch Heresy's with four additional sealed, stuffed and downloaded 12" subwoofers. Cross them over at about 50 - 60 Hz with a sharp slope ( preferably 24 dB's / octave, but 18 dB's will get you by ). Crank it up and bring plenty of power with you : )

As a side note, ported speakers tend to sound like crap when you really start driving them hard. That is, unless they are VERY well designed and / or optimally tuned for best operation in the high spl range.

One sign of a more advanced ported design would be the use of what is called an "aero-port" or some such similar device. This is a port that uses a horn-like flare on both the exit and entrance of the port. Think of it as a port with "Mi-Horns" on each end : )

Passive radiators will almost always sound noticeably slow compared to an optimized sealed design, but are capable of great bass weight in the bottom octaves if really done right. Sean
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In my college days,,, a guy had a pair of Cerwin Vega D-9 Rockers that were,, scarey loud and really ,, rocked?

Give them an open ear if you ever get the chance.

I own a pair of KLF-30 which I use with SS and my 5 watt 2A3 Cary monoblocks (at times), they are versatile and good sounding. 103 db.

VMPS RM 40's and the Legacy Focus 20/20.