Having downgraded and gone back in time, I can't help but feel that rock music has been a casualty of 3+ decades of pursuit of cleaner / cleaner / more detailed sound. As a teenager, all my friends' budget systems could rock with ease. Go to a hifi show these days (when they're open again) and nearly everyone is playing boring cr@p that sounds impressive. These setups just don't rock. They say, 'rock music is too simple and you need to hear something more complex'. No, I just want to hear a system that can keep time properly and not dump any rhythmic information in the bin at the expense of greater resolution and transparency. Rock on Tommy!
What great rock systems/components have you heard?
What great rock systems/components have you heard?