Let There Be Rock
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Or maybe they did rock and things have moved on, losing something along the way.
S-Man
StrivingON
On average I would say that rock recordings from the 70s are pretty good - just to pick one example:- Radar Love is a great recording.
80s is mostly OK.
Not sure about the 90s.
Maybe it depends which bands you listened to? E.g. Most Rolling Stones recordings are poor, but early Grand Funk Railroad recordings are superb.
davidsrsb
pfm Member
I'm not sure that is best for rock. I have been to far too many live shows where the bass player could have stayed at home
es.klopfte
pfm Member
I find that Sunn O)) and Earth 2 "Special Low Frequency Version" are incredibly challenging to reproduce at home. I had to make do with a very vague approximation of what they were on about until I managed to source JBL 4435s.
jamesd
pfm Member
my little REL sub earns its keep on tracks like “Bathiry Erzsebet” (with Oren Ambarchi)
Gervais Cote
Predator
The Neat floor standers with a woofer firing down the floor also rocks.
Did anyone listen to some large Harbeth M40 with classic rock ?
Did anyone listen to some large Harbeth M40 with classic rock ?
Never heard Neat properly. Would like to though.
Apart from the usual flat earth candidates, I think the big Lockwoods have rocked best for me. Never had a pair at home though.
Briks, Saras, Keilidhs and Ninkas are my fav flat earth rockers, although Saras struggle with some rock music where the bass is very deep.
They look nice ... and they look like they can Rock too!
chris geary
pfm Member
same here. all I listen to is rock, punk rock, post punk, and lots of other badly recorded/mastered/pressed stuff. The Klouts/Briks just blast it out in a most entertaining fashion.
chris geary
pfm Member
Just to be clear - some of my favorite records are (I think) sonic masterpieces. The Sound "All Fall Down" and Mission of Burma "Vs" for example.
I'm temporarily driving passive Briks with a Nait 1. No bass what so ever and a thin sound so it's not rockin' but surprisingly musical at low volume where you're ears are not expecting much weight.
Tony L
Administrator
…and chances are it was originally recorded/monitored through one or the other!
Agreed. Many of the rock recordings from the 70's were very good, indeed splendid when compared to so many brickwalled albums of the past decade or so.
Indeed, my recollection of live sound from the 70's was on a par if not better than much of what is on offer nowadays.
Frizzy
Liberal anarchist
My fave ever rockers were Yamaha ns1000, that 12in woofer gripped the room, and produced visceral punch. Needed oodles of class A power tho.
Fave torture track for dems is ‘at the drive in’ control album, the look on salesman’s faces is classic horror. But any system that doesn’t explode is a good start.
Fave torture track for dems is ‘at the drive in’ control album, the look on salesman’s faces is classic horror. But any system that doesn’t explode is a good start.
Chris81
pfm Member
Maybe I'm blind but I can't believe that no one mentioned Klipsch, especially the Heritage Series. To me there are no better speakers for rock (they do Jazz Blues etc. as well too). They aren't the most refined but the give you the feeling that real musician playing in your room even with studio recordings. I love the Cornwall III and totally curios to hear the CW IV.
Tony L
Administrator
I remember taking PIL’s Metal Box to a dem once…
cctaylor
pfm Member
I certainly remember hearing Barclay James Harvest in the Capitol Aberdeen and it was really not that different to what I was hearing at home from my NAC12/ NAP160/ ELS 57. Okay maybe a tad louder in the concert . Mind you there was some rubbish mixing back in the day, such as Emmylou Harris in the Usher Hall mixed like a rock band where you struggled to hear the lyrics.
The absolute worst was the Saw Doctors a few years ago where everything was turned up to 12. It was simply a noise that left my ears ringing with zero enjoyment, a totally wasted evening.
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