What are the best speakers for metal/music in general?

I have b&w 601 and I find that with metal the speakers overemphasises(?) (hehe) the hig range sounds like sharp (s) vocalisation and percussion. I would go for a speaker that fokuses the mid range to make the guitar stand out more.
 
depends on the rest of your system. no point getting good speakers if you have a crappy stereo set up, or *shudder* a midi system.
 
Any decent speakers will do. I think it has more to do with changing the frequencies, or using an equalizer. I like just enough bass to be able to hear the bass, but not more so I don't flood out the guitar.
 
10293847 said:
Any decent speakers will do. I think it has more to do with changing the frequencies, or using an equalizer. I like just enough bass to be able to hear the bass, but not more so I don't flood out the guitar.
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NEVER use a graphic equalizer. it changes the frequency of everything.

somebody paid a studo engineer and a producer a lot of money to balance everything before it got onto cd so dont go fucking about with it, theyre better at it than you.
 
Mother_Mary said:
NEVER use a graphic equalizer. it changes the frequency of everything.

somebody paid a studo engineer and a producer a lot of money to balance everything before it got onto cd so dont go fucking about with it, theyre better at it than you.
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CHOO CHOO CLUE TRAIN IS ARRIVING TO PLATFORM YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT (lmao)

1) ever heard of resonant room frequencies? of course you haven't because you don't know the first fucking things about acoustics and sound theory! gee! see, every room has at least one or two frequencies at which it self resonates causing these frequencies to be boosted. it does NOT sound pretty because it might mean that a guitar, for example, will sound louder when playing a certain note than other notes. how do you fix this? GRAPHICAL EQUALIZER!

2) holy shit what the fuck. do you think everyone listens to music with a pro grade cd player into active genelec monitors in an acoustically "perfect" environment? 'course not, silly. people use shitty shit shit shit "compact" systems with X BASS BOOST and JAZZ/ROCK/POP/DANCE EQ and FLASHING LED DISPLAYS and shit shit shit. people have absolute SHIT systems. there is NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL that those have anything even REMOTELY RESEMBLING flat frequency response. not in any of the amp stages, not on the speakers, nowhere. what you get is a mangled mess. using graphical EQ or indeed any EQ at all to try and make sense of this fucking mess can VERY WELL be an improvement.

3) why do you think every sound engineer makes it a point to listen to a finished mix on different systems (fucking 80's boombox! fucking radio shack $20 compact taiwanese BASS BOOST system from hell! fucking $20000 audiophile setup! fucking $1000 genelec monitors and $2 earbuds and kitchen radios!) right. because there is no such thing as "perfect frequency balance" or whatever fucking bullshit you dreamed up without knowing SHIT about the subject in any home listening environment.

the goal of the sound engineer is generally this and this only: to make sure that the mix sounds AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE on AS MANY SYSTEMS as possible. this does not mean that if you know how to make it sound better, you shouldn't because EQ'ing is somehow a divine art that mortal men can't comprehend. i go to sound engineering college, and i think you should go fuck yourself.
 
Erik said:
CHOO CHOO CLUE TRAIN IS ARRIVING TO PLATFORM YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT (lmao)

1) ever heard of resonant room frequencies? of course you haven't because you don't know the first fucking things about acoustics and sound theory! gee! see, every room has at least one or two frequencies at which it self resonates causing these frequencies to be boosted. it does NOT sound pretty because it might mean that a guitar, for example, will sound louder when playing a certain note than other notes. how do you fix this? GRAPHICAL EQUALIZER!

2) holy shit what the fuck. do you think everyone listens to music with a pro grade cd player into active genelec monitors in an acoustically "perfect" environment? 'course not, silly. people use shitty shit shit shit "compact" systems with X BASS BOOST and JAZZ/ROCK/POP/DANCE EQ and FLASHING LED DISPLAYS and shit shit shit. people have absolute SHIT systems. there is NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL that those have anything even REMOTELY RESEMBLING flat frequency response. not in any of the amp stages, not on the speakers, nowhere. what you get is a mangled mess. using graphical EQ or indeed any EQ at all to try and make sense of this fucking mess can VERY WELL be an improvement.

3) why do you think every sound engineer makes it a point to listen to a finished mix on different systems (fucking 80's boombox! fucking radio shack $20 compact taiwanese BASS BOOST system from hell! fucking $20000 audiophile setup! fucking $1000 genelec monitors and $2 earbuds and kitchen radios!) right. because there is no such thing as "perfect frequency balance" or whatever fucking bullshit you dreamed up without knowing SHIT about the subject in any home listening environment.

the goal of the sound engineer is generally this and this only: to make sure that the mix sounds AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE on AS MANY SYSTEMS as possible. this does not mean that if you know how to make it sound better, you shouldn't because EQ'ing is somehow a divine art that mortal men can't comprehend. i go to sound engineering college, and i think you should go fuck yourself.
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:lol:

I was going to reply with something along those lines, but you did a much better job of it then I would have.
 
i have crap computer speakers at home and at work that get the job done.

as for my truck i'm running my stock speakers (which are horrible) and a Kicker S12L7 sub (running 600x1 @1ohm to it currently). it kicks ass with everything that i've thrown at it so far. i really need to get new door speakers and another amp, but there's so much other shit that i need to spend money on instead.

if you're talking about car audio (which you didn't specify), check out www.caraudioforum.com. there are a lot of assholes on that site, but also a lot of helpful people that know their shit.
 
Erik said:
CHOO CHOO CLUE TRAIN IS ARRIVING TO PLATFORM YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT (lmao)

1) ever heard of resonant room frequencies? of course you haven't because you don't know the first fucking things about acoustics and sound theory! gee! see, every room has at least one or two frequencies at which it self resonates causing these frequencies to be boosted. it does NOT sound pretty because it might mean that a guitar, for example, will sound louder when playing a certain note than other notes. how do you fix this? GRAPHICAL EQUALIZER!

2) holy shit what the fuck. do you think everyone listens to music with a pro grade cd player into active genelec monitors in an acoustically "perfect" environment? 'course not, silly. people use shitty shit shit shit "compact" systems with X BASS BOOST and JAZZ/ROCK/POP/DANCE EQ and FLASHING LED DISPLAYS and shit shit shit. people have absolute SHIT systems. there is NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL that those have anything even REMOTELY RESEMBLING flat frequency response. not in any of the amp stages, not on the speakers, nowhere. what you get is a mangled mess. using graphical EQ or indeed any EQ at all to try and make sense of this fucking mess can VERY WELL be an improvement.

3) why do you think every sound engineer makes it a point to listen to a finished mix on different systems (fucking 80's boombox! fucking radio shack $20 compact taiwanese BASS BOOST system from hell! fucking $20000 audiophile setup! fucking $1000 genelec monitors and $2 earbuds and kitchen radios!) right. because there is no such thing as "perfect frequency balance" or whatever fucking bullshit you dreamed up without knowing SHIT about the subject in any home listening environment.

the goal of the sound engineer is generally this and this only: to make sure that the mix sounds AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE on AS MANY SYSTEMS as possible. this does not mean that if you know how to make it sound better, you shouldn't because EQ'ing is somehow a divine art that mortal men can't comprehend. i go to sound engineering college, and i think you should go fuck yourself.
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I love you.
 
hahahahahahahahaha!!!


erik, shut up you fucking prick. oooh, i go to sound college and i know all about accoustic engineering so i am the only person who is qualified to talk about it.

I am a fully qualified engineer and i also went to college and have a diploma in audio engineering and i stand by my comment. Never use an graphic equalizer on your home system
 
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