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You know, (correct me if I'm wrong) the original poster doesn't seem to be concerned so much with loudness per se as something that will let the kick punch and glue his mix together. I'm guessing (also correct me if I'm wrong as well here) that he's familiar with L2 style limiting so please put this to rest!
I think Darius' recommendations are pretty much spot on. I would add a couple or a few DBX 160X or XT's to his list and, with dance stuff at least, sidechain those to the kick and use them to duck a bit (maybe the bass, maybe stuff that's masking the attack, use your ears) of whatever is getting in the way of letting the kick punch.
'Cause really getting the kick to slam though those speakers is not really a matter of a louder (as in L2'ed really hard) mix if the mix is muffled sounding and the bass, kick and other stuff are all fighting each other. IMHO getting dance music to really slam comes from how it's mixed- and I think a lot of it is knowing how and what to sidechain, proper use of EQ, and by using multiple busses like Darius suggests.
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