Just curious, but why the Klipsch? Me personally, the narrow towers with smaller woofers do not work for me. Many of what's passing for woofers these days are better mid-range drivers than woofers, hence using subs to add that presence of displacement to the system. But if trying to use a pair of speakers full range, for my use, they better have a 12-15" woofer. I do not like using midrange drivers at higher excursion for mid-bass mixed with the other midrange duties. This is where I have to start getting fussy with EQ and I don't really feel like eff'ng around with all that now.
I like chest slam with the music I listen to. And that from genuine, life sized, sound pressure waves. When I get tired of eff'ng around with all the notions of 'wife approved' bs that passes for audio performance these days, I break out these bad boys and get gut, chest and throat punched into audio submission. I tried dilly dakkin around with all the connoisseur stuff, less is more, and all that, but was never truly satisfied.
Added a pair of subs in the same finish and now, power doesn't really matter, except for the subs. Nothing else I have really kicks like these. They're ridiculous and refined at the same time. They just get louder and louder without falling down. No technological mysteries, no real cabinet tricks. Band in the room, or even outdoors, for that matter.
These have a sensitivity of 98db. I've used amps from 8watts to 200 with them. The 8watt amps you can sort of sense a limitation, even though the halfway point on the volume knob is still kind of too loud. Not that this is what you need or want, but often times, many speakers are just a little too small for some people. For end game performance per my habits, 12" designs are the minimum.
