klipsch- love/hate relationship?

I have a pair of Klipsch Forte II and I have been endlessly amazed at how well they compare to other speakers, especially in the spine tingling factor. The only real problem is that they are a bear to set up, I bet it took me 10 months to get them perfect and now I enjoy them very much. I would also like to say that these are the only Klipsch speakers I have liked, others that I have auditioned have sounded very unbalenced. I suggest you find a pair of old Forte's or Forte II's.

I recently auditioned both the KLF20's and 10's. I made the fatal mistake of listening to the 20's first, and believe me, there IS a difference !! 10's were good...20's sounded great (under very poor listening conditions). The Forte's mentioned above are also very good, but don't seem as readily available. I think they require more space than the 10/20's do, too.

I have enjoyed my klipsh herseys for many years and would definitely recommend any of the heritage series. However, I find these kinds of horn speakers more for home theater than two channel listening. If you are expecting imaging and depth, you will be seriously mistaken.

Great speakers, if all you listen to is national anthems!

I had owned a pair of 5.5 and I sold them and upgraded to KLF30 I feel Klipsch offers a great value for the money.I f you can afford it buy the KLF30 over the KLF20 much more bass and a wider soundstage with high end speaker cable and innerconnects aka; audioquest midnight -audiotruth emerald contrary to what another member said these speakers are very detailed you really wouldn't need a subwoofer.GO for it...