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Don't think I'm crazy but...

I think I am wanting to replace my Thiels. I have the CS2.3's in a system I recently purchased a few months back. I started out with a set of B&K Sonatas driving them and kept blowing fuses/running out of power. My buddy talked me into buying as he puts it "more balls" so I bought a Bryston 14B SST which came rated at 969 watts pc @ 4 ohms on the run off sheet. Plenty right. Well I still don't think my system is "loud" enough. My other components for refernce are a Denon 2900 SACD player and a Denon AVR 3805 which I use to drive my other Paradigm speakers (I think the center channel is a cc570 or something). My room is big (35x25x8) which doesn't help I'm sure. Anyway someone else told me I need to be looking for more effecient speakers like say in the upper 90 or around 100 db's not more power. Any thoughts or recommendations? Sorry I'm just getting tired of throwing my money away. The Bryston guy told me I could drive anything with that amp but I've had it clipping out if I'm not careful. I guess I'm sort of deaf, wonder why eh?
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fbi
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~~~~That is a big room. If you want more volume you have to move more air, be it more driver movement or larger drivers. Both have a trade off in accuracy. The Infinity RS1's in my set up allow a large volume of air to be exited with speed.

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fbi
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~~~~Sean,
Truth is truth. It can't be changed. It brings passionate discussion. Despite contrary barrages, truth remains. Truth proves itself. Keep speaking truth. I thank you for all the hours of research and the gracious sharing of your knowledge. You have helped me many times just by reading your answers. Choose which battles are worth fighting, not enough time for them all.

Tough being ahead of your time! I know exactly how this feels. Having many ideas about which, after sharing with my spouse, appear a few years later on store shelves. Kudos to them.

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