I have owned a pair of Klipsch Chorus II's for over 10 years,and I am aware of better speakers out there (Vandersteen and ESL, perhaps BW) but if positioned properly with a subwoofer supliment, these speakers image and sound as well as speakers costing many times their modest price (I paid $1,600 PR in 1990)
These speakers image like crazy throwing out a wide soundstage reasonably precise. They need to be heavily towed in to the listening area. I am lucky perhaps,they sit 13-14 feet apart.
it is important to match up components that do not indulge their harsher brighter sound prevalence, but I have found this to be a problem only on a few recordings, suprsingly, they can have a very warm and natural tone most of the time.
Never have my Klipsch's sounded strained or pushed too hard, I have not found a volume that the listener wouldn't give in first. Yet, they are capable of sounding good at lower volumes, but I have met very few speakers which don't sound better driven well and at least normal listening volumes.
I use an 18" Velodyne sub to help the lower end, and my goodness does it come thru,I feel no shame in using a subwoofer along with my main 2 speakers, though no reviewer would agree.
One last thing, sound i sso subjective, but I upgraded my cables to the PS Audio Statements, and I was astounded at how much difference they made, these same KLipsch's which failed to cover that low end were humming with bass I never thought them possible of. And the new cables have additionally "warmed" up the sound.
Sure, always fun to figure how any stsyem can be upgraded to sound better in so many various ways, but more times than not, I close my eyes and relax on my sofa to all kinds of music and think to myself, what more would I want to hear?
These speakers image like crazy throwing out a wide soundstage reasonably precise. They need to be heavily towed in to the listening area. I am lucky perhaps,they sit 13-14 feet apart.
it is important to match up components that do not indulge their harsher brighter sound prevalence, but I have found this to be a problem only on a few recordings, suprsingly, they can have a very warm and natural tone most of the time.
Never have my Klipsch's sounded strained or pushed too hard, I have not found a volume that the listener wouldn't give in first. Yet, they are capable of sounding good at lower volumes, but I have met very few speakers which don't sound better driven well and at least normal listening volumes.
I use an 18" Velodyne sub to help the lower end, and my goodness does it come thru,I feel no shame in using a subwoofer along with my main 2 speakers, though no reviewer would agree.
One last thing, sound i sso subjective, but I upgraded my cables to the PS Audio Statements, and I was astounded at how much difference they made, these same KLipsch's which failed to cover that low end were humming with bass I never thought them possible of. And the new cables have additionally "warmed" up the sound.
Sure, always fun to figure how any stsyem can be upgraded to sound better in so many various ways, but more times than not, I close my eyes and relax on my sofa to all kinds of music and think to myself, what more would I want to hear?