Very good discussion here and with wise opinions.
Syntax, your heavy/light car analogy for high/low efficiency speakers is a excellent illustration. I've never understood the prevalence of inefficient difficult to drive speaker that require behemoth amplification. This results in poorer sound quality in my opinion. In this case the Salk-Atmasphere isn't a good pairing, one or the other has to go.High End audio moved away from high efficient-high impedance speakers a couple of generations ago. This was a wrong turn and not a good direction to follow.
Charles,
Syntax, your heavy/light car analogy for high/low efficiency speakers is a excellent illustration. I've never understood the prevalence of inefficient difficult to drive speaker that require behemoth amplification. This results in poorer sound quality in my opinion. In this case the Salk-Atmasphere isn't a good pairing, one or the other has to go.High End audio moved away from high efficient-high impedance speakers a couple of generations ago. This was a wrong turn and not a good direction to follow.
Charles,