recommend entry-level high-efficiency loudspeakers

If you could step up to a used pair of Living Voice Auditorium (about $1200-1500)--you'll never regret it. Its strength is the midrange. I've not heard better female vocals than these--maybe even better than Spendors.

I second Living Voice Auditoriums, if you can find a 2nd hand pair. Unfortunately there is a big step up to the AVatars. I changed to them 2 years ago and a'int changing any time soon

Hi,

I can speak for the Klipsch Forte's. Got them on Ebay for 600 dollars. 98 db/1watt/1 meter. Great speakers. Profound bass resopnse and detailed mids and highs. They displaced my B&W's.

They pass my out of the room test...I'll be in another room and hear some amazing stuff from these units. Great dispersion of sound and tremendous dynmaics. I've had them up to 110 dbs in a 16 x 25 foot room using a 80 watt amp. With 8 watts you can expect sound levels of 100 to 102 db at 10 ft distance. These were made for tube amps and they show it.

Larry

Hey Klipsch Fans!! Do these high efficiency Klipsch speakers, mentioned above, work well with SS amplification?

thank you

paul

hi,

I listened to them with both with my Forte's, a Soundcraftsman ss A400 power amp, 230 watts per channel, and a Cary SLI-80 tubes 50 watts triode mode. They sounded good both ways, but the tubes sounded better, sweeter and not as harsh in the highs. All the nuances of the vast majority of the music are there in the room with you, like I have never experienced before in the past 40 years.

The ss although had room rocken bass, real tight and deep and I mean deep. My dream would to be buy a electronic crossover, have two pairs of Fortes send the bass one using the ss and the mids/highs to the other using tubes. Mide you however the tubes do not lack bass and if you listen to jazz or classical or blues they will be more then fine. If your into rock then perhaps ss would be better. Other opinions would be welcomed.

Larry