Amplifier for Klipsch Cornwalls

@mrdecibel 

Having said that, do you have any experience with Cornwalls, and if so, do you think that they should be raised off the floor more than they are with the supplied risers?

A lot of good advice here. Have you considered a Forte Model Four to go with your preamp? 50 watts of class A that fits your budget. And I would consider restoring it, at some point, with Jon Soderburg at Vintage Amp Repair. 

Can't imagine I'd ever like SS amp with Klipsch Heritage, perhaps a First Watt? I haven't even liked EL34 push pulls all that much, didn't like KT at all. My favorite amps have been SET, 845 somewhat noisy with my Khorns, 300B just right. Recently  purchased Bendix 6094 based monoblocks, 6094 is offshoot of EL84, this first push pull that can really challenge SET. 6094 takes best of EL34 and KT series with none of the drawbacks. Klipsch Heritage doesn't really need many watts, micro dynamics where I find them to offer up life like presentation, macro less important for this. 

@roxy54 I figured I would respond before the football game starts. I have always installed Heresys on stands/blocks to get them at listening ear height. CW, Lascala, Belle, raised them up a few inches (removed factory risers), with a small tilt upwards, which was always better for listening for me when seated. There is a wide variety of seats that can be used for proper listening height, and the speaker height greatly depends on seat height/listener, as this varies tremendously, as well as listening distance between speakers and the listener. It is possible raising them higher, but I never needed to raise them up a foot or so. I once installed a pair of stacked CW (think Advents) with the top pair inverted. Talk about a wall of sound. Did this with many pair of Heresys. My best, MrD.