Cary vs Raven

I got the Fritz speaker to try out at home.  They had nice high and mid range, but not the oomph which I like with the Forests.  I'd rather have a single full-range speaker than satellites and subs.

Thanks for the info.  My thought was that it's easier to get an amp and take it to various stereo places to try out speakers than drag speakers around to try out amps.

Thanks for all of the advice.  I like the Forests, but after having the Fritz Carbon 7 SEs for a while I realized my old speakers were getting tired.  I'll take a listen to the Klipsch and see how I feel about them, then look into one of the amps.

I can demo the full line of Klipsch heritage speakers at a stereo store within my driving range.  They also carry Paradigm speakers, as well as home theater and McIntosh amps.  I tried the buy-it-try-it but lugging 70+ pound speakers back and forth to the shipper wore me out.  So my options are limited to Paradigm and Klipsch.  My plan, which seems not resoundingly approved, was to get one of the amps I suggested, go to the stereo place, hook it up, listen to their speakers, and make a choice of speakers.  My budget and personal circumstances are limiting, so I need to make a choice between these speaker options.  If neither are to my liking I will just keep the Forests.