Hi
I own a pair of P17B monitors and they are amazing speakers. They need time to break in, but now that I have couple hundred hours on them they are sounding wonderful. Using Vincent int. hybrid amp, which seems a good match, and they certainly do not need that much power in my small room. Am a long time audiophile & have owned (briefly) several larger/older Klipsch designs over the years, but never found them refined. These P17B Palladiums are very revealing, but very very smooth too. Was just listening to a marginal recording from 1965 and could clearly hear the limitations and flaws on the record, yet I enjoyed the music. Personally feel a high quality and very quick sub is in order to balance the extended highs. Am using a small sub with sealed box. Always a problem to match a sub with quality monitors in a seamless way, but after a few months of tiny adj. cannot hear the sub, and when I switch it out nothing changes except the reach of the bass. If you are looking for compact horns please try to hear them, but be certain the pair has enough hours on them to be properly broken in.
I own a pair of P17B monitors and they are amazing speakers. They need time to break in, but now that I have couple hundred hours on them they are sounding wonderful. Using Vincent int. hybrid amp, which seems a good match, and they certainly do not need that much power in my small room. Am a long time audiophile & have owned (briefly) several larger/older Klipsch designs over the years, but never found them refined. These P17B Palladiums are very revealing, but very very smooth too. Was just listening to a marginal recording from 1965 and could clearly hear the limitations and flaws on the record, yet I enjoyed the music. Personally feel a high quality and very quick sub is in order to balance the extended highs. Am using a small sub with sealed box. Always a problem to match a sub with quality monitors in a seamless way, but after a few months of tiny adj. cannot hear the sub, and when I switch it out nothing changes except the reach of the bass. If you are looking for compact horns please try to hear them, but be certain the pair has enough hours on them to be properly broken in.