I have no problem recommending the Klipschies for HT music dubties with an AVR system, for most domestic home duties. The Klipschs play effortlessly, high dynamics, and the focused sound propegation the horn loaded speakers present is VERY acoustics friendly! (I.E, you don't need lots of sidewall/ceiling acoustic absorbers and diffusors, to get a solid clear sound and imaging). Deal with the setup however is not to expect a horn speaker to have a wide dispersion characteristics for, say, great music listening all around the house! You really need to sit infront of horns, and creat a listening window to make em work
Also, the Klipsch's realloy need some relief for the trebble, which can be too agressive on axis. In that respect I DO NOT like the typical Yamaha receiver as a match with the Klipsch's, and I recommend receivers that are a tad more mellow, with perhaps some warm-ish characteristic, and a good DSP EQ (like the Audyssey) helps greatly to balance the sound! Denon's, I find, are a great match with those Klipsch's, without going more higher end essoteric Arcam. Other considerations would be higher end Onkyo (not a big Onkyo sound quality fan), Integra, maybe NAD (history of quality control?), etc.
Anyhow, I find the Klipsch sound nice and dynamic, with lots of presence (necessary for movies -not to laid back and uninvolving like a lot of music speakers), highly efficient and easy to drive and, yes, acoustics integration is cooperative. Of course, the Klipsch's are affordable.
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Also, the Klipsch's realloy need some relief for the trebble, which can be too agressive on axis. In that respect I DO NOT like the typical Yamaha receiver as a match with the Klipsch's, and I recommend receivers that are a tad more mellow, with perhaps some warm-ish characteristic, and a good DSP EQ (like the Audyssey) helps greatly to balance the sound! Denon's, I find, are a great match with those Klipsch's, without going more higher end essoteric Arcam. Other considerations would be higher end Onkyo (not a big Onkyo sound quality fan), Integra, maybe NAD (history of quality control?), etc.
Anyhow, I find the Klipsch sound nice and dynamic, with lots of presence (necessary for movies -not to laid back and uninvolving like a lot of music speakers), highly efficient and easy to drive and, yes, acoustics integration is cooperative. Of course, the Klipsch's are affordable.
That help? Good luck