Decades ago, I had an opportunity to choose beteeen Klipsch La Scala and Altec 604Cs.
Speakers aren’t everything. It depends what you match them with. At the time, it was the Dyna Stereo 70 I had built myself when I was 14.
I chose the Altec 604Cs.
The Stereo 70 got replaced with a pair of Dyna MK IIIs, and then the Futtermans. The Futtermans are amazing. I tried other speakers: in particular, Duntech and Klipsch again. But the Futtermans love the Altecs.
It’s been Altec 604Cs, with a pair of Ds as backup. Which is a little OCD because I take care of the Cs: remagnitizing and reconing them every 15 years.
Each time, I found the Klipsch to be softer, … weaker somehow. Good for classical, but not for other material that wants more presence.
Each can have the shouty thing, but that’s corrected with better crossovers, the right tubes, and a device to (subtly) manipulate the phasing.
But basically, for me, it has been Altec for 46 years.
You may feel differently however.
That last sentence sorta negated everything didn’t it?