New speakers dilemma for vinyls... Heeelp! :)))

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649757700-volti-razz-speakers/

noticed these popped up in new jersey

somebody in tri state area go get em! 

i am enjoying reading this thread more than most

great observations from @oldaudiophile  -- old in this case has also brought wisdom...

some personal thoughts and observations based on the discussion and opinions expressed so far...

1 - spendors are truly excellent speakers, but one must understand that today’s spendor has two parallel lines of speakers, one called 'classic' (their historical, brilliant, bbc-design speakers, modernized somewhat over time) and the other. 'd-line' of floorstanders (e.g., d7 or d9), which are modern design, heavily braced, dead cabinets, more contemporary, more detailed, ’more hifi’  and vivid kind of sound -- think of the classic series as harbeth competitors, and the d series as proac competitors -- my personal favorite among all these is the spendor sp100 series (old or newer revised ones) and am quite lucky to have finally chased down another set again, after selling amy first pair in 2009/10 to try harbeth mon 40’s, and regretting the sale since that time...

2 - it is certainly worth pursuing higher efficiency speakers, as there are so so so many benefits to having one which you like the sound of --- which is the key, and, the key challenge imho --- i have been at this since the early 80’s in a serious way, been through cabasse, zu, klipsch 2-3 times, avant garde horns at one point even, smaller audio notes --- each time driven by the desire to use brilliant low powered s-e tube amps by gordon rankin, dennis had, air tight and so on... but i personally have never (in all those attempts over the years) been able to warm up to their sound, their slight ’honkiness’ and paper cone/nasal coloration which, to my ear, all have, more or less

3 - i have not heard the volti nor the latest klipsch cw4... perhaps these are now finally free of those troublesome colorations

no doubt a great deal of this depends on what one listens to, your room, your set up, your ancillaries, and most importantly, your personal tastes -- as a listener, what you have been conditioned over time to view and accept as good, proper, ’real’ sounding music

Speaker specifications & measurements are, relatively speaking, not very helpful.

no more useless than specs on other gear ... but the two to pay close attention to for speakers are:

-3db freq point for bass extension... (of course the room matters, and bass reinforcement from the room) but it is important to know how deep the speaker goes - critical to decide if subs are needed

impedance plot ... quoted ’nominal’ impedance is bull kaka... you need to see the minimum impedance and at what frequency with what phase angle, critical to match proper amplifier to speaker and avoid those amps that would not suffice