speakers with balls

Any dynamic music including modern jazz and classical along with death metal and hippity hop actually demands decent speakers that won't explode if you turn 'em up. It's simply a matter of the degree of level you plan to tolerate…I recently installed a pair of Klipsch Heresy IIIs simply because I like the sound of them, they're mui sensitivo, and they pair nicely with my massive 12 watts per side amp. I use 2 REL subs because I already had them, and if I feel like cranking the whole thing up I can get some serious levels I simply don't need, but if I'm drunk and dancing to something…well…you know...

I drive the Heresy IIIs with a small-ish 12 watt per side SE amp, use a tube preamp, and 2 REL subs. These speakers are clear and clean with no treble fatigue, and this system will play anything you put through it with aplomb (yeah man…aplomb). No low bass with these but the RELs supply that bit, and I've listened for harshness as I can't stand incoherence. I hooked my mosfet SS amp up to them to test the tube grease factor in an attempt to keep things honest. They sound fine with the SS amp (around 8 times the power of the SE amp), but much better with tubes, still retaining clarity and 99db efficiency which allows them to play loud even with 12 watts.

My Silverline Preludes came with a brass ball option to be used instead of the also supplied spikes…so yeah…these are speakers with balls.

Steve Guttenberg tested the new-ish Forte III and concluded that although it didn't outperform his reference stuff in detail or something, it outperformed them all when playing things loud. There ya' go.