I've owned a pair of Klipsch Heresy IIIs for a while and tried replacing them (out of curiosity) with Heresy...didn't like the sound of the new poly horn so they were outta here (the IIIs have a completely different mid horn throat design using titanium drivers)...I also tried a pair of ZU Dirty Weekends and they also fell short of the IIIs. Suffice to say I apologized to the IIIs and am keeping 'em. They're the Capitol Records 75th Anniversary version bought new as an "open box" deal for around 1500 bucks...hard to beat with a couple of subs, and they're relatively small for a horn based speaker.
Suggestions for high efficiency speakers?
I attended the Capital Audiofest and thought the Audio Note room had the best sound to my ears. Another attendee from Florida had a copy of "A Night in Tunisia" and it sounded like you were sitting in Art Blakey's chair with his drums right there in front of you. I want that palpability, that "you are there" sound I think low watt amps and high efficiency speakers deliver better than any other combination.
A couple years ago I heard the DeVore 96s at the same show and loved their sound, anyone know of other speakers that give the same sensations?
My system is a SOTA Sapphire w Sumiko MMT and Zu-modified Denon 103 into an Art Audio Vinyl One phono pre into a Lamm LL2 Deluxe pre into an Art Audio Jota SET power amp and into Joseph RM25 sigs.