speakers with balls


Hello friends
I live in a modern unit!! of medium size!!
 I/m running a pair of Zu soul's, on some recordings, sound great, other's could be better!!, I'm looking at the below, my amps are "audio labs" mono blocks!! approx 250 WPC
I'm looking for a speaker that "rocks"!!
I have a short list of speakers, that according from web sites, are a good match
1. Magnepan 1.7
2. Magnepan 1.7.i
3. Gallo Acoustics  3.5
These are some speakers, that am willing to consider
 anymore more speakers, that you can recon-end??
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You've got amps with balls so if it were me I'd look for a speaker with a toast one 12-15 inch woofer ,I've owned every last model of the Klipsch heritage line ,best bang for the buck is a pair of Klipsch Cornwall 2's in good shape ,if the horns are too bright it's a simple $2 fix to smear some cheap silicone on the tweeters inner throat ,same with the mid horn ,I find Cornwall a bit Brite and must damp the tweeter ,that aside with 250 watt mono blocks you can blow your windows out ,or enjoy quiet passages from modern classical I listen to a lot ,you will find zero benifit in buying the Cornwall 3 except an extra $4 grand ,if Cornwalls are too big then Heresy 3's are an excellent choice that won't break the bank ,and can use all those extra watts , Heresy 3s do not do well on stands ,if you have wood floors you can damp the bass with a towel under the heresys slanted riser ,best thing about Klipsch heritage line is they are like Mcintosh gear ,if your unhappy you can flip within a month and not lose a dime .

If you have a few thousand to spend and have the room then the 4 piece Mcintosh XRT-22 line arrays are the best you'll hear at any price and the 250 watts will drive them perfectly .



I’m currently looking for the same thing in a Speaker. 

Daveyonthecoast, I have Goldenear Triton 5 Speakers running with a JL D108 Sub. They sound nice, but don’t rock like I want. I’m sure the models higher up the food chain are better with the powered subs. 

 Have my eyes on those Tekton Double Impacts... also Tyler Acoustics Halo 1’s, PD90 or the H2. But I haven’t seen a lot of feedback on any of those.

if you’re into vintage, good luck finding a pair of old MTX AAL 2230’s. Total bad ass. 

Good Luck!
You guys are amateurs...

If you want speakers with Rad 'Nads, combine the Tannoy Westminster Royal Gold Reference with a Wilson Audio Thor's Hammer sub-woofer.

Then put on Black Sabbath's Paranoid Album, and turn it up to Eleven.
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.
250watts going thru horns would make my ears bleed!
big no on the Maggies-
consider a 4 ohm Floorstanding speaker like Dynaudio with the SPL around 86-89. I have a pair of the Contour S3.4s. 

These speakers crave and NEED (250 or more watts++) high current to sound their best. 
But when they get it, they do not disappoint. The internal bracing is overbraced to manage the vibrations that are expected from customers listening to high volumes with high current ... eg, rock and roll, large expansive orchestra's, etc. 
In other words, the Nirvana Bleach and Tom Petty album I listened to last week .... rocked!