B&W or Klipsch with Yamaha

[JSE]

By the way, I reread my post and I want to make clear that the Yamaha 3300 receiver you have is an excellent receiver. Kindof sounded like I slammed it for being bright. It's not, Yamaha just tends to be brighter than some.

JSE

[RGA]

It really depends on the Klipsh. The most famous Klipschhorn is one of the great loudspeakers and high end horns have the lowest distortion of any design and the highest sensitivity of any design. But this is more about Avante-garde(another horn maker) than Klipsh. I have horn loaded Wharfedales others are soft dome with horn like designs....none sound remotely alike.

I was impressed by the Klipsch Reference series and one big reason is they are easy to drive making receivers less winded. Solid tight punchy bass. Klipshc is a great rocker brand but better than just a rocker. B&W is a bit more balanced and neautral and the s3 series is very strong. All that said nothing is accurate so why not get the one that sounds the most fun. I don't perceive the horns as bright but they are certainly forward...which means the upper frequencies jump out at you...but they don't ring or behave as badly as many other basic metal domes.