Quote Originally Posted by MntnMan62
I really appreciate everyone's imput here, especially RGA for the detailed technical perspective. Realizing that it is all about listening, I will be heading to a Best Buy to listend to the Polks and the Klipsch's side by side. The other ones on the list don't appear to be sold by anyone nearby for me to listen to them. I may also look further into the Aperions since they offer a 30 day no risk at home trial period. On the subject of power, I don't usually play music at very loud volumes however, I would still like to know that I can if on occasion I want to crank some Zappa or Return to Forever or Michael Brecker. And if I understand RGA correctly, since my HK puts out 120 watts per channel, I need a speaker that can handle that amount of power. I now know I also need to check the speaker's sensitivity as well. And if I still have it all wrong RGA, don't hesitate to let me know.
If you want to buy one pair of speakers, once; take your amp with you! Unless it's an ungodly inconvenience, take the HK to Best Buy, and try to get into an H/T room to listen. Don't listen on the floor, you won't learn anything.

Make the sales people work for you. Most of these places have at least one proper room with a seat. You can position everything correctly and actually listen to the results.

Otherwise, I wouldn't even bother. You'd be better off just buying a pair to bring home and then return once you're done.