Quote Originally Posted by steltz02
You guys are starting to give me the exact information that I was looking for but I am still a little bit confused. If I end up getting the titans or the athenas are my KLH's going to become useless? I am looking to make a whole system eventally, but I dont have the money for that yet. For now I am just trying to get another pair of speakers that doesnt cost too much money, but allows my system to put out plenty of sound.

I think that I am going to eventually get a sub woofer.

For now though i have to decide on a pair of bookshelves.

I know that I can bring back the Athenas to BB if I dont like how they sound, but I cant bring the titans back if they arent treating me right.
Its just a hard decision.
I guess that I am looking for someone to tell me. " I have the yammy 496 and have tried both, and these are the ones that work the best" haha.

Alright, so the titans and the athenas will be easy to push with my yammy so that shouldnt be a problem. I just need to choose one according to how they sound and stick with it?

any more advice?

Thanks you very much. appreciate it.
Before you do anything else, I think you should look out for the impedance switch on the back of your receiver. If you're using 6 ohm speakers, you need to switch the impedance from the default 8 ohm position to the 4 ohm position. I just remembered that your model probably has that switch in the back, and that's probably causing the protection mode to kick in earlier than it should.

As far as home comparison goes, you could always borrow a pair of the Titans from your local dealer and compare them to a pair of the Athenas that you buy from BB. That way you'll hear how they sound with your room acoustics, and assess how much you can push the receiver before it goes into protection mode. Basically, you need to hear them at home before you finalize any decision, and borrowing the speakers you're interested in is the best way to figure it out for yourself. All the Paradigm dealers in my area encourage customers to take the speakers home to trial.