SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS

It might help to know what you listen to. Is it music? Can you give some examples? Did they use instruments and human voices? It’s hard to play a violin or acoustic guitar in my studio without it hitting well above your preferred volume. Crescendos are louder as my buddy strums harder or my wife’s flute pegs the note with just the right timbre. I have a baritone and it doesn’t really feel alive till I make significant pressure. Are you sure you like music? Or is it something else you seek. To spend money? Get a hearing aid and keep it loud. Love the music till you die!

Hi, I’m in the same situation as you with my hearing.After a few years of experimenting with components and sound I finally reached a point where my sound quality is very satisfying to me. I’m using a Shindo pre amp and amplifier with a Mr T power conditioner.My digital setup is a Synergistic Research switch which connects  Ethernet cable, and Muon Pro to the Aqua LinQ transporter to my Weiss 501 Mk2. I used the DSP on my Weiss to my advantage and my taste. I am listening with Fleetwood Deville SQ at 60 to 75 dbS and sounds great, whether loud or low, the details these speakers give out is amazing.After lots or trial and errors, this is the best I ever heard. Good luck with your search , just thought to share my personal journey.

There is so much hate for Klipsch. I get it, the lower end stuff is defiantly made on a budget. They do require a little bit of modifying to get the best out of them. 

Having said that, I have Forte's, every morning I'm listing to the radio around 50db, before everyone else gets up. They sound dynamic, good soundstage, not missing anything from top to bottom. What they do lack, is the pinpoint imagining, but they also have a huge sweet spot, that the speakers that image so well do not have. 

On my setup, when it is turned up, they sound about the same, but the soundstage just keeps getting bigger. At times you would swear there are way more then 2 speakers in my setup. 

If you have the budget, skip the Forte, look into the Volti, it is a much better done version of the Klipsch, so they charge as such. 

I'm there as well at 69 with minimal diminished hearing. I agree with @audphile1 on the EQ use. I wasn't using the EQ on my McIntosh MA352, but since my diagnosis I adjusted the EQ settings to match my hearing levels and I'm pleased with the outcome so far. 

One note on hearing aids, the specialists have told me they are optimized for human conversation, not music. I did try aids without the EQ on and with EQ on and I wasn't pleased with the results.

@carlsbad2 I have not heard the horn array model, specifically, but, a guy nearby who bought my DIs some years ago has a newer & ’smaller’ model as well now... with a single 15" and the array, (that’s it, no mid bass drivers). It had all kinds of detail (wow kinda detail), low end for days, very coherent and sounded like my TAD bred with some horn a bit (sonics-wise). But, that model is 94 db or so sensitive, probably to accommodate the bass extension. By detail, i don’t mean the tilted up/FR gimmick done by most manufacturers to make a dude believe his speaker is detailed...this had something i would attribute to the array, small driver impulse response perk in a FR range where such a driver never typically operates in.

I think the 103db dual 15 horn array model has the right ingredients for someone like the OP, but, as you may suspect, i think he tweaks/refines his models over time based on feedback..., a polycell model sold to somebody 5 years ago may have well received some additional tweaking since then..I recently picked up a pair of used moabs from a dude, one of the earlier serial base model, in the midst of painting it, etc. I am sure newer Moabs have gotten tweaked since then.

@deep_333 I have long been intrigued by that speaker pictrued but have never heard it. At 103 dB/watt is should excell at low volumes. I do worry that it doesn’t have the mid bass driver that this manufacturer usually uses. However, the designer prides himself on a flat frequency response so I’m sure he has it figured out. I do have a lot of experience with this brand (although not in my system right now) and the low mass midrange array is one of the best upper midrange performers I’ve ever heard and it does sound great at low levels.

Jerry