Klipschorn placement and power question

The shop is 48Wx72Lx17H. I'd like to hear stuff like ZZ Top at live listening levels.

That's almost 59,000 cubic feet. Contrast that with what most of us are familair with: An 18x20 family room with 8' ceiling is 2,880 cubic feet. Even a fairly large "great room" in a spacious upscale house would be around 12,000 cubic feet.

There's a lot of air to move in a room that big.

For live levels in a venue like this, we have to think in terms of something close to a full-range PA speaker. The Klipsch is sort of like that, and so is a 2- or 3-pair array of Cerwin-Vega CLS-215s.

Another viable option might be full-range self-powered PA monitors, maybe something like this.

dangle 901's from the ceiling and fire up the zz top.

06-03-09: Jaybo
dangle 901's from the ceiling and fire up the zz top.

... or 5 pairs of JBL-100's pointed at the listening area.

I used a QSC PLX 1202 pro amp to drive K Horns and i was as smooth as can be, not fatigueing at all. This particular amp was recommended by an engineer at Klipsch (it is what they used in one of their labs at the time). It was $600 new at the time and 200 wpc. I still use it in my office system.

The K Horns will fill that room, even that large. I also built "false corners" for mine and yes, they did dissappear. Don't believe everything that you hear on teh street.

I prefer my B&W 800's, but the Klipsch are quite a bargain for the price (used). Just use the right amp (not necessairily expensive).

Your shop is as big as a movie theater. Use pro gear.
It seems foolish to put nice wooden cabinets in that environment. You need a sizable truck -- the K-horns are a car with a big trunk.