Klipsch speaker choices

I think that you really need to play Klipsch speakers loud to enjoy what they do well. Of course there are any number of other horn systems that play as loud and have fewer significant shortcomings. To be fair most of these horns are more expensive if you dont want to DIY. A great deal of low volume quality is amp dependent I think with tube amps having the best linearity at low volumes. 

I haven't heard the new Forte speakers, so can't speak to them, but in my experience, Klipsch Heritage, Legend, and Epic speakers sound good at lower volumes. 

I had my Crites modded Heresy I in my office for quite a while and listened mostly to jazz on the local NPR station.  They sounded great at low volume.  I have a pair of KLF-30 in my bedroom currently and the volume on my ARC LS26 rarely goes past 2 or 3 (on a scale of 1-103). 

Personally, I think many Klipsch speakers sound their worst at high volumes.  That's when some of their worst characteristics are accentuated and they hurt my ears.  Some of that depends of course on the room, the rest of the system, and listening distance, and personal taste. 

My KLF-30s are very smooth and can be played very loud without sounding "bright" and don't hurt my ears, even at fairly close listening distance.  In contrast, we have a local music meetup group and we have listened to La Scalas a number of times at a local audio store.  When played loud, they started to hurt my ears and I wanted to leave the room.  The other 5 or 6 guys there all thought they sounded great however, and most of them have better systems than mine.

Thanks guys...
More input would be appreciated. 

@jsautter , you, and others, come on here, a positive thread, in which happy Klipsch owners gather, and you speak negatively about you experiences. Nothing wrong with that, as this is an open forum. But, I do feel, as price goes up with equipment ( speakers in this case ), so do expectations. At 40 K retail, I would think that your speakers would do more, of what my modified Lascalas do, and, even at a show, I can make this determination. I am a gifted and experienced listener ( I know many others, so I am not singling myself out ), and can determine, and separate, what is the room, and what is the speaker, when creating the " presentation ". Live, unamplified music contains several " audio artifacts ", which I feel, horns, done right ( and do not need to be perfect, because perfect is impossible ), come closest, in delivering upon these, " to me ". This is " my story ", and it does not matter if you, or anyone else, disagrees.....I have said, since my very early posts here on the "Gon, that although I enjoy my Klipsch ( and many Klipsch, especially when I get done with them ), there is an extreme diversity of listeners. We are all different, we all want something, and once you find that something.....great ! The bashing and negativity is ridiculous. Music listening is a fun and an emotional experience for most of us. I could never, and would never, come on here and say, " unless you own a pair of modified Lascalas, you have not heard anything ". Not everyone is me. And, I understand this. However, I will defend, that this is " what I want ". End of story......Enjoy ! MrD.

someone please send me some klipsch 
so i know what joy is