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millercarbon,

Your explanation above (starting with "Such a speaker will limit your amplifier choices...") is even nicely written.

However, tangentially related to the matter, you seem to continually ignore the fact that some people can actually afford to buy an amplifier.

It could be beneficial if you reposted your statement from above every time you wanted to explain benefits of higher-sensitivity speakers. Usually, you just come across as talking garbage about it. Like this, people would actually understand what the ground for your thoughts is. Then they could decide if they want to be frugal, or they may not care about spending more money for an amplifier. And you would get some points for advice.

High efficiency speakers limit your choice of speakers.  
Plus many high efficiency speakers have very limited bass. That’s how they achieve high efficiency.  
So there is more to it than that.  Unless you must  have high efficiency speakers to enable some otherwise limited amplifier.  
Most speakers even lower efficiency ones with modest power amps will go loud enough for most. 

WRT to measurement based assessment. I can recall instances where Stereophile reviewers have waxed lyrical over a product, only to have Atkinson pull out a pretty woeful set of measurements.

Border Patrol springs to mind. Class A recommended
There are others.

Lonemountain:
ATC makes great sounding speakers but not very well known in the U.S. home audio market. Maybe an advertisement in Stereophile should be considered. ; )

lonemountain
Absolute Sound, Stereophile (and several other online magazines) have reviewed and recommended our our ATC products without one dollar of advertising- ever.

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https://www.stereophile.com/content/atv-scm7-v3-loudspeaker

https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/atc_scm_11_loudspeaker/index.html

Cheers George