I have no idea where some of these bits of "common knowledge we all know this to be true" ideas come from. So here we go. Millercarbon can add to this I am sure.
Too big for a small room. Nonsense as I know people with MCM-1900's in their living rooms and they sound stellar at any level. I have sold perhaps 15 sets of KPT-456's and KPT-904's that went to peoples houses where they will stay until they die and they love them.
Too revealing whatever that means. My interpretation of this is guess what, when the goal is accurate sound reproduction, the closer you get to good reproduction the more you are going to find many of your audio files are poor in quality.
And my favorite AG bit of nonsense is "too lifelike". Exactly what I want and seek.
Check my personal system out. These are maybe 16' center to center in a space roughly 22' x 14' front to back. It is a space in my shop as I have no speakers in the house. Sadly my wife likes Facebook and not fine audio so the gear stays out there where I wont be interfered with when I listen. You just simply can't substitute smaller speakers that may go down as low and expect the same result. Yes lets say the small box goes down to 35hz. The bigger one that goes that low, assuming we are talking about a well designed speaker like the CW4, will make you sit up and pay attention. The depth of sound quality, call it headroom if you may, is a key part of excellent sound. I have full output down to 27hz on a big single fold horn and it is fun to watch people when they hear them for the first time.
When Roy did his demo of last years models and the new ones he played the Heresy 4, Forte 3, La Scala latest and greatest, and Cornwall 4.
The real deal is all I can say about the CW4 and this is from a guy who despised them for being big boomy sounding boxes until now. The Heresy 4 is perhaps a bit better than the Super Heresy build many Klipsch head tinkerers have built and is another surprising box.
He also had the latest Jubilee there but that is in another whole league over all the Klipsch Heritage stuff. But you know if you really like big rich sound go big.
I want to hear the rasp of fingers and string noise just like I was there with Cellos. I want to sit down next to the 32' organ pipes. I want to sit in the middle of the band as they play. This was the goal when I built my system.
I say that to say this. There are speakers I could live with if I had to give the Super MWM's up and the CW4 is one of them.
By the way on all this fancy stuff people seem to think they need. Roy Delgado uses a QSC 4 channel Theater amp and an older DX38 EV for DSP if needed and zip cord speaker wires in his sound room at Klipsch. I figure he knows what he is doing and that's just about all I do to. Crown XLI800 amps work just fine for me and don't break the bank.
OP there is one comment you made that kind of surprised me. I guess I need to go hear a set before buying, or words to that effect. NEVER buy until you hear and find someone who owns a set and go to their house to listen. Now there is a word of waning here. I knew a guy who loved Macintosh and spent a small fortune on them. KHorn corners and CW centers and it was just awful. So I ask him what is his music source as he fiddles with that stupid iPad. Sure enough it was that iPad and some streaming thing. Make sure the person you pick to visit for speaker auditions knows what they are doing. Many have way more money then sense and if you want really good sound find the guys with common sense buying and playing practices.
