New speakers dilemma for vinyls... Heeelp! :)))

some personal thoughts and observations based on the discussion and opinions expressed so far...

1 - spendors are truly excellent speakers, but one must understand that today’s spendor has two parallel lines of speakers, one called 'classic' (their historical, brilliant, bbc-design speakers, modernized somewhat over time) and the other. 'd-line' of floorstanders (e.g., d7 or d9), which are modern design, heavily braced, dead cabinets, more contemporary, more detailed, ’more hifi’  and vivid kind of sound -- think of the classic series as harbeth competitors, and the d series as proac competitors -- my personal favorite among all these is the spendor sp100 series (old or newer revised ones) and am quite lucky to have finally chased down another set again, after selling amy first pair in 2009/10 to try harbeth mon 40’s, and regretting the sale since that time...

2 - it is certainly worth pursuing higher efficiency speakers, as there are so so so many benefits to having one which you like the sound of --- which is the key, and, the key challenge imho --- i have been at this since the early 80’s in a serious way, been through cabasse, zu, klipsch 2-3 times, avant garde horns at one point even, smaller audio notes --- each time driven by the desire to use brilliant low powered s-e tube amps by gordon rankin, dennis had, air tight and so on... but i personally have never (in all those attempts over the years) been able to warm up to their sound, their slight ’honkiness’ and paper cone/nasal coloration which, to my ear, all have, more or less

3 - i have not heard the volti nor the latest klipsch cw4... perhaps these are now finally free of those troublesome colorations

no doubt a great deal of this depends on what one listens to, your room, your set up, your ancillaries, and most importantly, your personal tastes -- as a listener, what you have been conditioned over time to view and accept as good, proper, ’real’ sounding music

@kennyc: Actually, we are in agreement. My post in this thread did not mention "vinyl", but rather "vinyls". In another thread I addressed the issue of the difference between the singular and plural usage of the term vinyl in relation to LP’s, and went on to provide the fact that LP’s are actually made of not vinyl, but PVC---Poly Vinyl Chloride. I approve of calling LP’s PVC’s. ;-)

You are right on target with The Klipsch Cornwall IV. Your Pass amp will crack the concrete with those speakers. You need not look elsewhere.

I also have the Pass XA25 driven by a 6SN7 tube preamp (Aric Audio). As I believe one responder stated, the XA25 leans more to the neutral side than other Nelson Pass products, highly transparent. I would look towards a speaker that leaned toward the warm side. 

You have a large space to be sonically pressurized. When considering speakers please consider speaker sensitivity and impedance across the frequency range. Both equate to the resultant efficiency of the speaker.  

Also keep in mind that with a vinyl based system the cartridge, as the other transducer, also makes a great impression on the character (overall presentation) of the system. 

@adversam,  I have heard the Voltis and own the Cornwalls.  Both are spectacular.  I think, but am not sure, but Voltis can get pricey as an upgraded finishes cost you and the intro finish is really drab.  Properly finished they are beautiful though.

I think you are smart to have carved out a place or higher efficiency speakers like the Rival and Cornwall given the size of your room and your amp.  

You have a nice system already, which should make this part of your journey fun.  Your preamp is special! 

PS-- The comment above about your post being "dumb" is absurd.  A brief review of that poster's comments on the forum will easily reveal the poster has used that exact, childish and uncool language before--dare I say, troll-esque?   Your post is exactly what is appreciated here.