Speaker upgrade

@grislybutter 

At the end of OPs opening comments was a request inviting comments and suggestions.  I was responding to that request.

My "comment" was that IF the OP was leaning towards the Klipsch but wanted a little different sonic character, then there is a pathway to get there.  For starters, $10 worth of Dynamat on horn bodies goes a long way to improve the warmth, focus, and detail of the speakers.  Sonic gains can be made while keeping all major factory installed components intact with other simple "mods."  Selectively replacing factory crossover components is actually #4 on our list of recommended upgrades.  Custom, hand-built crossovers is pretty far down our list, but highly recommended if there's enough headroom in the budget for them.

@waytoomuchstuff 

I know little about the engineering part but why wouldn't Klipsch implement your $10 magic for such a huge gain?

@grislybutter

Excellent question. I retired in 2016 as a Klipsch dealer. About a year before my retirement, Klipsch was attaching a rubberized material to the front of the horn bodies in their Reference Series speakers. So, it looks like someone there was paying attention to this. I haven’t kept up with Klipsch after 2016. Might be worth looking into in my spare time to see if horn body dampening made its way into the current Heritage lineup.

@waytoomuchstuff ok that make sense.

Klipsch seems like a big and competitive brand and they must know what they are doing

Try Elac 247's. Great balance between detailed and dynamic.