Klipsch Heresy IV or Revel f226be

@james633 , on another bookshelf thread, someone recently recommended the Revel 226 over the 126 the OP had mentioned, because the 226 was not a whole lot more $ and the footprint/floor space is arguably practically the sam.

I am constantly second guessing what I have done and what i should have done, so I started looking into the 226, and whoooaaaa--they are down to 4k a pair depending upon whose selling them.  The 126s that I bought were 3k a pair, and for the physical similar size of the 226 to the 126 on stands, I think I would have spent another 1k and got the 226s.

Then I started reading the specs and although the 226 is listed as 90 (someone on a site said 88) for sensitivity and the 126 is rated at 86, I noted that Erin's Corner was saying that the impedance would dip as low as into the 3s and might not be suitable for certain AV receivers (which isn't what I am using anyway) but is that lower impedance coming from the two woofers per speaker?

Well, you're dealing with two totally different animals here; box/cone vs horns.  However, I would most definitely run with the Revel f226be speakers (with a pair of  quality subs), which would be totally killer.  Although I've owned and enjoyed horn, electrostatic, and ribbon speakers down through the years, ultimately, I always returned to standard box dynamic speaker, which I will retain for the duration.  Happy listening.    

Immathewj,

yes having 2 drivers wired in parallel will cut the impedance of those drivers in half. So if they are 8 ohms each the result will be 4 ohm. Then there are added changes with the crossover. But the multiple drivers will generally increase efficiency. 
 

I have not heard the 126be but based on the measurements the 226be is an all around better speakers. Hard to say how that translates to real world enjoyment. I would not worry about it as there are then again better speakers than the 226be too… a slippery slope lol. 

I bought a pair of dealer owned Forte speakers and enjoyed them for 6 months. They're a little more hifi IMO than the Cornwall but not quite as fun. I wouldn't ship these the boxes are not rated for multiple use and the speakers are not terribly sturdy either. Not s good value new. I sold mine locally for $2600. Took a loss on them.

@james633 , not that it’s applicable to this discussion, but from comparing the specs, I was thinking that MAYBE the Revel 126 is a 226 with only one low range bass driver (instead of two as in the 226) and no 51/4 " midrange driver like the 226 has. Going from what Erinscorner was saying about the 226, I was THINKING that the 126 might actually be the easier load to drive. (However Revel is recommending 50 to 150 wpc for both speakers.)

However I frequently am mistaken about my over simplified assumptions.

What I would say though for almost sure, is that at 4k the 226 is marked almost hald off and looks like a terrific bargain. I really wish that they would have been listing them for that last spring when I gave 3k for my 126s.