Don't know if the Klipschhorn corner speakers are that efficient or not. My dad made a pair of DIY Klipschorn corners, and ran them with a 50 watt McIntosh set (pre-amp and 2 monoblock amps) He is still using the McIntosh, but bowed to the almighty will of my mother, and is using some different speakers now.
BTW, I already have dibs on the McIntosh system when he is finished with it.
Last summer I made a DIY pair of Abbys with a fostex driver. The speakers did not sound good with my class D panasonic reciever in my bedroom, but sound great with a conventional stereo Yamaha integrated amp. My son is using them. (laptop - headroom desktop DAC/AMP - Yamaha - speakers) They sound great in his room (no carpet), and would be really sweet with a nice small wattage tube amp. Perhaps one day.
Most of the speakers I was looking at 6-8 inch fullrange develop bass to about 50hz. A proper enclosure helps them to get to about 40hz. Size of driver and enclosure would determine sound level.
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iMac > USB > Ultra MicroDAC > Raptor > AT W5000 / Senn HD650
[Home Unit] Computer/XFi ExtremeMusic/Lavry Black DA10/Samsung DVD HD950 > Cambridge Audio 840a > Monitor Audio RS-6 / Senn HD580
[Travel] iPod+Crydoc > Hornet/Tomahawk > UE-10pro/Klipsch Image
[Laptop] MacBookPro > UE-10pro/HD580/Klipsch Image
[Gym] 2G Shuffle > ER6i
[Teenage Son 1] iPod/Laptop+TotalBitHead > A700
[Teenage Son 2] iPod/Laptop+HR Desktop DAC/AMP > A700/E4c >Yamaha Receiver > DIY Fostex Abby
[College Daughter] Cant get her out of iBuds
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