I recently went from a pair of Revel M106 with sub to a pair or Heresy III...although the 106 were a great speaker, they can not deliver dynamics like the Heresy can. In some rooms the Heresy can have ample low end without the need for a sub, however I think they really need to be partnered with a good sub.
The Revel and Heresy are also polar opposites too, but I don't regret it for a minute. $2000 is a tough price point, many speakers between $1500 and $2k are decent but are almost all certainly made in China. Even the Revel, a "boutique" brand was made in Indonesia and was $2k new.
One thing about Klipsch Heritage , you can ALWAYS get parts for them. And they stand behind their warranty.
If you are looking for a small speaker that fills the room with big lifelike dynamics and still sounds great at low volumes the Heresy is hard to beat. Percussion and bass guitar sound much better to me through them compared to my past speakers with 6 and 7 inch bass drivers. The thwack of a bass string or the 'kick' of a kick drum are much more convincing.
They are also at the opposite extremes of sensitivity, those elacs would need more than your amp can deliver to play as loud as the Klipsch can with 10 watts. I'm using a 40 w tube amp and that's way more power than I need with them.
A lot of people trash the Heresy , but the III are really good and I think they are a lot of speaker for the money. When I auditioned mine I walked in the room they were playing in already, they threw a huge soundstage and it was hard to hear where the sound was coming from and I said wow, what ever those are sound great. As I got closer I realized it was the tiny little Heresy that was throwing that huge wall of sound. Listened some more with my amps, as I was lucky that they had the same gear and ordered a pair.
The Revel and Heresy are also polar opposites too, but I don't regret it for a minute. $2000 is a tough price point, many speakers between $1500 and $2k are decent but are almost all certainly made in China. Even the Revel, a "boutique" brand was made in Indonesia and was $2k new.
One thing about Klipsch Heritage , you can ALWAYS get parts for them. And they stand behind their warranty.
If you are looking for a small speaker that fills the room with big lifelike dynamics and still sounds great at low volumes the Heresy is hard to beat. Percussion and bass guitar sound much better to me through them compared to my past speakers with 6 and 7 inch bass drivers. The thwack of a bass string or the 'kick' of a kick drum are much more convincing.
They are also at the opposite extremes of sensitivity, those elacs would need more than your amp can deliver to play as loud as the Klipsch can with 10 watts. I'm using a 40 w tube amp and that's way more power than I need with them.
A lot of people trash the Heresy , but the III are really good and I think they are a lot of speaker for the money. When I auditioned mine I walked in the room they were playing in already, they threw a huge soundstage and it was hard to hear where the sound was coming from and I said wow, what ever those are sound great. As I got closer I realized it was the tiny little Heresy that was throwing that huge wall of sound. Listened some more with my amps, as I was lucky that they had the same gear and ordered a pair.