Klipsch Palladium P-39F?

Has anybody seen the picture of the P-17B bookshelf in the P Series? The finish on it looks just like the plain finish that they have been putting on their synergy series for a decade... 4k/pr for that? When you look at the other monitors that are at this price range I can't see how they could sell a single pair... I'd grab something from Salk Sound - have a great sounding speaker and a work of art for that price.

http://www.klipsch.com/products/details/p-17b.aspx

Just my $.02

Their spec sheet claims power handling of 400W continuous/1600W peak. Recommended amplification is 50-1000W. Does this seem strange for a 99db efficient speaker?

Jmleonard400,

The Palladium P-17b bookshelf speaker is available in the same 3 finishes as the rest of the Palladium line and currently these are the only available finishes for all models.

"Has anybody seen the picture of the P-17B bookshelf in the P Series? The finish on it looks just like the plain finish that they have been putting on their synergy series for a decade... 4k/pr for that? When you look at the other monitors that are at this price range I can't see how they could sell a single pair... I'd grab something from Salk Sound - have a great sounding speaker and a work of art for that price."

Check out this thread on the Klipsch website. The finish looks very nice:

http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/106978.aspx?PageIndex=1

Undertow, did you ever sell the DM3000's by B&W (vintage 85 to 87 or so)? I have a pair of these. I replaced the caps in the crossovers and cleaned them up. I can't believe the perfromance that I get from these.

No sorry I worked in high school so I was not even 10 years old in 85 or 87'! I am sure any speakers with some good crossovers will be pretty close to the performance of most today however.