High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more

FWIW, there is a link to this paper on the Daedalus website.

If you read the article and follow the steps, the results indicate a required minimum power for the Ulysses speakers of just below 50wpc up to 100wpc depending on the dynamic headroom you select as being important to you. The <50wpc figure assumes desired peaks of 105dB, and the 100wpc assumes desired peaks of 110dB.

The specifics of arriving at the figures are explained in the article. If you try the exercise, be certain to adjust for sound attenuation over distance as described under the heading titled "Loudspeaker Sensitivity".

Grant, as I mentioned parenthetically in my earlier post I have not heard them, which btw is why I was hesitant to enter this thread previously. Based on the many glowing comments I've read about them; and on how uniquely well they seem to meet all of the 8 requirements and preferences I listed above; and on the 30 day audition privilege; and on the fact that Lou is apparently one of the genuine good-guys in the audio industry; and on my willingness to ultimately revise the surrounding system to better suit them (if necessary), I've purchased them sight (and sound) unseen.

Best regards,
-- Al

one i've never heard but would like to is the Reference 3A Grand Veena. they seem to be at a nice price point as well.

Have fun!

Thanks Grant, and thanks for the link to the paper, which as it happens I had seen some time ago. As I indicated in my post yesterday, that appears above and was addressed to Ladavid, my experience has been that well recorded, minimally compressed symphonic music tends to have brief peaks in the area of 100 to 105 db at the listening position, which seems nicely consistent with both Lou's comments and with the 80 watt/channel capability of my amp.

Best regards,
-- Al