Klipsch Cornwall III with Bryston 4B SST2 / BP17 ?

You'll need a good tube pre-amp and some warm cables (Cardas 300B or Kimber PBJ) if you want to use that combo. It still might be a bit too etchy. The corns really like some nice tube power.

There`s no harm in trying this combination and just listen and decide. Everthing I`ve ever read or heard about these speakers suggest low-moderate power tube amplifiers are a much better direction to go. It does not seem your amp will give the best this speaker has to offer.
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As a past owner of the Cornwall and the Khorn, I would also agree that your best bet is a lowish watt tube amp. IMHO, SS and high power are not a good match for these speakers. They will surely be on the bright side and you'll want to end you're listening secessions early.

I agree with Elevick. I power my III's with Parasound SS and like the results very much. I bought it after an A-B comparison with a very good tube amp. I'm also a musician who loves accuracy and the sound of "live" music. To each his own, but to my ears too many tube amps mute (dumb down) the highs in music. Might add that I'm not anti-tubes. My Hammond B-3 uses a 122 Leslie which contains a great tube amp. Most tubes, however, don't work for me when it comes to reproducing sound. These are generalizations and YMMV. Cheers to all!

Hey Jamo1, try it, and if you don't like it, try another speaker. I run my JBL S4700s (which have horn compression drivers for the mids/highs) with a Bryston amp and preamp, and the results aren't too bad at all. What you might wanna try is tubes on the mids/highs and the Bryston on the woofers. That could very well be the ticket. Also, the JBLs are rated up to 300 W, and to get those woofers moving you need power, imo. I'm not too familiar with Klipsch so I can only go by specs. According to Klipsch, it can handle 400 W peaks, so the Bryston would be ok. You probably wanna put them on stands since they're only 35" tall.