The only klipsch speakers I had ever heard until today were the k horns. My la scala speakers showed up today and I was worried about a lack of bass because of what some people said in other post about the la scalas bass or lack of. This I know for a fact, if you play ac dc off a cd the bass will knock your socks off. They are not a k horn but my sister who had some k horns smiled when she listend to these la scala today and said it brought back old memories of what a good speaker sounds like. The first thing she did after hearing them was to look for the brand name and when she saw the klipsch tag, said no wonder they sound so good.