is the onkyo ht230 a speaker package? If so I bought it from onkyo , with the receiver package for upstairs last year.Then returned it. Must say onkyo was was great about the return, paid for shipping back and even refuned the shipping.
The receiver was nice, and the subwoofer was good. But the rest of the speakers were "ok". No camparison to klipsch. I have a pair of old kg4's and a kv3 center chanel. I hooked up and compared the onkyo center and the klipsch center, no comparison, klipsch won, hands down. Now for the price, 200-300 for the onkyo speaker package, not too bad at all. Just dont expect it to compare to any name brand set up. You get what you pay for. I don't know anything about the kipsch package you mentioned.
my 2 cents.