I don't think Klipsch are underrated, they are just either liked or not. I have KG 4 and KG 4.5 and like both very much, yet both pairs are used in Home theater systems - for me I like them better for that, less so for just music.
Well I do like my KG 4s for music, also! But I take your point!
KG 4's are either luv or hate but everyone knows what they are?? They are not really a sneak in under the radar kinds speaker???
Maybe yet another thread is needed?? IE most well know "under rated speaker?? Cuz you know certainly that would include the RS Mach Ones, (and I am a fan an owner) and luv those speakers! They will do "Stupid SPL's" like nothing I've ever seen and with a good Amp ... they don't care!
And of course if your gonna go there, the infamous, Bose 901's would have to be included??? I don't have a pair myself but I am on the lookout for a pair cuz you know, I hear (no pun intended) that they suck?? But you know I'll have to get a pair and decide for myself?
I picked up a set of "RS Nova Eights??" And to my surprise ... stock those were pretty good also! And they can be modded to be made even better! But "I" like them as they are so you know ... whatever.
But for truly understand I'd also nominate the RS LX 5 Pro's! I have a lot of them bought new back in the day! And I have always used thm with a "Sub" so I never got the tiny woofer in a small box thing?? Back in the day I heard the "Real Seal Linium Tweet" in Linium Speakers! And to me .. they did not sound 700 dollars better then what I had (with a sub.)
The real deal as it were ... did not sound $900 better to me??? But to the point of this thread I would add my Sansui Sp 1200's! They were suppose to suck ... I thought and even with twin ports they roll off fast at 45hz ... But again whatever as I said, use a "Sub." They were cheap and a "lark" and that was a year ago and they are still here uh as in right now! Sigh used in concontation with my LX 5's! I run them all together with a sub cuz that's what I do!
But for purposes of this thread I'll nominate as underrated Sansui Sf 1's (end table speakers) and the Sp 1200's. Split decision on the SF 1's?? My wife never cared for them but I did ... but a bit later ... they went down with bad caps apparently?? But the SP 1200's?? She's never raised a single complaint about them!
And while neither have I "exactly??" But you know after a decade or more of using mostly my LX 5's for the HT thing I found there was "something missing??" I suppose the Linium Tweeter does it's on thing? And I couldn't live without them??
So I now run them in conjunction with the SP 1200's!! And I luv the combo although it's hard to tell the LX 5's are really there!
They match up so well that they only way you can tell the LX 5's are there is when you disconnect them! And they are worth mentioning because by and large my better half is like whatever with me and the "Stereo Stuff" but the LX 5's are on plant stands. And she did ask ... why are those "Black Speakers" there?? Cuz, you know I want to put plants on those stands!!!
Uh yeah "NO!" I don't put my foot down often ... but I explain, that yes indeed .. they are still hooked up and playing now!
So "NO" the LX 5's are not going to be replaced with plants! And that was the end of that conversation! Now after I ever come across a pair of LA Bella's or La Scala's much less K-Horns at a price that I can afford ... well you know ... that's gonna be a whole nother conversation!!