JDUBS, The preservation of the recordings dynamic range is very good. The Tetons are alive at very low volumes and I have not really noticed any compression from them at high volumes. I listen to jazz,classical,new age,classic rock, bluegrass, movie soundtracks,Big band,native american. I also use them for home theatre, 2ch only. The speakers are pretty accurate and your ears will probably give up before the speakers do. On paper the amplifier power I have available coupled with the speakers efficiency should yield a 115dB peak spl capability at any frequency between 20HZ and 20kHz before room gain. This exceeds
THX spec of 105dB and I have only seen this on some Telarc CDs and the 2copies the Russian recording from Russell Dawkins with little or no compression. Most of the time I don't exceed an average spl of 85dB and frequently lower. It seems like I can hear almost all of the music without having to turn it up. I do like to crank it up occasionally. Rock music like the reissues of SteppenWolf and The Who seem to require a certain minimum volume to sound right.
Scotty