Ah, so. This was not clear to me in the original post.
Sorry. I should have been more specific.
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Ah, so. This was not clear to me in the original post.
No. It isn't stock. I added them myself.
I love my Forte speakers, in walnut as god intended. However, the mighty Khorns in the den prevent them from being the best Klipsch in my house, much less the line. Yeah, larger footprint, but you get to shove them up against the wall, in the corner and out of the way, where they sound their very best. By contrast, the Fortes in the bedroom could use just a little more distance between them and the front wall. They do sound great to me, but the placement isn't ideal. So from a real estate standpoint, while the cornerhorns are larger, they take up less usable space while also providing attractive surfaces on which art or other decorative items can be displayed. Bottom line though, for me anyway, is that the Khorns emanate a larger presentation, and a presence that the Forte can't fully duplicate, even in a smaller room, and certainly not in the same room where my horns supplanted them.
First of all, that grille over the passive radiator is a knockout! Secondly, you guys would seem to be the ones to ask this:
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(From the product manual.) One inch?! Two to ten inches? How close can you get before running into trouble, practically speaking?
That's the closest I can remember ever seeing a recommendation w/r/t proximity to the wall behind the speaker.
And this one has that big honking passive driver there. Interesting to say the least. TIA for your opinions.
I love my Forte speakers, in walnut as god intended. However, the mighty Khorns in the den prevent them from being the best Klipsch in my house, much less the line. Yeah, larger footprint, but you get to shove them up against the wall, in the corner and out of the way, where they sound their very best. By contrast, the Fortes in the bedroom could use just a little more distance between them and the front wall. They do sound great to me, but the placement isn't ideal. So from a real estate standpoint, while the cornerhorns are larger, they take up less usable space while also providing attractive surfaces on which art or other decorative items can be displayed. Bottom line though, for me anyway, is that the Khorns emanate a larger presentation, and a presence that the Forte can't fully duplicate, even in a smaller room, and certainly not in the same room where my horns supplanted them.
Yes...because scale matters. Often times it’s the difference between great and breathtaking.
But I’ve banged that drum incessantly here in the past...so you’re perfectly aware of my feelings on this. Regardless, Khorns will do scale nicely and congrats on the Khorn acquisition!
Printed specs are even more important today than they used to be. You can't go to a electronic store and listen to speakers and compare (true for 90 percent of buyers) so you have to rely on specs and reputation.I don't understand everyone wetting their pants over printed specs. They don't tell you how a speaker "sounds". I have a pair of synergy f30 towers that spec much better than heresy or forte. But I have sense enough to know the heritage speakers sound much better, and yes I have heard it with my own ears. Sweating specs is the hobby of fanboys over at the Crutchfield site.
Thanks, Michael, but this post is now rather dated. Sold the Khorns, because I couldn't place the left one properly into a corner, and a false wall wasn't feasible because they were already too close together. I had to face it - my room wasn't really large enough, and shaped wrong, for cornerhorns. Still have the Fortes you sourced for me, and they still remind me of the time I visited you and heard those QRS-1 (model?) - those big Infinities. And I still am amazed at the Watkins woofer they used.
I have since put together what is in my sig as the main rig, but also use the Forte in the bedroom daily, where they sound PDG.
Nice to hear from you again - I know you're a busy guy with many irons in the fire at all times. Hope you and yours are all doing well.
I liked it best when it was still klipsch. How much of the new product will still be in use 50 or more years from now...
I will keep my vintage klipsch speakers with drivers not made of plastic nor my cabs of pressboard.
That’s horrible my lower end klipsch towers go down to 33 or 38 hz for a. $4000 speaker it should go down to 20 hz. Not long you will need a sub with alll if there Speakers, at the rate they nerf them . I mean you really already do except the vintage modes .So I'm still up (don't ask) and I get this email from Kipsch about the new Forte III. Interested, I opened it up. Great special edition in colors I don't like for 2000 each. No info on the regular edition, I was wondering if pricing would be better. But behold, the specs are up. I know the specs for the I and the II (since they've always been my favorites) so I check and I have immediate disappointment. They "nerfed" the speakers.
I don't know how they did it, 12 in woofer check, new midrange design with titanium drivers (hopefully big magnets and not like the Heresy) check, the Heresy tweeter (what I expected) check and the large 15 in passive check. So everything the same as the IIs (don't expect the midrange to be much better since new horn designs is just a marketing ploy) except the frequency range. The ones go from 32hz to 20khz and I can verify with my 20 year old ears back in 85 that you can hear the difference in bass and only the Klipschorns went lower. The IIs also go from 32hz to 20khz but have better efficiency at 99 db at 1 watt vs 98 db for the Is. The new 2000 dollar III only go from 38hz to 20khz with the same efficiency as the IIs.
Why would I spend 4000 for a speaker that is not the Forte that I have always loved??? I'm guessing that they didn't want to the Forte to compete with the Cornwall nor the La Scala which sell for more but the Forte was always better on specs and people bought what sounded good to them. I would like to hear them but I would like to hear them next to a Forte I and then laugh at the Klipsch staff. Boo for Voxx.