Cylontymany
Super Member
If could only own one set of vintage Klipsch speakers-which ones would they be and why? Heresys,Fortes, Choruses,Quartets? And I want them to be 8 ohms too.
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twiiii
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I would like to hear the new Forte III versus NEW CORNWALL JUST FOR HO - HO'S. I will never buy either. but I'm willing to listen and change my mind. We sold Cornwalls, I installed them and had a room mate with a pair in college. We could almost peal the wallpaper off the walls with a pair of Cornwalls with a MC 275 and later a 2105. You could feel chest compressions from either amp and your leg muscles flex. A little experimenting with room Equalization really improved the sound making the sound much more accurate and easy to listen to. Later Cornwalls with improved tweeter and 18/db crossover really turned me off. But after a while that was corrected and the Cornwall returned to being my favorite horn speaker system. Right now myfavorite horn system is the JBL 4435, the HF are better summed being a two way versus the 3 way from klipsch. Arrival times from the JBL are much better than the Cornwall. But the Cornwall has better definition at longer listening distances. So as with everything train your ears attending live un amplified concerts and recitals and then go pick the speakers.
I have Quartets, love them, but I would want to move up to at least a Chorus II or Cornwall. If I could afford a Khorn, I would jump. My room is perfect for them.
thevinoman
Nothin' but the Blues...
Khorns without question.
playittwice
Super Member
Hello Cy, my experience with the different Heritage line-up is this. I listen to '77 Heresy then switch to K-Horns, and to me the Heresy's sound like boom box speakers. I know they are not full range speakers but to me it is really difficult to listen to them after listening to the big boys first. If I listen to the Heresy first it's not as dramatic a change but the other way around is a less than desirable. I like the sound of the K-Horns so much better I purchased a second pair for my second system.
I started out with KG 4's then went to Chorus then to the big boys! Each time was a big improvement in sonics. Bought some Heresy cuz I thought I had to have em. They would be the last on my list of keepers. I think it was Coytee who said the bigger you go the better the sound and I can vouch for that statement.
Please keep inind this is my experience only.
Others may beg to differ.
Good luck with your venture.
I do want to add I do realize your question was not Heritage Line specific. But thought I'd give you my thoughts.
I started out with KG 4's then went to Chorus then to the big boys! Each time was a big improvement in sonics. Bought some Heresy cuz I thought I had to have em. They would be the last on my list of keepers. I think it was Coytee who said the bigger you go the better the sound and I can vouch for that statement.
Please keep inind this is my experience only.
Others may beg to differ.
Good luck with your venture.
I do want to add I do realize your question was not Heritage Line specific. But thought I'd give you my thoughts.
braincramp
Active Member
I listened to the new Forte III's and new Cornwall just a couple of weeks ago. There really wasn't much (if any) of a drop off going from the Cornwalls to the Fortes but if I was going to shell out $3600 for the Fortes,I'd spend another $600 for the Cornwalls. They were both very impressive.
