MattS

I could not agree more, FrankPhess, this DVD is one of the finest music dvds I have heard both sonically and muisically. IMO a must for Led Zepplin Fans. Any LZ CD will have a hard time competing with the powerful combination of visuals and music.

I second Diana Kralls Live in paris and Roy Orbison's Black and White both have superb sound and performances. I also recommend Eric Clapton's Unplugged excellent sound and video quality. If you are a Willie nelson fan, Live at Billy Bob's Texas is very enjoyable, the performance and sound quality are toe tapping excellent. The video quality is only fair.

I used the Teac before breakin and before removing the center channel with a pair of Forte IIs and found it to be a bit harsh. I am now using my 150+ hour Teac with Magnepan MG12s and it sounds as very nice. I will be trying the broken-in Teac with the Fortes again when I can get it away from the Magnepans. The center channel removal requires removing 1 screw and it does come out like a computer card. A bit of effort is required to pull the card.

The Sharp SD-EX111 $79 has have been talked about as being pretty good. It is quite small and has a amp, CD player and tuner. Good luck

I say go for the quartets. I have 4 forte IIs and an academy. I feel the rear forte's capability is mostly under utilized as rear surrounds. I am going to move the rear fortes to a 2 channel system and put a smaller pair of altecs back to surround duty. YMMV

Never mind, I am now able to get to ecost and sears.com now. Klipsch forums appears to be going faster as well.

Yes I find this site very slow. I also am not able to get to sites like sears.com or ecost.com. The browser waits indefinitely on those 2 site and other site. googgle.com comes up in normal speed. I have ad-ware and spy-bot and others and have run them today. Anyone have else trouble going to trhe above mentioned sites.

As previous posters stated ebay is your best shot for aqcquing a academy. I looked on ebay just before going to bed and was shocked to see a oak academy for $350 BIN of course I jumped on it immediately. Good luck.

I own 2 concert videos which I like: Roy Orbison Black and White, suberb preformance and sonics in DTS and DD 5.1. Backup band: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, KD lang, Jacson Browne, Jennifer Warnes and others! If you like Roy at all this is a no brainer. Eric Clapton UnPlugged has superb sonics and and excellent performance as well. I am always looking for concert videos with good performance and sonics in 5 channel.

Is it ok Velodyne servo amp with non servo sub? Thanks

I have 2 pairs of Forte IIs. I am running my home theatre setup with fortes in the front and some small Altec bookshelf speakers for rears. I have a 2nd pair fortes on my 2 channel system that I am considering moving to sourround duty. One advantage I can think of for Forte Sourrounds is that I can run the sourrounds large instead of small. But for dvds/movies, the sourrounds don't seem to produce very much sound. It seems like a waste of fortes to use them for sourround duty only. What have other people experienced? Thanks

I recommend getting one of them new fangled digital amplifiers as well. I am also using a panny xr45(discontinued) and I am very satisfied. Lower down the line, the panny xr25 and xr10 are available on ebay for $150 or so. The newer panny xr50, replacement for the xr25, is available for about $240. The highly anticipated pany xr70, the replacement for the xr45, will be available very soon. Many people are waiting for xr70. Another digital amp getting good reviews is the JVC RX-ES1SL digital amp, it costs less than the pany xr50. JVC RX-10 vs Kenwood 7100 vs Pany 45 mini shootout Good Luck.

I'm glad to hear I'm not completely nuts about stacking Klipsch speakers. I'll have to give it a try stacking some Forte IIs. Thanks Guys. MattS

I've read were 4 large advents are stacked 2 & 2 where the top speaker is set upside down on the bottom to align the speaker components with good results. Anybody try this with any Klipsch speakers? I would think there would be stability and weight issues on the bottom cabinet?

In the $200-400 price range, you might consider one of the new digital receivers like Panasonic xr45, xr50, xr70, or JVC RX-F10 and others. I have been using Panasonic xr45 with Forte IIs. It is a wonderful match without any harshness whatsoever. MattS ymmv

I generally won't buy from a seller who: 1. Has an ebay ID named HeadBanger or something similar 2. States he hardly used the item. 3. The 1st 3 paragraphs describe all about the lousy buyers he's had to deal with and what the rules are for the auction followed with a very terse description of the actual product. 4. Shows really bad pictures or No Pictures. 5. Talks a lot audiophile goobly **** about how great the item is. 6. PayPal only 7. Insurance not offered. Whats up with that? Other telltale signs?

If you want to try cheap and excellent, I've been very pleased with my $300 panasonic xr45 for both 2 channel and 5.1. THe xr45 has a digital amplifier that is getting rave reviews by many people, these people are have replacing their seperates for this digital receiver. I am running forte IIs with this receiver and I am thrilled with 2 channel and multichannel performance. A speaker maker named Newform is recommending the panny xr45 at his site. The panny xr45 has been discontinued and the new panasonic xr70($339)should be out now and uses the same digital amps. Good luck.

Never Mind. I just purchased a lovely pair of oak Forte IIs. MattS

I'd like to pickup a nice pair of Walnut or Oak Forte I or II within 2 or so hours driving distance of the Chicagoland area. Email me if you have a pair of Fortes to sell in the Chicagoland area. Thanks MattS

FYI: In Portland, Oregon, Echo Audio is is selling a pair Klipsch black utility Cornwall II for $525. Echo Audio

I´ve got the feather and you don´t! Chip(Golden Lab mix) and Lilly(White Shepherd) on vacation on the Gulf of Mexico last Jan 2004. Chip and Lilly are both rescue dogs. I'm looking to purchase some Heresy II and/or Chorus II in the Chicagoland area.

I was thinking klipsch rbs' would work well with my Fisher amp, thanks for the confirmation, BillH, Ryan, Leok, DeanG. MattS

I've been lurking a while on this forum and would like some advise amp/speaker matching. I was planning on buying either a pair of rb-35 or rb-5 ii to use with a fisher 500c. It will be in a 12x20 office, I will be sitting 6 feet from the speakers on the 12ft side. Given the high efficency of these speakers, would I be better off with less efficent speakers and run the fisher amps more vigorously? Is there a optimum level an amp runs its best at? for example, is running a amp at level 5/10 better than running an amp at level 1/10? With Klipsch speakers for low level listening, would one be better off with a even lower wattage amp than the fisher's 28 watts or less efficient speakers? Hope this makes sense. Thanks Matts