I think dougdrake is talking "per pair" on those prices. I got my Forte IIs in 1990 and paid $1300 for the pair. They have been through several moves and are still going strong. Using KG.5 or 1.5 as surround (can't remember which they are now) and KV-3 as center. We just moved into a new home where we can have primary home theater downstairs and secondary home theater upstairs. I'm sad to say, the wife wants smaller, more discrete speakers downstairs (but I want the high quality b/c this is where the big screen is). So it looks like my current set of Klipsch's will get moved to the "B" theater.
So I'm here to see what Klipsch is offering nowadays for a high quality, but small speaker setup for HT.
Or... maybe I'll sell the current Klipschs and use that money towards a cheaper speaker solution for upstairs and a better Klipsch setup downstairs. There seems to be a market for these awesome Forte IIs!
-nickel