John Chi-town

Think I am starting to lean towards this Pass Labs offering. Although a constant 400 Watt draw could get a little pricey with the electric company. Best regards, John

Thanks to all for the feedback. I am good with working on cars, boats, cycles, and or anything that flies. But my soldering skills are horrendous, as would be my ability working from a schematic, etc. I would shy from a build unless someone might be interested in doing so for me, payable in US dollars of course. His 30 Watt Class A amp is going for about $6,500.00 new. Still researching used prices. A little North of where I would like to be on an Amp, but I am sure worth every penny. The monster weighs almost 100 pounds! Best regards, John

I have been happy with my forte II for 26 years, if I changed maybe forte III. Best regards, John

I have never felt a lack of bass from my forte II.

Does anyone own have owned or auditioned any of the Nelson Pass / First Watt offerings? I have owned/own many of his Adcom designs, but I am intrigued by his First Watt offerings which is a smaller side business to his "general public" offerings. http://www.firstwatt.com/ Thanks in advance. Best regards, John

Have you done any mods to your forte or Chorus II? Or are they both all original? I own a pair of forte II I purchased new in 92. I have Crites networks and titanium diaphragms in both the tweeter and squawkers. When you say the forte III blows them out of the water, can you be more specific? Best regards, John

Try Duracrest Fabrics in Elk Grove Village IL. I know he has current Heritage badges, but not sure about NOS. They have provided the cloth and badges for Klipsch since the mid 1980's. Best regards, John

Congrats. forte and forte II, one of the best balanced speakers Klipsch ever produced. In most instances you will find performance best 15-18 inches from rear wall with no toe in INMHO. Best regards, John

A direct quote from Nelson Pass himself regarding his design on the Adcom GFP-750. The circuit couldn't be simpler. Says Pass, "It's a differential pair—the end. A single gain stage, balanced input, balanced output, no feedback....We took a pair of MOSFETs, and the inputs go to the gates of the MOSFETs. The MOSFET sources are tied together and biased with a current source, with the signal taken off the drains. [The circuit] can run unbalanced on either side, although the performance is best when it's run balanced. So, that being said I tend to believe the man who can make a toaster sound great. Best regards, John

I read the last sentence of his post as a little smug. "Thanks for humoring me"? My apologies if I misunderstood. Best regards, John

Yes. Nelson Pass.

Adcom GFP-750

JS I am not here to humor you. Go troll somewhere else. Best regards, John

I was told differently on a post I made yesterday. I was told, no political innuendo's. Which reminds me of an old joke. What do you call an Italian suppository? Best regards, John

Here we go again. TOS violation. LOL......

You are correct. There is no statement saying "improved sound". However it shows that with balanced connections less distortion, better signal to noise ratio, etc. Which INMHO translates to better performance and sound. John

John

Real XLR inputs: The advantages of balanced signaling are significant. So why are systems with balanced capability often used unbalanced? The problem is in the design of the differential or balanced drivers and receivers. These are more difficult to design with very linear low-distortion circuits. Often, the unbalanced circuits sound better because of simpler design. If the component is not designed balanced from the ground-up, the balanced circuitry often adds an additional stage to the preamp or amp. Additional stages are undesirable in principle, because each stage adds its own distortion, noise and frequency roll-off. In general, it is best not assume that the balanced and unbalanced connections on a component will sound alike , so the best advice is to try both. If you look at the last couple of pages in each of my attached owners manuals under specifications, you will see the gain in performance with balanced interconnects. Best regards, John gCD-750-ug.pdf GFA-565-user-manual.pdf gfp-750-ug.pdf

Bought 1 Meter pairs on Ebay for $75.00 a pair. Retailed at $250.00 Monster M1000 Series.

Look at your owners manual for performance difference between XLR Balanced vs.Unbalanced connections. I think you will be surprised.

Between CL, Audiogon & fleabay you should be able to find a nice pair of either fairly soon. May require a couple hour drive but worth the wait.

No rattle & roll either......

I just recently upgraded my CD Player/Transport. Prior to that both my pre-amp and amp were connected with balanced interconnects. I added the CD player with balanced as well. All three now are using Monster M 1000 series balanced interconnects for connectivity. All three pieces have "real" balanced interconnects from factory. What a difference, head room seems like it has doubled, bass is much tighter, and mids and highs have improvement as well. My question is why do many people think that balanced interconnects are only required for long cable runs, etc,? INMHO there is a much improved listening experience. Best regards, John

NO AFFILIATION Appear to be a nice set of forte II, Orland Park, IL. https://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/ele/d/klipsch-forte-2-stereo/6420096260.html John

NO AFFILIATION https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/ele/d/klipsch-forte-iii-speakers/6412039607.html If legit, great deal for someone looking for a pair. John