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im sure others will have suggestions for the issue, a few members here have heavily modified their fortes. a few basics though, have you verified if one mid/tweet is causing the problem by swapping the speakers left to right or the drivers? have you checked each drivers ohms to verify they are both within acceptable ranges? might have a partially blown driver. a quick simple way, without an EQ device would be to just turn the treble setting down a notch or 2. or maybe your ears are just used to the less bright kg4's, quartet/forte/chorus are a 3 way vs the kg 2 way & are much brighter speakers.

pretty common in the upper midwest & in minnesota or the UP of michigan its just flurries!

page 2 post by "chief bonehead" the forte 3 will function ok, but they dont look correct for chorus 2, if that matters. https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/174280-chorus-ii-replacing-passive-radiator/&page=2

just a little sarcasm... regardless of what you use, a youtube video will never represent what real speakers sound like, limited to the mic on the camera used to record it & the speakers used on the other end to listen. but they do look like nice speakers!

right... yes shes nice to look at!

huh? thats one of the titles included

lowered price... $35 shipped.

bump for lowered price. will take $15 + shipping for all 70. or will consider seperateing if interested in certain titles. these aren't really my genre of music but some like the herb alpert & kingston trio stuff.

wow, those epics sound exactly like my computer speakers!

klipsch will sell the passive for the forte 3 & its been said they will "work" ok. they look different & are a different cone material, but if you cant find originals & dont have cores to recone that may be the only option...

the 2uf & 1uf are the mid/tweet caps & big value 80uf can stay electrolytic, a poly 80uf would be huge & expensive & is not needed.

yes they are sold. the new owner was going to buy my k-horns i was struggling with selling & drug my feet for too long. these KPT's look like very nice speakers & was a great deal for 3 of them.

Welcome to the forum & congrats on the quartets. My suggestion would be to first replace that tweet diaphram with new ones, maybe bob will sell you just 1? It was definitely installed poorly & the person damaged it pretty bad. Or just locate stock ones & see how you like them, some people prefer them over the titanium ones & the stock ones sound very good. Regarding the x-overs, I would consider buying a different brand of capacitor that isn't 2-3 times as big as the stock ones, they should fit on the stock boards very well without any major changes. There are many good entry level caps that only cost a few bucks a piece or mid level one for a few bucks more, the fact is that the stock caps are VERY cheap & getting old, they can & do go bad. New poly caps are a huge improvement over the stock one & are close to the same size physically, so since you said you are ok with soldering, this really is a basic job that sounds like you can do youself. Check out places like parts express & get the 1% dayton caps or solen for a couple bucks each, the bigger bass cap can stay electrolytic & are very cheap. Your main issue seems to be with the mid/tweet caps. If you don't want to do it yourself I would be willing to help but don't want to step on other members toes that do x-overs so just check around. For $15-$20 you can replace the cheap stock caps & likely fix the problem you are having & it will be a nice "upgrade" over whats in there now. Best of luck!

this is an odd collection of classics & oldies vinyl albums from the late 50's to 60's. includes multiple titles from herb alpert & the tijuana brass, kingston trio, marty robins. many other titles, there are too many to list so please see pics on link to auction. these are very old records & have been in storage for a long time, most have some light to heavy scratches & are dirty but majority of them play ok, would rate good to acceptable/fair. jackets have signs of wear too. $20 for all 70 plus shipping that will be about $25 depending on location, they are heavy! i have many other vinyl album bundles listed on auctions as well so please click "see other items for sale" to check them out, many classics like the limeliters in good shape & the dukes of dixie land that are "audio fidelity" & in very good condition. also some classic rock albums in very good condition. will sell for opening bids, i accept paypal or USPS money order/personal check. https://www.ebay.com/itm/401649336878

this is a misc collection of 42 cd's, most are rock & roll. please see pics for titles. majority of discs are in VG to excellent condition, some are new or like new, all play ok on my average cd player. some cases are cracked but still function & some have prev owners name written on the back. will include the case logic case too. $40 shipped in usa.

uh, ok ??

the 15 is a nice sub, but in general 2 12's are better than 1 15.. depending on the quality level of each sub. & do some research on klipsch sub amps going bad, regardless of the sub, if it dies it's worthless.

you're very welcome. i comment a lot about caps & x-over rebuilds for people who can solder, it gets mentioned a lot that you need to send them to someone to do it or buy complete new x-overs, when in reality the majority of the improvement is from just replacing the cheap old caps klipsch used in these speakers. & the cheaper entry level poly caps are a huge improvment over cheap stock caps. nothing wrong with stepping up a level to "better" caps if you have the budget & can justify it for your speakers or gear, but if you just have an average system & do average listening like a AVR & movies or a pair of say KG2 or 4 or even KLF fortes & chorus, the poly caps for a few bucks a piece will do wonders. higher end speakers & lascalas or k-horns or guys with amplifiers that cost thousands of dollars or tubes etc, then yes, the better caps are definitely worth it.

good question, i guess by basic soldering i mean that you have been soldering for awhile & doing more than just tinning speaker cable ends or repaired a broken wire. & that you know how to make a good solder connection, not a cold solder joint that will break. for replacing most factory klipsch caps, that you have worked on printed circut boards before & know how to desolder & make longer or reshaped leads on the caps, etc. all basic things i guess, i am far from a pro or electrical engineer but was taught at a young age how to solder & other basic entry level electronic tinkering. when kids were playing with GI joes at 10 years old i was building erector sets & taking apart my cheap ghetto blasters & record players. that all may be a little more than basic, but still if you're mechanicaly inclined & can watch some youtube videos or other instructional info & practice a little, you can probably change out a few capacitors... building & designing new x-overs from scratch & more elaborate circuit board work or repair will require quite a bit more knowledge & skill.

baseless idea of winning?? ya lost me there... wasn't aware it was a competition. how is my sarcastic humor any different from your attempt at sarcastic humor? no need to reply since there's apparently no hope for humanity...

my example was rocket surgery & brain science... totally different than rocket science/brain surgery!

my opinion & suggestion for what it's worth, is to decide what your budget is & do some research on available caps, sounds like you are ok with paying more for higher quality caps which is fine, but if you know how to solder you can replace them yourself. & just to clarify... i mean if you actually know how to solder, not that you soldered a broken wire once or tinned some speaker cable ends, i mean if you can do relatively precision soldering on a printed circuit board, but its still pretty basic work to remove & replace a cap. as for the cabinets, some say you need to remove the black melamine surface before re-glueing, & that is probably the best way to do it but is not required, ive read of people just using a construction adhesive like you mentioned & it works great, i even think theres a company that makes an adhesive specifically for melamine. another option that works great is gorilla glue, follow the instructions on the tube & it works very well on all kinds of surfaces, but to be safe i would at least sand the areas along the seems & corners with some coarse sand paper to help it have some more bite. i did a pair of kg 5.5 i owned that way & it worked great for years before i sold them. had klipsch repair my first set of kg's with the hot glue they use but that was in the 1990's.

well if you had to repair those peoples work, they didnt really know how to solder! no offense & not trying to belittle what you do, i've seen pics of your work & its top notch... but removing/replacing & soldering caps is not rocket surgery or brain science. if you know how to solder correctly, it is indeed easy. again, for the average person on a budget with average speakers or gear, entry level poly caps are light years beyond the stock ones & the average person can't tell the difference on average gear. the majority of the benefit is replacing the old cheap factory caps, especially if they are "bad." i don't doubt for a higher level speaker & gear the better caps are worth it, but realize not everyone is at your level or needs anything like those expensive caps you mention... the OP has KG2 speakers on a mid-fi AVR! klipsch sold these speakers with low quality cheap caps & the vast majority of owners were & are more than happy with the sound they produce. i have been using the dayton type caps for many many years & they are a noticeable improvement over stock caps in most mid level brand speakers including klipsch. just like speaker wire or audio interconnects, most people cant tell the difference on the average system & even "audiophiles" have trouble reliably identifying the cable (or cap) in a blind back to back test. it's only when you get an upgrade bug or have the budget & gear to justify it that you need to go to the next level & spend more on x-overs than you did on the speakers!

figured it was just a mistype.. everything you said pertained to the klf/kg but you said epic. my kg's came back from repair with tons of the hot glue just oozing out of all seams & corners, they made sure they never came loose again!

yeah if you can solder the caps are very easy to replace, especially on a basic x-over like a kg2. the poly caps from erse sound great to me & are comparable to the dayton 1% for a couple bucks each, they have lots of values other brands may not offer. they have electrolytic caps for bass circuit too if yours need them, fast cheap shipping as well direct from erse. the caps & x-overs mentioned like jupiter or what deang would use are on a whole nother level than what i mentioned... out of my tax bracket!