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They arrived a day early I sat and listened to them for a few hours last night.

I bought a stock forte II passive some time ago my plan was to weigh the thing so I can compare it to one of my Chorus II passives to determine how close they are and which one weighs more. If the Chorus passive is the one that weighs more than a forte passive will work with some added weight. If it's the other way around not sure how you'd shave any weight off unless you dug the whole thing out. Now that my Choruses are out of circulation for a bit might pull one of the passives and get some numbers going.

It's ok man I'm excited to check them out, really curious how much of a difference there will be from the 362's. Looking at the parts of the 362's they seem close to the Cornwall III or maybe the forte III? A lot of people claim there is a huge difference between the forte III and IV with the new crossover, mid drivers and tweeter phase plug. Just the lower crossover points alone should be noticeable the mids on the 362's don't pick up until 1200hz where as the forte is 650hz. I feel like a kid at Christmas waiting for Santa to arrive, which should be Tuesday.

Thanks man! I'm not sure what to think should be interesting have you heard the new forte's? I imagine bass might be the biggest difference with lower tuning and the rear passive. EDIT: I should add that I'm very happy with the 362's I just couldn't pass this deal up, another one of those where I should have no problem moving them along if they don't work out and not lose my *** in the process.

Well a deal came up I couldn't pass up on a brand new pair they shipped out today. I've wanted a pair since they were introduced but waited patiently for the right deal. Should be interesting to compare them to the new 362's and others I have sitting around.

This is the only thing that matters-- that it sounds good to you in your room with your speakers. I would ignore the naysayers especially those who build and sell their own gear for profit kind of funny how they can criticize others for trying to make a buck what do they say about glass houses? In this day and age there are a lot of good quality options out there for just about any budget, no one has the corner on the market for good sound.

I believe @Schu added tweeters to his UJ I assume for this reason

They made a ki-262 and the current model is the ki-262-II: https://assets.klipsch.com/product-specsheets/KI-262-SMA-II-Data-Sheet-v04.pdf

I believe the Cornwall II was discontinued in 1990 IIRC As stated by others in this thread the forte was released a couple years earlier than the original Chorus but in 1989 Klipsch released the Quartet, forte II and the Chorus II all together.

I have a pair of 301-II's at my MT home that I fully restored a few years ago and they are one of my favorite all time speakers. I had thought about maybe replacing them with these new 362's but after listening to them again while I was there I was reminded of just how good they sound and while I was unable to do a direct comparison I no longer felt the need to replace them either. I would list the changes but don't want to get this thread shut down.

I've had this style cabinet before and was able to compare them head to head with the Chorus 1 and they were very close. Chorus 1 rated down to 45hz and 362-II 54hz. Actual MSRP on new 362-II's is less than $1k under the new Cornwalls at $5800 they are just available at great discount.

I've been living with the 362-II's for a little while now and they sound great. Someone said "they look like the CH-1 and 2 had a baby," I'd say they sound like it too. Now the reason I say these are basically Chorus III's is because if you take a close look at the parts list the tweeter and mid drivers are the same as in the Cornwall III and the mid horn is the same as the forte III. The woofer is the newer, updated k-48st very similar to the older Chorus models. Biggest difference between these and home models is the cabinet style and higher crossover points. These just maybe one of the best kept secrets in the Pro Klipsch line up selling at discount for quite a bit less than half the price of the new Cornwalls.

I hear ya even the 10 is 24 inches deep- crazy. I also loved the RSW-15 best sub I've ever owned curious about these new ones though

Did you end up getting a 1600? There's a couple scratch dent models on eBay right now for 800 shipped that's getting pretty damn ridiculous on pricing

The RC-7 is the matching center speaker and a good one at that congrats on the new Klipsches!

Out of the 3 listed I'd go for the rp-160m

Sorry I've been on vacation here at my MT home won't return to WA until Monday night and I didn't take any pictures of the grill foam (actually thought about it) while I had the speaker apart. I have a pair of kp-301-ii's here and they do not have any foam behind the metal grill either.

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