Alexander

Tangent 500s, a very nice starting point. If you can get these people to come down to earth on price. https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ele/d/fleming-island-klipsch-tangent-500/7130943308.html

Sorry, see this is a dupe I would buy these if I were not 600 miles away https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/ele/d/hudson-vintage-klipsch-epic-series-cf-3/7129057928.html

Curious what source are those aftermarket diaphragms, Crites do not look like the ones pictured.

Each of us have our own preferences, I would re-cap the crossovers before doing anything else.* My thinking would be to see what you have with the xovers working 100% correctly before changing anything. Those caps are ~30 years old and unlike inductors & resistors they do have a finite lifespan. Then go on to the Ti tweeter diaphragms if you want - most do in the end but at least you can see how much each change makes. *I would be re-capping the xovers myself and not send them off or buy new copy's of the OEM xo's. This all would depend on your own skill level.

have you checked out Bob Crites? https://critesspeakers.com/klipsch_epic_cf-3_and_cf-4.html

Excellent point!

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Others have commented on using that and may chime in. I had only used the Gorilla stuff my self with great success. The Gorilla original glue expands ~3 times it's size so it fills in nooks & crannies. You really should re-do all seams and not just the loose area while you are there because if one panel joint can fail so can others.

here is a link to some info

The back panel is loose, nothing to do with bracing. Although it would never hurt as long as it is not half of a lumberyard put in there. You just need to re-glue/seal the cabinets (all joints) with something like Gorilla original glue. Clean up as much as you can of the old glue and mist the joint with water before you apply the glue. And yes you gain access to the inside with the drivers removed. Cograts

There would be no problem setting your speakers on there sides.

The LS are in another league when compared to the Heresy, fortes & Chorus IMO.

Deang is the master of soldering – he has it down to an art.

Simply put, the better the speaker the more reveling of any changes done up stream. With that said – as your speakers get better it can start to expose how bad some recordings might be and is through no fault of the speaker.

If you are looking for a new speaker with the sound that made Klipsch famous the world over go with the Heritage line. You will discover a whole new world with your music library going with the Heresy IV or forte III. With money permitting the forte III would be the first choice over the Heresy IV IMHO. But if at all possible you really need to listen to any speakers that you are considering to purchase.

Looks like some one has been in that xover with Audyn Q4 caps and new litz air coils. Nice

Not very likely, you should have many years of listening pleasure out of them. Sure wish I could have a set of LS

Here would be my list – when I got my forte IIs a bit over three years ago. listen to them – take some of your favorite and most familiar tracks at varying volume levels try different placements to see what you like listen some more re cap your crossovers – can be <$20 if you have the ability or know someone who does. There is no gain to buying a brand new xover other than conveyance or skill level. listen some more if you are happy you are done....or Get Bob Crites titanium tweeter diaphragms – these tend to make the tweets a bit brighter if that is what you might like. For the most part you are done unless you find the urge to want to tinker, some of us do but just as many are happy with there Klipsch speakers at this level.

Thanks for all of your replies, currently have klf-30s & klf-c7 plus a pair of smallish Polk bookshelf's for rears when in HT mode. In 2-channel mode just the klf-30s are used. Though not used there is also a JBL es250p sub, but since the klf-30 woofers were replaces with Ciare hw321s it just isn't needed. I had cut my Klipsch teeth on Quartet & forte IIs in the late 80s early 90s. Had listened to some of the kg-4.x/5.x & newer “rf-x” type stuff in the past and never really cared for it though admittedly it has been several years now. In this post the actual room size was not the concern but rather the amount of usable wall space even though it can be a factor of course. But for general info it is ~16'x18' and the only wall option is 8.5' sharing a 65” TV. Sadly the real estate is a hard and fast one so we have to work within it. Was just curious what members that were used to listening to CWs, LS and the like what they would consider going “down to” if there size was no longer an option.