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Even my Heresys had good bass in the corners. These are just awesome!
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The bass on mine is awesome with Jagger doing Sweet Thing and especially Use Me. Vocals are so real with these speakers. Going to try straight out from the wall about 6 to 8 inches and see what that gets me next. I have not been able to turn it up over halfway yet but the more I've pumped in the better it gets with these Fortes!
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The sound of these Forte IIIs is terrific. The high, mid and low range of sound is so much more complete, rich, full adjectives galore. Sure I'll move them some more, in a 12 x 12 bedroom now. Clarity and spaciousness of the mid and high drivers is reminiscent of the "big Klipsch" speakers. The bass is a lot better than my Heresy IIs. They obviously need to be in a bigger room. Bypassing the tone control on my amp, it was a new experience with Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit and Heart's Magazine.
Get pics here after I rebuild my PC again. Woke to it doing that update bootloop again. Thanks to all of you that offered you knowledgeable opinions a few months ago.
This was money well spent.
If you've read about them and are thinking about them stop. Contact @MetropolisLakeOutfitters and get a pair or three.
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Pulled them out today to move them. The metal emblems from the dealer Sound Systems has the model and part numbers imprinted in them. No 8s or 9s as the second digit and these ARE a Sequential numbered pair even though the wood doesn't match.
They're # 13751 & 13752 according to the metal emblem the dealer put on them.
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I'll get `em tomorrow!!
The Polks had to come off the walls for me to get the Heresys in the den. Right now that will do.
The H IIs might have to come up off the ground a little, we'll see. The tv does sound better this evening of course.
Got spots ready for the first stop for the Fortes.
This will make my week better since I found out yesterday I separated the tendon from my hip to the quad in my left leg last weekend. Hate getting cut on, looks like thats the only option for this.
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My pc's got decent sound, but the bass poles on my speakers from your videos@ 1080 without even being turned up. Just can't handle what you rig can put out over a video that probably wasn't even made on professional, hollywood type recording equipment. Was it? Good job, we're on the same wavelength about subs...ya can't have just one if you want stereo imaging.
Enjoy and make sure your insurance has that inflation clause built into it.
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That's what I thought about my 2 pair of 501s after I hooked up my Heresy IIs for the first time.
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On 7/7/2017 at 1:02 AM, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said:
OK, I'll Bite.
Two pairs of open Forte III boxes, no caption.
Did you decide you wanted two sets of these to rock your place sufficiently?
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You're right that's the easiest, quickest thing to do.
Heresys are the smallest of the Heritage line but they are not wimpy.... think of "Popeye the Sailor man" !!
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4 hours ago, ricktate said:
Is it just the pic or is the right speaker grill cloth loose? I still don't think Bi-wiring from just one amp does anything.
But I do LOVE your set up sweeeeeeet.
Hi Rick, well I've read it could do this or accomplish that and I think that's where the opinions and debate are.
I know my 80 watts/ch amp will be 60w/ch using A & B. So I'll have 60 watts going to each woofer and 60 to each higher frequency by however the crossover is set up. 240 > 160
@MrBell Those H IIIs are beauties, the office does look sparsely decorated (like an office). Curtains would be the easiest way to improve the sound quality in there. Real ones not the see-through stuff. Other than that upholstered furniture could help if not in the sound path. My experience with my Yamaha Natural Sound and Heresy IIs was some recordings sounded too bright, I dropped the high and left the mid and bass at flat or just dialed up the variable loudness a little. I like the sound keeping it as close to flat an I can with it.
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8 minutes ago, The Apex said:
Tiger stripes, baby! Read in Austin Powers' voice.
Perfect!
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If it was metal you were changing the finish on it would be different, but on a porous surface stain to paint is easy. Painted to stain or worse... a clear coating, you'd have to remove millimeters of wood.
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Hi @Thaddeus Smith I was a painter in my last life. The amount of sanding that you would have to do after stripping I'd consider prohibitive towards something like a sanding sealer or varnish finish. Plus the dust all over the circuitry. Test with denatured alcohol or "Goof Off" , if black comes off on the rag it's latex based. I always check to be sure, don't know what regulations could have forced Klipsch to do. If you've got some actual Lacquer, heck yea it was beautiful on all the old cars and it would be on your LaScalas. Scuff it up evenly and if you've got an airless use it.
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1 hour ago, The Apex said:
They're here. They look and sound AMAZING.
Congrats. They took the grain and made a V across the top like in the pair Cory posted a couple days ago. Your stereo cabinet is a gorgeous piece of furniture also.
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5 minutes ago, CECAA850 said:
Stevie Ray was on the 396's here on the 4'th along with others. Hopefully my neighbors enjoyed them as well.
Sounds like you've got some of PWK's spirit in you!
"Let Freedom Ring"
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9 hours ago, Scrappydue said:
Yep those were ours.
Good. Let us know when you get set up @Scrappydue , I'll do the same. You know I'm curious about the wood grain on our little investments.
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34 minutes ago, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said:
I've heard them at Hope, very nice, the midrange just sounds correct, blues guitars and cymbals just sound nice and thick, there's no weird handoff from the horn to the woofer or any shrilly sound, it is voiced similar to the 396, bass extension is very nice, that passive radiator can really get to moving. They played some Stevie Ray and you just wanted to crank it.
Stevie Ray BEGS to be cranked up. Saw his brother and the Fabulous T-Birds at a bar here called the Palomino Club years ago, they were a very tight band also! Kick-a$$ show!
Thanks again for your time, saw somewhere else that was a discussion of some not loving the titanium drivers and it took a change in the crossover to fix that handover issue. Never heard (read) that about @Chief bonehead 's KI396 or Forte III with their midrange. Meant to tell you that dark B&W pic of the corner of your listening room is great!
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AY YA YAAAA!
@MetropolisLakeOutfittersIf you think they sound good enough or compatible enough to reside next to those freakin Jubilees I'll have a smile next week that will stay on my face even when I'm asleep. Heard enough of them for a brief description of the sound and quality of it?
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I agree with you sir, but that price was lower than I feel like they're worth also. More I looked at those numbers with those spots the more combinations I've come up with!
Ended up thinking that they are 19751 & 19752!
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2 minutes ago, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said:
I sell all of it but I only personally own Jubilees, Heresy, and these, Heresy being the only true Heritage.
Cool. Figuring things out now, H IIs going with the tv and wall speakers on the old receiver for now.
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Nice low sheen on those, even on the face of them.
Do you have ALL of the Heritage line and up @MetropolisLakeOutfitters?
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32 minutes ago, Scrappydue said:
did you order the other set of cali blacks from him?
You betcha I did. Were those ours on the dock? I know they can't all look like the photos of the Cornwall, Heresy & Forte IIIs at Klipsch . com. So after looking when I searched for CA Blk Wlnt with all the letters of course I found a wide variety of looks in planks and veneer available out west.
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Sorry folks. It's been less than a week, I know.
Zero interest maybe because of the cosmetic spotting of the sn stickers & horns.
I'd have a better chance putting them in the neighborhood flyer, they ALL know how these sound when I've done yard work jammin' out forever.
I'll just keep them for the tv setup with my Polk 90db/w sensitivity 42hz -25khz think they will sonically be a good match.
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@MetropolisLakeOutfitters I'd like to be able to get my hands on some of those silver luster grills. Depending on if mine come with the burl or the streaked look at the graft of the English & California Walnut like the first photos it could look great like those rosewood Heresys. Let us know here if those kind of extras ever become available.
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And cherry with sanding sealer, or clear varnish is forever lightly red and beautiful also!