Steve.
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I love these speakers !!!, I'm sitting here listening at midnight..... happens a lot lately. I have used three different preamps in my system so far and I have never had a speaker that was so revealing of changes upstream. I think that's a good thing. I am a firm believer that many speakers can and will sound better as the quality of electronics ramps up. I am hoping that 300b will be my last amp, I am never going back to low efficiency speakers so I'm sure it will serve me well til I'm dead....
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The Forte IV are so good I am having Matt from Toolshed Amps build me a custom 300b.... I should have it by Dec or Jan..... check out Toolshed Amps on their site, Instagram or FB.... awesome stuff
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I have owned the Forte IV since February... Fido and I were amongst the first owners of these awesome speakers . They are the best speakers I've ever owned , and I have owned several decent ones over the years. I have been running a pair of Quicksilver 40 watt mono amps and it is such a great match.... so you don't have to break the bank to be rewarded with realistic , true to life sound.
I wasn't even looking to purchase new speakers. I had a pair of Heresy III, a fine speaker but made the mistake of listening to the Heresy IV while buying my daughter a sound bar .
I also listened to the Forte III and almost bought them but I got a little advance notice that the Forte IV would be out soon and thats what I ended up with. It was worth the wait and the premium over the III.
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Quartet in Weston , just outside of Boston for $400. On CL
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I really like the Heresy, in fact I would have loved to keep my III but it wasn't practical. The IV are a great speaker no doubt, sticker shock i guess. Price on those almost doubled in four years.
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$329..... Hard to imagine, but that was probably three weeks pay for a lot of people or more.
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I'm glad I bought my Forte IV in February... ... were they worth 3k plus my trade? Absolutely. $4500 isn't chump change, but its not unrealistic for a good speaker. I love them but not sure if they are worth $5748...... they are great but now the Forte is priced similarly to Volti Razz , a better speaker by many accounts.
I think Klipsch will lose a lot of potential Heresy, Forte , and Cornwall customers . Those three speakers were within reach for many folks, now not so much. There will always be buyers for LaScala and K Horn, I doubt sales will suffer for those two. I like the Heresy IV but am not convinced its worth $3700 and I'm sure many will agree.
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I still listen to FM a lot. I have a Magnum Dynalab MD102 tuner and just picked up a really nice condition Fanfare FT 1a with remote for $200....
sounds great , I’m going leave it in my main system for a little while
This is the last component needed for a complete 2nd system minus speakers.
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Unfortunately Decware has something like 500 people in line for amps .... you should really check out the Quicksilver Integrated amp. It’s a 20 w EL 84 amp and built like a tank. Brand new $1999
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Initially I thought I really liked the KT 77 but they seemed to lean toward too much bass in my system. One red plated after 10 months...so I put my spare KT88 Gold Lion in, they have many hours but still sound great.
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If you are patient you can find some really nice stuff on CL or US Audiomart... if you can afford new Heresy you can probably find a pair of Forte III for a good price.
I've had a pair of Forte IV since February and I am loving them. I am all over New England for work, if I see a nice pair of Heritage in my travels, I will PM you.
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Tubes are consumables, no doubt ...and when I get noise I root out the problem immediately to prevent damage to my babies.... I had a weird screechey , other worldly sound recently and it was a new driver tube. Tube was only a few weeks old. I first will clean all tube pins with 99.9 iso and sockets as well that often gets rid of the noise, but any weird noises after that I replace tube in question
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No pic yet..... but I will definitely post my Toolshed 300b once I get it.
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I love Welcome To The Machine.... so many great ones. My favorite "song" is Animals, that album is kind of like one really long song.....
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Welcome !!! Nice collection of toys
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Just noticed Music Direct lists the Forte IV at $4998. Walmart still has em for $4500 ! Why is World Wide Stereo allowed to sell through Walmart? Thats not right and undermines legit Heritage Dealers.
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Sorry for your loss Fido.... so many people have lost someone close. I work in just about every clinic and hospital in the Boston area as a vendor , I've been exposed a number of times and can't believe I didn't catch it.
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21 hours ago, dwilawyer said:
Ok this is all fixed.
What are the new prices? Anyone know?
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe as dealers exhaust their stock they will list or disclose that
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I was running my Heresy IIi with a pair of 40 watt Quicksilver Mid Monos and it was a great match. Plenty of power in my 15 x 17 room ....
I gave my brother a pair of H2 and he was driving them with a 15 w Technics receiver .
they don’t need a lot of watts but the better the amp the more you will be rewarded
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I agree , those speakers dont need many watts of QUALITY power to sound awesome .
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Decware sells one for 9 pin preamp type tubes
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There are no stupid questions here....fortunately theres a lot Klipsch info here and archived
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Klipsch Forte IV finish choices?
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I went in thinking I would love the distressed oak...they were nice but I really liked the Cherry....I have had a number of walnut speakers so Cherry was a nice change and never show dust. Any color you pick you will love them... awesome speakers