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My memory of that posted picture could be a bit faulty...perhaps they were hanging in a rear elevated position on a wall? I do remember my reaction was something to the effect of “that’s awesome!”

Got from Amazon. About 20 bucks.

My hum came from ground loop caused by Charter TV coaxial cable. Ground loop isolator from Amazon helped a lot. Discontinuing cable helped even more!

I have a mix and match system. Two Forte III’s, three Heresy III’s and two CDT 5800’s in the rear Atmos position with hopes of two more in front Atmos position at some point. @dtel can show you how to hang Fortes on the ceiling. After seeing his picture, I felt the CDT 5800 were too small : )

Congrats on Forte III’s! Mine are doing home theater / two channel double duty as well. Denon x4300 with it acting as preamp for Parasound A23. Now even the less pricier Denons have Heos, their version of distributed audio to compete with Sonos. While I initially used it for that, I now find myself using it for its ability to access a variety of music online including the recent addition of Amazon Music HD. It does Spotify, Tidal, etc which I don’t use. I now for first time have CD quality and beyond with millions of songs on tap, searchable and controllable via my iphone. Way better than Bluetooth or Airplay from phone, although I can do that too. For whatever my newbie experience is worth...

I have both. The RP 160’s are quite amazing for their size! The RP 260’s are a lot bigger, including depth.

Have had mine for four years. When I bought Fortes, my wife said are you going to sell these? I said no way and promptly moved them into our bedroom. She hasn’t complained much about the low volume of the TV anymore.

I’ve bought 2 Forte III, 3 Heresy III, and a Parasound amp in past year. Kept all the boxes. A lot easier to protect in event of me moving one day. No intention of ever selling.

Same here except a showroom was only 30 minutes away! No regrets.

So I went with Heresy III’s with much thanks to Metropolislakeoufitter. Using same stands that previously supported RP160’s on its side. Boy, these little speakers are surprisingly heavy! Doesn’t quite fit these but feels pretty secure and of course sounds great!

I just placed some Heresy III’s on there sides for surround to replace RP160’s on there side. As they are suboptimal in placement (too much to the rear) I have the higher frequency horns on the outside for better separation.

I started with RP 250c between Forte III’s. Then I tried RP 160 as center. I even tried two RP160’s, but then worried about combing and didn’t hear much improvement over one. Finally went with Heresy III. I liked it so much, I just got another pair of Heresy III’s to act as surround speakers.

never mind. Too far to Los Angeles. Very generous offer!

@dtel Great! Now I want Fortes as Atmos speakers. Haha! That literally won’t fly at my house though.

I did consider this! That would be best front sound stage. Unfortunately no way to fit Forte III as center in current console. I also daydreamed about getting La Scalas and moving Fortes to surrounds. Anybody know what AL5’s going for? Doubt that will fly though with wife, though! : )