TVSMusic

This is a long story, but I feel I should share. Around Christmas I purchased a new pair of Cornwall iiis to replace my Fortes in the downstairs stereo. I noticed a slight improvement over the Fortes, but I was convinced that the Cornwall’s were the best I ever had. After a couple of weeks I was becoming skeptical so I brought the RF-7iis down from upstairs. Thank goodness I did this! The RF-7iis were superior in every way to me. Deeper, tighter bass, clearer mids and highs. I called my Klipsch dealer who agreed to trade my Cornwall’s for a pair of RF-7s, but now the ii’s were out of production so it had to be RF-7iii’s. I was skeptical of this because of this very posting, as it seemed the iii’s were “duller” than the ii’s when I listened to this video. When they arrived I hooked up both sets to my integrated amp so I could have someone switch between the ii’s and iii’s. My skepticism was correct... the iii’s were duller, harder to hear vocals and guitars, and quite a bit of bass punch was gone. I was hoping it was position, so I switched the iii’s to the more advantageous corner spots. Slight improvement, but the ii’s still win hands down for me. I broke the iii’s in for another 3 weeks, but no improvement. To check my results with others, I left this set up for a couple months and have now had 27 different people listen. 25 selected the RF-7ii’s and 2 selected the iii’s. Most of the 25 said they could hear the difference immediately. The 2 that selected the iii’s were my Klipsch dealer rep and someone who admittedly doesn’t listen to much music at all. Since this time I have searched the internet for leftover RF-7ii’s and have successfully found a new pair to replace my iii’s. I strongly encourage anyone to compare these before buying the iii’s. Maybe Klipsch can come out with a replacement crossover for those of us who far preferred the ii’s? I will be glad to test them, I have not sold my iii’s yet but they are unhooked and sitting in the corner for now while I enjoy my ii’s!