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  1. I cannot imagine 300 Mac watts into each of 5 CF3s not instantly rupturing your eardrums lol.
  2. I guess, I could add to this. I do not use mine in a HT setup but i wanted to just list how I run mine. I have them running from a cayin a50t in trilinear @ 16 watts . The volume knob is only at 10'o clock and I do get bass from them in my vinyl setup. So they can sound very good with low wattage. I sit about 6-7 feet from them.
  3. I really like the wood. I wonder if i could ask a question. In my room I painted the ceiling black with the intention of doing what you did with the 1x4's around and perhaps a pattern across like that. How did you attach them to the ceiling and what is the ceiling there made of?
  4. i'm sure the more knowledgeable and long time members will chime in as well but I figured I can actually contribute to this due to my room size. I did run my Forte 1's in an 11x11 room with no issues. In fact now I have upgraded and run Epic cf3's in the same room and they are great as well. With the fortes you'll want to experiment with placement. try close in to the corners , try further out. Try just out from the walls - You will get different bass response. see which sounds better to you. I've found in my square room that running 'normal' speakers diagonally across the room produced the best bass - but with the forte's i liked them instead parallel to the walls due to the radiator. Now that I am using the Epics - I am back to diagonal as they sound better this way - in my room.
  5. I figured I would add these pictures to this post - since they help display the difference between a crites upgraded and non-upgraded tweeter. these pictures are from my 2 different sets of kg4's. the dark ring is the non-upgraded.
  6. the difference between my crites upgraded kg4's and non upgraded forte I's is striking. and i mean all in the treble area - piano key strikes, harmonics , decay....
  7. I examined the tweeters for all 3 sets of speakers. All 3 have some kind of silver center circle. The one set of kg4's that i know for sure are upgraded have a flat silver surround circle around the center circle. the other 2 pairs of speakers have a deep reddish/orangeish/brownish circle surround.- is that the original phenolic? material .
  8. ok well i will at least try the upgraded diaphragms on the forte's - i would like to see how they sound elevated with an upgraded tweeter- i do like my upgraded kg4's. i have not seen cf-3's around here yet. how would contrast them to the forte's ?
  9. So a few months ago i had no klipsch speakers - now I have 2 pairs of KG4's and a pair of Forte I's and new HT klipsch fronts.(though i just put the un-upgraded kg4s up front now lol. * Question 1: Can you tell if a tweeter has a crites upgrade from the outside without removing it ? * Question 2: Whats the easiest route (which component to remove) to check to peek and see if crossover has been upgraded? My setup is like this I believe- * KG4 - oiled walnut - has both tweeter and crossover upgraded according to previous owner * KG4 - Blonde Oak ? - unknown upgrade status (my belief is that it has not been) * Forte I - oiled walnut - unknown upgrade status (my belief is that it has not been) which leads to my observations. * system 1 - nagaoka mp150 -> technics 1700mk2 -> grant fidelity tube buffer -> anthem receiver (being replaced with musical paradise tube amp soon) * system 2 - soundsmith carmen -> vpi prime -> rogue audio cronus magnum -- I got the Forte's last and expected to be somewhat impressed over my KG4s - but I wasn't - The crites upgraded KG4's really grab your attention with their clarity but cannot be toed in much at all as that 'brightness edge' shows up. The forte's i have been experimenting with and are currently pointed at the listening seat and are not harsh in the least but do not have that attention grabbing realism of the upgraded KG4. * Question/Observation 3 - Is it the Crites tweeter upgrade that adds the clarity /realism that grabs you? * Question 4 - aside from just replacing old /bad caps - how does upgrading the crossovers generally affect the sound ? ok- if you made it this far ... thanks for reading. if you have any anwers - i appreciate those too.
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