Mr.D

You're right, now that I've played around with the balance, I do think they sound different. One seems more "forward sounding" than the other. I have had to adjust the balance to push more power to one than the other, but I thought that was a receiver issue. Maybe it's both a receiver and a speaker issue??

That would be interesting! I'm hoping it is a case of them being "unique" rather than a case of them being two random Fortes that previous owners have stuck together. I can't really imagine a scenario where someone would buy one at at time or put together two from different places, but you never know! Would like to get to the bottom of the mystery, but until then I'll tell myself that I have a "unique" pair!

Hopefully these aren't the same pair! 🤣

Thanks for the advice!

Cheers! Thanks! Nice to finally be here

Good to know! Thanks!

They sound great! I installed new Crites crossovers and titanium tweeter diaphragms already. Speaking of the walnut veneer, do they seem to be the lacquered finish? If it's lacquer it's pretty thin, but to me they look "shinier" than a simple oiled finish.

Yeah I saw that as well. But the cards inside... Is it possible somebody used one cup from the 1985 pile and somebody else used one from the 1986 pile when assembling them? 😄

Ah! Thanks! I figured it out!

Makes me wonder how this set came together then. And the fact that they were obviously assembled within days of each other is also interesting. I know the round cup ones say 4 ohms, but I can't find any literature about Fortes ever being 4 ohms. Does anyone have any further info on this? Am I going to f up my receiver by using two speakers with potentially different impedances?

No, don't think so. 😕 Previous owner must have taken everything off. Just found those cards stapled to the inside.

Ok, for some reason i'm not able to upload more photos 🤔 Anyway, I think the other terminal is the standard rectangular one. Thanks for the welcome! Where can I find serial numbers if I don't have the cards that were once attached at the back?

I just realized my title is ridiculous. Well, first post a fail! 😳 Let me see if I can post some more pics. It's not letting me post very many at a time.

Hi, this is my first post here. Long time lurker who's gained a lot of knowledge from the site and wanted to finally post! I fairly recently picked up a pair of Forte 1s. They look like they've been treated fairly well over the years.. they may have been used as drink stands by the looks of some water stains, but overall not bad. But I do have a couple of questions. First, I didn't notice until I got home with them, but the input cups are different - one is round and one is rectangular. Is it possible they came this way, or have I picked up a pair that didn't originally come together? Unfortunately the back cards are missing, but inside they each have a card that indicates that they were assembled within days of each other. (Looks like the cabinet and trim departments were taking the day off for one of them!) What do you guys think happened here?