Barefootserpent

Love them. Light years beyond KG4s. I’m sure Chorus even better but these work in a smaller area. Love them

Wow. That’s a long trip only to find out they didn’t have what you wanted. I certainly feel your pain. Anyway here’s the report. I made the trip and it was very long and I got back late but I bought the speakers. They were not without issue though mostly minor. The screens were a bit worn and one of the badges Was missing. Minor scrapes on the wood and in need of a major cleaning. The biggest problem was that the subwoofer dust cover cone smashed in. Both of them in the same condition. We tried to pull them out with double-sided tape but that was not strong enough. I tried a Dustbuster but that also was not strong enough. Will do some research and try to figure out how to get them back out. They did come with the original boxes and manuals although one manual was eating up pretty badly by worms. These were stored in the garage which is not ideal but I did not see any signs of corrosion and we removed one of the subwoofers and looked inside. I plugged them in after cleaning them and waxing them and they sound great. The best news is that I bought them for $500. It was certainly worth the trip and the money. Thank you all for your help and suggestions it means a lot.This forum is really helpful. I hope to be a contributing member in the future to help others oops. I was trying to post pictures but no photos are over 2mb And will not upload. When I figure out later today how to reduce the size of the pictures I will post.

Road trip tomorrow. I will post pictures and give you the results. Thanks everybody for their input .this place is this place is great

Okay guys they are Forte 1s. It is a three and a half hour drive over there so it is an all day deal with 7 hours in the car. The owner gave me an even better price so I'm tempted to drive over there and grab them but again I don't want to be disappointed and I have to change out for chorus later. Still have to punt my KG4s. I paid $400. They are flawless and in the original box but the sound is not there. If I end up dreaming about the chorus speakers then I will have to sell the fortes too. And then there is the extra stereo equipment still hanging around my house that I don't use. McIntosh xr16 speakers, Jolida tube amp with issues, Yamaha integrated amp that needs to be redone. I'm pretty good at buying but not so good at selling

Okay guys they are Forte 1s. It is a three and a half hour drive over there so it is an all day deal with 7 hours in the car. The owner gave me an even better price so I'm tempted to drive over there and grab them but again I don't want to be disappointed and I have to change out for chorus later. Still have to punt my KG4s. I paid $400. They are flawless and in the original box but the sound is not there. If I end up dreaming about the chorus speakers then I will have to sell the fortes too. And then there is the extra stereo equipment still hanging around my house that I don't use. McIntosh xr16 speakers, Jolida tube amp with issues, Yamaha integrated amp that needs to be redone. I'm pretty good at buying but not so good at selling

Just saw this. How do Forte compare to a chorus? I would not want to make another mistake. Thanks very much for the Post

Florida. Long way to demo but thanks for sharing

Aha. Breathing room

Oh wow.....very good advice thanks.........

Ok thanks all...on the hunt now. Space is a problem so it looks like the chorus is probably the way to go. I will be patient and wait for the right ones I jumped it these kg4 s and wish I had waited for something better.

Fair enough. I was trying to express the lack of dynamic range. Nickyboy and BillyBob and others thanks. I've had a local guy here who sold me those speakers say the chorus would be huge step up but more money which is fine if I could get a set for about $1,000. Thanks everyone for your input it helps

I've always felt that it was customary to wait until all replies come in in order to thank those who have offered their help so to these people thank you very much . I Always love joining a forum and find welcoming people who make you want to be part of the group especially comments like this. They typically like their little group and do not want any Outsiders joining.

I was looking for some speakers for a secondary system in my home. I have a small Marantz 1060 which is a 35 watt solid state receiver and a dual 1219 turntable. I picked up a pair of really nice kg4 speakers but I am not thrilled with them. They seem to be a little dull and I would like something a little better depth. Since it is a secondary system I don't want to spend a lot of money but maybe $1,000. I'm not sure what that will get me but recommendations are welcome. I did hear a vintage pair of Thiel speakers and I really liked them but they are gone. I don't remember the model but they were rated for about 40-60 watts per Channel.

I want to set up this tube amp in a small living room area. I will only run a turntable as single component. I have everything except speakers. I read several reviews on the Klipsch kg4 speakers and that's looks like it could be a match. Unfortunately there are none for sale close to me and I cannot listen to them but several for sale at distances. What would be your opinion of a good speaker system for this tube amp? Thanks very much I'm glad to be on board with you