oldtimer Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 To each his own there is no bad choice, the forte's are just better balanced and imaged. The similar comparison is forte's to cornwalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Well, I've been playing them through my Fisher 400 for a couple of days and they sound quite nice. Out of curiosity I tried the impedance selector on 8 and 16 ohms. It seemed to sound nicer set to 16 Ohms. The 4 ohms seems a little muted and less treble. Does anyone know if I'll damage components with the impedance set to 16 ohms? The Fortes are rated at 4ohms. I really don't want to damage any output tubes or, god forbid, a transformer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 the 16 ohm taps are the safest place to run your speakers and you are also loading your entire secondary on them which is a bonus. Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 have you tried inserting some temporary 6 - 7 inch cardboard vents int your Chorus speakers? They can be made up of just about anything you can roll into a tube and tape in place. This will tune them lower and make a big difference. What have you got to loose? Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 the 16 ohm taps are the safest place to run your speakers and you are also loading your entire secondary on them which is a bonus. Best regards Moray James. Great! It really sounds better on the 16 ohm taps. I suppose that the whole secondary going into the speakers accounts for the improvement I'm hearing. I was just worried that it like running 4ohm speakers with an amp not rated for 4. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 the 16 ohm taps are the safest place to run your speakers and you are also loading your entire secondary on them which is a bonus. Best regards Moray James. Great! It really sounds better on the 16 ohm taps. I suppose that the whole secondary going into the speakers accounts for the improvement I'm hearing. I was just worried that it like running 4ohm speakers with an amp not rated for 4. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Well, this evening I installed the infamous Crite's titanium tweeter diaphragms. They are all they're cracked up to be. Wonderful. Mandatory maintenance for a set of Fortes. I'm now looking to continue modding these. I've already recapped them. I'm wondering about the inductor for the woofer. The schematic says 3mh. Parts Express doesn't carry 3mh, but they have several 3.3mh air coil inductors. Is this what I should use? They have some nice looking 3.3 mh inductors from Jantzen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 OK, now I see that if I search for 3.0mh, not just 3mh, I can find the correct inductors. Nonetheless, does anyone recommend any inductors over any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 solid wire coils the larger the gage the better as this reduces DCR. 16 gage minimum 10 gage or larger size ideal. The bogger the wire the more expensive the coil. Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I like my Chorus I's better after adding 7" mailing tubes into all the bass ports. I get just as much deep bass out of the C1's as the F2's in my room set-up and can have the C1's right up against the wall. I will be upgrading my tweeters as soon as BC gets them in. I'm not bagging on the Forte II's. Awesome speakers, I just like the flexibility of not dealing with the passive radiator. That's my $0.02... why the hell did they get rid of cents symbol on keyboards??? Kernel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbajner Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I did compare Forte to the Chorus at the time in 1996 (both II's), bought the Forte II's, more balanced sound overall and as mentioned better bass extension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Well, I put in some 14 guage Solen air core inductors. Wow, what a difference! I think that was even more vital than the recap. They sound extremely good now. Not only is the bass so much better, but everything else is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurrum Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Can I solicit opinions on an off topic speaker? I don't want to start a whole new thread for it. I found some Paradigm reference studio 100s that I can get for around 400$. Should I get them? I've found some reviews online, but not much. They seem to be a highly regarded speaker. But, yes, very different from a Klipsch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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