Mikekid Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 My son will be buying Forte IV's in the near future. Are there any new Klipsch versions that would be a good center and surrounds match? He will be putting a 5.2 system together? Thanks much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 A third forte would be best. There isn't a 'traditional' horizontal center speaker that's matched to the Heritage series. Surrounds are more forgiving. If he isn't going Atmos I'd recommend a wide dispersion design like the RP-502S. If he's going to do Atmos the RP-600M are great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 Thank you for the reply wuzzzer! I will pass this on. Sure wish the folks at Klipsch would consider an Academy version to match. I love ours. Take care and thanks again! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Mikekid said: Thank you for the reply wuzzzer! I will pass this on. Sure wish the folks at Klipsch would consider an Academy version to match. I love ours. Take care and thanks again! Mike Some use the Academy with Heritage and extended Classic. What it was made for. HT...etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 That's what we have for our ChorusII's. All in oiled oak and mint. Including the KG2.5's surround They do work very well with these. All have Crites titanium diaphragms. After we got everything dialed in, they've all been really fantastic sounding in here. He really wanted the distressed oak with those blonde grills versions of the Forte IV's and didn't want a used Academy version in black. So hard to find anything used that hasn't been abused. Some badly. Klipsch really should consider updated, matching versions. I can't see how they'd lose money on this. Folks with the heritage line have home theater systems too Klipsch! Not all two channel/stereo! Are you listening Klipsch? Think McFly THINK! new versions with those blonde grills and retro emblems would be awesome!!! Take care billybob. ~Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 By the way, each time I try to update the attached equipment signature, it goes back to the old one. It seems easy enough to do, but won't stick? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 The only 'traditional' 3-way center speaker Klipsch ever made was the Palladium P-27C. I think Klipsch is missing out on a huge opportunity by not having a horizontal center speaker for the Heritage series. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314carpenter Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, wuzzzer said: The only 'traditional' 3-way center speaker Klipsch ever made was the Palladium P-27C. I think Klipsch is missing out on a huge opportunity by not having a horizontal center speaker for the Heritage series. I know a guy who had a Forte II horizontal built for him by a cabinetmaker. All original components and the horizontal cabinet was equal in size to the original. Of course a redesigned motorboard. You really couldn't tell it wasn't a Klipsch. I have no idea why they refuse to do that themselves. I have been running full size vertical centers for the past 4+ years. Compromise is bottom of screen height, floor space in front of the mounted tv, but most people are using a console there anyway. Pretty much all horizontal center channel speakers are compromise solutions, unless your using twigs for mains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Academy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314carpenter Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, billybob said: Academy Wrong voice. Won't be timbre matched. Drastically outclassed by the newest Forte. This thread is for IV not II. I never like the fact Academy was sealed without a passive. You could always tell the cabinet was killing the bottom end of that speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Doesn't need to be timbre matched or voice matched either. My opinion! Heritage Bar: https://www.klipsch.com/products/heritage-theater-bar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Herb Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 The quartet is like a shorter forte and 31 inches tall so still could be used vertically just a little something under the front edge to aim the tweeter at the mlp. I have a friend that did this with great success and I have a quartet I can sell you 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Herb Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I have fortes also and working on my 5.1 too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjcmt Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 1:55 PM, Mikekid said: My son will be buying Forte IV's in the near future. Are there any new Klipsch versions that would be a good center and surrounds match? He will be putting a 5.2 system together? Thanks much! In a perfect world if your son has a proper spacious room the Forte IV L/R with a Heresy IV center and surrounds might be one of the finest movie/music HT system. It's my dream multi-channel speaker system anyways. 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 5:41 AM, mjcmt said: In a perfect world if your son has a proper spacious room the Forte IV L/R with a Heresy IV center and surrounds might be one of the finest movie/music HT system. It's my dream multi-channel speaker system anyways. 🙂 His listening room just not large enough. Sure would be awesome though, no doubt! Klipsch...get busy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom05 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) On 12/13/2021 at 1:55 PM, Mikekid said: My son will be buying Forte IV's in the near future. Are there any new Klipsch versions that would be a good center and surrounds match? He will be putting a 5.2 system together? Thanks much! A set of Forte IV’s deserve another Forte IV for center , or a Heresy IV as center , that’s what belongs in there. Instead of degrading the system with an inferior speaker, you could run a 2.1 setup . Edited December 30, 2021 by Tom05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I've had to turn my center off. The Forte's over powers the center. Depending on room size you might get away without one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 The Belle Klipsch makes a great centre between Heritage speakers. Mine’s between a pair of modded 2-way La Scala IIs. Its size also makes it a great TV stand, although some might find it a bit tall. The only issue is that single Belles are hard to find. I had to buy a pair to get a single, and now the second Belle sits in a corner on standby, in case its brother ever calls in sick. It’s also possible to do without a centre speaker, or to use the TV sound at low volume to augment the phantom centre effect produced by the main left and right speakers. That’s what I’m doing with my bedroom system, and it works pretty well. Keep in mind that a centre speaker is only needed when your main speakers are very far apart and/or your listeners sit far off from the main listening position. If they aren’t and they don’t, you may get along fine with a 4.2 system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 key words of this thread= "matched" & "forte4"... academy, quartet, belle, etc are not matched to the forte 4. will they "work" & produce sound? yes. will it be a timbre matched sound? no. i agree that any decent center will work & they dont all have to be perfectly matched but for modern forte4 speakers there isnt any true center channel offered by klipsch to match so need to use a single forte4 or heresy4 for a good timbre match. or as mentioned, try the "phantom" setting on the AVR that will send all center info to the L&R mains. ive used phantom before i had a decent center to match the mains i had at the time & it worked very well. i also agree that klipsch is doing a disservice by not making a heritage center for customers that have the new heritage speakers in a home theater set up. same for a heritage looking sub.. or a practical horn sub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 001: I also agree that klipsch is doing a disservice by not making a heritage center for customers that have the new heritage speakers in a home theater set up. same for a heritage looking sub.. or a practical horn sub. 👌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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