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Definitely , a pair of Quartets-A and a pair of Hersey-B running with A&B channel together  - more is better .

 

4 cabinets ,  4 woofers  including 2 ...12 inchers and 2 .....10 inchers   , instead of only 2 ......12's woofers for the Forte II

4 identical midrange k-53 drivers  instead of only 2 on the Forte II   , Same-k-61  horns on the Quartet vs the Forte II -

4 Horns  in 2 ;pairs  instead of only 2 for the Forte II

4 tweeters , instead of 2   ,

 

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I never understood the desire to run multiple speakers playing the same channel signals.  Yes, you can achieve higher SPL, but you are introducing other issues.  Correct stereo imaging depends on the amplitude, phase/timing, and directional information coming from each channel arriving at your ear without losing that information or adding anything to it.  This will allow your ear/brain system to properly process it and turn it into a stereo image in your head.  In turn, this allows you to locate sounds between the speakers that are a reasonable reproduction of what was captured by the microphone or created at the mixing console.  Ideally, this means there should only be one early arrival of the sound of each channel at each ear.  This is one reason why people treat their rooms to eliminate the early reflections.  However, when you add more speakers reproducing the same channel you are now intentionally adding multiple early arrivals at each ear.  This causes confusion for the ear/brain system and can muddy or destroy the imaging.  Another downside to having multiple speakers per channel is that there will be interference between them depending on the distance between them and the frequencies being reproduced (a.k.a. comb filtering).  Peaks and dips can be present at different locations.  If you want higher SPL, just get a more capable pair of speakers.  In case you haven't guessed by now, I'd recommend just one pair of Forte II.

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For purity, Forte II.

 

If you want to experiment, you could try a Halfer type circuit.  Poor Man's Surround Sound : 4 Steps - Instructables

 

If the front speakers are the same type as one another

and the rear are also the same type as each other, but can be different than the fronts you could use a Halfer type of circuit.

 

I've heard that a few solid state amps don't like this arrangement.  Google it.

 

If the rear speakers are less sensitive ( less "efficient")move them closer to the listeners.  If they are more sensitive, move them back, away from the listeners.

 

Since the rears are coming at you from a different location, with a different acoustical surround, and hitting the back of your outer ears, even identical speakers would sound different.

 

Works best with recordings with just a few, rather distant mics (e.g., with 2 mics 10 or more feet above a symphony orchestra, rather with a mic crammed down the throat of every horn.

 

I had this set-up in the early '70s, and was the envy of my peers.  Very immersive. 

 

**If it doesn't work, you could move the extra speakers to a different room, or sell them, or if you have PLII on your preamp or receiver, try that.

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...I was so poor I had to do the Hafler circuit with only one speaker, a Minimus 7.

 

To the OP, if the price is right try them all and sell off what you don’t like.

 

As another member here put it, they are free rent at the right price.

 

Forte 2 is a game changer if you have never heard them. Quartets are impressive for their size. But Heresys are unique too. You need to hear them all in your own space.

 

And then buy something bigger when the opportunity presents itself, lol.

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Let's just say what is really going to happen here. 

 

Buy the Forte IIs.  Before you even hook them up buy new crossovers and tweeters.  Then three of four amps. 

 

Fast forward a year or so and he will have the Quartets and Heresys in addition to the Fortes. 

 

Then a year or so later K Horns and Cornwalls.  Eventually he will need a larger house, the wife and kids will leave and he will live with his 72 pairs of speakers.  But he will fit right in around here.  😁

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35 minutes ago, tigerwoodKhorns said:

Let's just say what is really going to happen here. 

 

Buy the Forte IIs.  Before you even hook them up buy new crossovers and tweeters.  Then three of four amps. 

 

Fast forward a year or so and he will have the Quartets and Heresys in addition to the Fortes. 

 

Then a year or so later K Horns and Cornwalls.  Eventually he will need a larger house, the wife and kids will leave and he will live with his 72 pairs of speakers.  But he will fit right in around here.  😁

Unfortunately, that’s one of the side effects of Klipsch speakers. 

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43 minutes ago, tigerwoodKhorns said:

Let's just say what is really going to happen here. 

 

Buy the Forte IIs.  Before you even hook them up buy new crossovers and tweeters.  Then three of four amps. 

 

Fast forward a year or so and he will have the Quartets and Heresys in addition to the Fortes. 

 

Then a year or so later K Horns and Cornwalls.  Eventually he will need a larger house, the wife and kids will leave and he will live with his 72 pairs of speakers.  But he will fit right in around here.  😁

Blissful thinking...

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