Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) I finished refurbishing a pair of 1996 Forte ii I picked up from Craigslist for $480. Rebuilt crites crossovers and added Dynamat sound dampening material to the midrange horns, tweeters, and on the insides. They were painted black and I stripped off the black paint. Sanded and oiled them. I'm driving them with a Decware Zen 2watt amplifier. Using a Bluesound Node 2i for streaming. I am blown away by the rich full bass. They almost sound better than my 1990 La Scalas! Edited June 12, 2022 by Klipsch104db 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Welcome! Cool... Nice too. Bass is what sold me on Klipsch. ☕ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 How do they sound pulled out from the wall? Thanks! @Klipsch104db Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 key word... 'almost' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 3 hours ago, billybob said: How do they sound pulled out from the wall? Thanks! @Klipsch104db They are only a few inches pulled out from the wall and sound great! I believe the dynamat I put inside the cabinets made a big difference in the bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 3 hours ago, billybob said: Welcome! Cool... Nice too. Bass is what sold me on Klipsch. ☕ Thanks! Glad to be here! I've been a Klipsch owner since the early 1990's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Klipsch104db said: They are only a few inches pulled out from the wall and sound great! I believe the dynamat I put inside the cabinets made a big difference in the bass. Well good job on the fortes. See now they are pulled out just a little. 6 to 12+ inches typically... Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, billybob said: Well good job on the fortes. See now they are pulled out just a little. 6 to 12+ inches typically... Cool! I had a pair of Forte ii in the mid 1990's. Sold them because I came across a pair of La Scalas that I still have. What do you have? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Had forte and 2s briefly in my place. Chorus, LS, etc. Now, H1s, CF-1, and a pair of Kpt-100. Hope to replace LS and Chorus again. And even larger... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 4 hours ago, billybob said: Had forte and 2s briefly in my place. Chorus, LS, etc. Now, H1s, CF-1, and a pair of Kpt-100. Hope to replace LS and Chorus again. And even larger... Are you or have you powered any of your speakers with tubes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Klipsch104db said: Are you or have you powered any of your speakers with tubes? No I am solid state. Did have a bass guitar tube amp long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, billybob said: No I am solid state. Did have a bass guitar tube amp long ago. I switched over to tubes about 6 years ago. I was using my 2watt decware to power my La Scalas. Then 2 1/2 years ago I replaced the decware with 25watt Quicksilver horn mono amps. Love em!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Klipsch104db said: I switched over to tubes about 6 years ago. I was using my 2watt decware to power my La Scalas. Then 2 1/2 years ago I replaced the decware with 25watt Quicksilver horn mono amps. Love em!! Have heard and read good things about both. Will try tubes one day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, billybob said: Have heard and read good things about both. Will try tubes one day. What type of music do you listen to? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just now, Klipsch104db said: What type of music do you listen to? Just about everything you can think of except maybe the very newest. Classical, rock, blues, boogie, soundtracks, jazz, new wave, etc...real country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, billybob said: Just about everything you can think of except maybe the very newest. Classical, rock, blues, boogie, soundtracks, jazz, new wave, etc...real country. I listen to everything from Mozart to Metallica. Classical, jazz, and blues sound excellent through tubes. When playing hard rock or heavy metal solid state to me seems to sound better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Klipsch104db said: I listen to everything from Mozart to Metallica. Classical, jazz, and blues sound excellent through tubes. When playing hard rock or heavy metal solid state to me seems to sound better. Bet it does sound good. Yes I tend to listen at higher volume than some. Enter the Chorus I happened to realize in lieu of pay at a home theater retail, and I was ecstatic. When I said rock, could include some metal. Hard rock... DP, Johnny W, Blue Cheer, Beck...it was mostly records then for me. And spinning now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, billybob said: Bet it does sound good. Yes I tend to listen at higher volume than some. Enter the Chorus I happened to realize in lieu of pay at a home theater retail, and I was ecstatic. When I said rock, could include some metal. Hard rock... DP, Johnny W, Blue Cheer, Beck...it was mostly records then for me. And spinning now. I was using 2 hafler 9270 ss amps bridged in mono putting out I believe 400watts per channel with my La Scalas years ago. I think it was pumping out 120+ decibels!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just now, Klipsch104db said: I was using 2 hafler 9270 ss amps bridged in mono putting out I believe 400watts per channel with my La Scalas years ago. I think it was pumping out 120+ decibels!! Really liked my 84 LaScalas. Came close to getting some Hafler a time or 2. Carver 250 wpc at the time. Cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch104db Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, billybob said: Really liked my 84 LaScalas. Came close to getting some Hafler a time or 2. Carver 250 wpc at the time. Cool... I miss the haflers. Lots of power. Clean sound. Sold them to let someone else enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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