Bananas and Blow Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 On 5/30/2024 at 12:51 PM, Mike_S said: Why are Forte's the red headed step child? They are simply wonderful, they do everything well. Also they sold a ton of them, they are for sale new/used almost anywhere. It's almost impossible to find used Chorus's. My music room is 20X25 with hardwood floors, rock wall, 2 huge floor to ceiling windows, and 2 big archways. My dilemma is placement. Had them on the window wall, with the speakers in the windows, there was no prime listing area. Then put them on the rock wall, that works great, but that messes up the seating placement. Now it's on the medium size wall, looks good sounds good, and I got a sweet listing chair. Another thing I find about the Forte is they sound good off axis. No, not as good as the sweet spot, but better then a lot of other speakers. Fortes being the red headed step child is really not true. People on this forum seem to love them. They are well reviewed. I've had my IV's for 2 years and they are by far my favorite speaker I've ever owned, and I've owned a few. I think they are great for all kinds of music but are particularly great for rock and roll and metal. Really the only negative thing I've read about them on this forum is some people prefer other Klipsch heritage models over them. Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't mean they aren't great speakers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeiamme Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Hey Welcome. Good Luck on choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_S Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 10 hours ago, Bananas and Blow said: Fortes being the red headed step child is really not true. People on this forum seem to love them. They are well reviewed. I've had my IV's for 2 years and they are by far my favorite speaker I've ever owned, and I've owned a few. I think they are great for all kinds of music but are particularly great for rock and roll and metal. Really the only negative thing I've read about them on this forum is some people prefer other Klipsch heritage models over them. Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't mean they aren't great speakers. I own them, I know they are great speakers. When searching about Forte's on this forum, most threads say to just get Cornwalls, or Chorus. From what I have been reading, they are in the middle of the range. They are not a middle of the range speaker, at least for me. In my room, the Cornwalls are a bit on the big side, as good luck trying to find a set of used Chorus's. That's all I was saying. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Sticking with our 1996 ChorusII's. Purchased in 98. Still have boxes..will never get rid of em'. I don't think you could ever go wrong with any of the ones mentioned in this thread! Just awesome speakers, cannot go wrong.............................and the older models in decent shape are getting more rare than ever now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 I see the Fortes as the Goldilocks model, the perfect Klipsch product for the most people. Great sound, great looks and they are far less room restrictive than other heritage models (LaScala, Khorn and Cornwall). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzbutt Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) I got my fortes for FREE from the transfer station a couple years ago. ~Thanksgiving 2021. Very early s/n's probably 85. No kitty claw marks, minimal dings exc., no cigarette smell. What a @#$%ing score. I got em in my dads basement. Am driving w tube amp. They are so choice, as Ferris would say. a ha ha ha ha I RULE Ha ha ha ha I needed this Edited June 2 by Fuzzbutt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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