Would this be a downgrade?

[Terry Palmer]

I have a question. I have a pair of Hersey 3’s in Cherry very nice.  I have an opportunity to get some Chorus II’s. I’ve heard Chorus II’s before and loved them. Would I be down grading. The Chorus II’s are Walnut in good regular condition. No up grades. 
 

any input would help. 

Edited June 26, 2024 by Terry Palmer
Clarify The Hersey’s that I have

[CWOReilly]

Uhhh. Not a downgrade at all. 

[jcn3]

Uhhh.  Definitely not a downgrade.  Why would you think that it is?

[nickyboy6100]

2 hours ago, Terry Palmer said:

I have a question. I have a pair of Hersey 3’s in Cherry very nice.  I have an opportunity to get some Chorus II’s. I’ve heard Chorus II’s before and loved them. Would I be down grading. The Chorus II’s are Walnut in good regular condition. No up grades. 
 

any input would help. 

No comparison. Get the Chorus. 

[billybob]

No...

[Iteachstem]

My suggestion.  Buy the Chorus II speakers.  Put them side by side and do an A/B comparison and let your ears make the decision for you.  Which ever one you like less, sell, or move to another room.

[Peter P.]

The Chorus IIs play considerably lower than the Heresy IIIs and I believe you'll notice the difference. Efficiency is close to equal. I'd say go for it.

[Flevoman]

I had the Heresy 2 once and upgraded to the Chorus 1.

This was a big improvent, so go for it. 

[Schu]

mor larger... mor betta... all the way up the entire line.

[Flevoman]

The Chorus has temporarily replaced the Cornwall. You can place the Chorus in the same position as the Cornwall in the Heritage lineup. So, above the Heresy and the Forte.

So it will never be a downgrade. 

 

Which one you will prefer in terms of sound is a combination of your room, setup and personal preference, but I find it hard to imagine that you would prefer the sound of the Heresy over the Chorus.

[Terry Palmer]

Thanks everyone for your input. I’m planning on doing it. I had some Chorus 2’s at one time. Loved the way they sounded and one of them had a blown tweeter and blown crossover. After getting it fixed not to original it still sound led great. But ended up selling them went to quartets and then to Hersey 3’s. Which I currently have. Wish I hadn’t parted with them and would have just had them redone. 

[Coytee]

19 hours ago, Iteachstem said:

My suggestion.  Buy the Chorus II speakers.  Put them side by side and do an A/B comparison and let your earns make the decision for you.  Which ever one you like less, sell, or move to another room.

His earns?  You want him to burn them and put their ashes in an urn?  Or did you mean sell them and with the earnings, take his wife out to dinner?

 

[Iteachstem]

1 hour ago, Coytee said:

His earns?

Doh!  Hey, I'm on summer break... I take no responsibility for spelling/grammar errors!

[Coytee]

I don't think Stem is in part, spelling, right?  So there ya go!!

Built in excuse!  

 

(I'm retirement guy for 12 counties of teachers so I enjoy picking on them from time to time)

 

 

[Tom05]

Personal preference , it depends a lot on how you like your bass , do you prefer super tight bass or extended . Heresy won’t reproduce low frequency rumble with much authority, so a cleaner tighter bass compared to Chorus may be perceived by some listeners. I don’t think of Heresy as a down grade to any  other heritage speaker , they are excellent in their own way. 🤓