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Forte bass, please tell me I am not crazy....


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Your not crazy, just tuning a critical ear. I just joined this site after becoming so excited over the Klipsch Forte speaker I recently acquired. I have always found a high current amp design is critical for these speakers as the load is difficult for some amps. I am using a Denon AVR985 and the speakers breath very openly. On my B channel is a much guarded set of Infinity RS 3B's. I use a HP computer with a vintage creative sound card that is just as old. It allows me to dial in very specific settings. The Fortes being a reflex design with a 15 inch radiator and proper distance to wall to room size and adjustment for acoustics will bring out nice accurate bass without boom or hang.

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You just have to keep telling them Wuzzer hehe

Southern, what crossover did you use to biamp fortes? I am thinking to go active with mine instead of renewing passives, but

i only have tube amps for mids, rest of my amps are SS. Did you keep high/mid portion of original passive XO?

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Southern, what crossover did you use to biamp fortes? I am thinking to go active with mine instead of renewing passives, but

i only have tube amps for mids, rest of my amps are SS. Did you keep high/mid portion of original passive XO?

My speakers are the orginal Forte 1's that have been re-capped and modified for bi-amping. The modified crossover components are the same values as the original crossover design.

Here is the link with pictures: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=94027

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No, you aren't crazy. I learned this years ago. A high powered/high current high quality amp will always give more authoritative bass with better control, and better overall sound.

I used to think otherwise until I started getting more heavy into audio and trying many different equipment and speakers. It was a learning experience you only get when trying various products.

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