My new Quartets!

[Cal Blacksmith]

I posted this in 2ch at the end of a thread but it really deserves

to be here, with its own thread. I bought and took home a pair of Quartets

yesterday, to make (according to Klipsch) a perfect match with my Academy

center. The seller also had a pair of KG1s for

sale and I thought they would be a better match than the Quintets, (they certainly

look much better!) My setup was:

Academy center, (had a H1 there, it was different but not a

perfect match either)

Forte 1s as mains

H2 as sides

Quintets as rears

All driven by a Yamaha RX-V 750

I bought the speakers without talking to my wife about the

purchase and indeed I was fearing the worst as I drove home with those oak

beauties but as I got nearer home, I made the call home as I always do, just to

see if there is anything needed from the store on the way home as we are 12

miles into the country and going to the store for a gallon of milk is a pain in

the rear. Anyway, I found out that the wife had hurt her knee and was still

working on the house, we made some small talk, I told her how I felt for her (I

REALLY DID!) and to dont worry and take it easy, put ice on the knee and

relax. I mentioned speakers but I dont think she was listening and she changed

the subject, the seller called last week to change the pickup arangements and this was a heads up for my wife that something was

happening but just what, she did not know nor did she ask.

I stopped for some fast food on the way home as I knew she

would appreciate it. I walked in the door and gave her a hug, kiss and the

food. As we are expecting company this Friday, she is busy cleaning the house

so I just went into the living room/ HT and started cleaning, and re-arranging

the furniture. I brought in the Quartets (she was in the other room) and moved

the Fortes out of the main position and set the Quartets there. The Heresys

were taken out and the Fortes were moved there. I finished cleaning the room

and doing the initial adjustment for sound levels and invited her to watch a

movie with me. She came into the room and asked why I had moved the speakers

around (she didnt notice that they were new!) and I answered that these are

shorter so we could get a bigger picture on the projector (we still need a

screen so we are viewing on the wall) I popped in Star Wars III because I knew

the sound was very good and we settled in with the movie. The Quartets were

singing in perfect harmony with the Academy center and though I had a pretty

good match before, this was seamless across the front. Indeed the Quartets and the

Academy are a perfect match ! The Fortes sound fantastic in the side position

and I have yet to mount the KG1s as rears!

One day she will probably notice that these front speaker

look different perhaps it will be when I mount the KG1s as rears. By then

they will have been in the house for a little while and they will be familiar.

I will be selling the Heresys or at least one pair, but not yet, I will be

enjoying the 8 pair of Klipsch speakers I now have! This is indeed a disease!

It all started in 1977 when I first heard an pair of Khorns, I couldnt afford

them then and dont have the corners for them now but then came the Fortes,

then the Heresy2s, then the LaScalla top section, then the Quintets, then the Cornwallis,

then the Heresy 1s then the Academy center and last but not least the Quartets

and KG1s

Coulter, I need help! You have been down this road, HELP!!

[SilverSport]

Glad you like them Cal...I really like mine...great price which also helps with the smile factor...Did you ever try the H center with the H2s as mains???

I tried a three Heresy front and enjoyed it but the orphan H upstairs made me feel the Academy was the better center...popbumpered (Chris Munson) it is REALLY an outstanding center (Chris does the upgrades for the Quarts too...[]...uhhh ohhh...[] )

I never got the WOW factor with a Quart-Academy-Quart front but...lotsa maybes there...

I answered you in 2 channel as well...ENJOY!

Bill