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Those look nice and if the RSW 12 still rocks a Heck of a deal. GLWS.

Welcome to the Klipsch Forum and hope you get a reply! At some point I'm going from a 9.2 Dolby Pl IIz setup to something similar to what you are considering when my Denon AVR-4311ci breaks down...Btw, do you live in Germany?

My favorite is listening to my 5.1 mix SACD's with my RF7/RC7/RS7 HT system. Ha! I never listen to 2 channel. Up until last year I was like the Southern gentleman for almost 2 decades with multichannel concert videos thrown in...That said, lately I've been watching YouTube videos matrixed into 9.2 using Dolby PLIIz and am impressed how it works.

That used to be me--My favorite trip was a solo 5 week adventure that started with my first night of camping (ever) in Berlin where I stayed for 5 days. I then took a night train to Amsterdam where I stayed another week and then made my way to Mainz along the Rhine in a Northface Tadpole tent for the remaining 3 weeks or so...

Ha! Welcome to the Forum. I hope someone can help you but for Motorhome enthusiasts, as well as Forum Members who will definitely be remembered, you should google @HornEd and various subjects. One of those is an interesting (reported) motorhome setup--Wow! this forum has been around a long time! 🙈😱😬

Ha! I did an in-store comparison using an SPL meter to level-match them when I was using the former as surrounds with RF-7s up front. I couldn't tell them apart so I stuck with the 3s until I found a second pair of RB-75s to use as surrounds and back speakers in a 7.1 (2) configuration. 😊

Thanks for posting this @Paducah Home Theater. There are no frequencies that dip below 4 Ohms so I don't understand where the Fortes would struggle using a quality, mid-grade AVR... Impressive and that's with a lower end AVR. 😮 Did you hear any clipping?

Interesting...Where are the impedance dips on the Fortes that cause the most problems? 🤔 I actually thought they could be classified as "8 Ohm" speakers because they didn't have the jagged Frequency Response Curve that affected the RF-7s (and assumed others in the Reference line and below).

@ksquared Have you listened to any of the speakers?

Afterall...This IS s Speaker Forum. 🤓

I wouldn't say "0" complaints, but most seem happy without purchasing aftermarket crossovers. I toyed with the idea once but decided I was happy with what I had.

Fwiw, the original RF-7s do GREAT with music when set up correctly. I upgraded constantly until I got these bad boys 20 years ago. I auditioned for another couple of years and then decided we were set!

Fwiw, you have a very nice system already and I would listen to the Forte IVs before considering them an "upgrade." It's easy to spend someone else's money and at what cost? Regardless, thank you for your service.

Fwiw, if you are running them as Large you aren't crossing the lower end to the subs. If you set them back to Small I'd definitely lower the crossover to 80 Hz or below.

I didn't see if you were running a sub but if it can keep up with the RF-7s I'd set a crossover (60 to 80 hz) to relieve some stress on the AVR. Of course, if you don't have a sub set the speakers to large. That's my 2 cents