Non-Heritage Klipsch speakers remain some of the top-selling worldwide (if you don't count "smart speakers" and similar low-fidelity items): https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/top-10-speaker-brands/, so I wouldn't expect Klipsch to be "disappeared". Some companies keep traditional products around, in some cases even though they contribute little or nothing to their profits, simply because they represent the company's "roots". The Klipsch Heritage line, and the Forums, might be just such items.

They are great speakers.  Very natural sounding... I just wish they were in a nice wood cabinet and I definitely would use these in my house.  I thought about building a nice cabinet myself, but it seems like a lot of work for something that will not really better the way they sound.

Forte IV. The horn does a much better job as a waveguide. Technology marches onwards.

Lets hope.    Wish things were the way they used to be so many years ago, but they're not and we have to keep going forward with whatever makes us happy in our own way.   There is always more than one way to skin a cat, right?

Thats awesome and glad you had the tight family business experience.   Not all do.   

I used to dream of having new Khorns, but it was only a dream.  I would love to buy a Klipsch product, but way out there now for me.  

That alone is north of $300,000/yr.  Electricity, liability insurance, taxes, materials etc.  A lot of money for sure.

You choose your path and others need to choose theirs no question about that in my mind but we all pay a price for those paths taken and also reap the rewards.   So in my family’s case money was never the main priority it was more about being together and working for a decent living while doing so. During our business years we were blessed to have Mom with us for 9 years until she unexpectedly and suddenly pass away at the young age of 42 and as tough as it was my Dad, Brother and myself continued on with the business then after 22 years together with all the good and rough years we finally decided to close the doors and during this time Dad took ill and passed within a couple of months. Now my brother has been gone 10 years and let me tell you those years of having our business together are precious to me and any money that I could have made working for someone else couldn’t provide me with the memories that mean the world to me today. Life happens in the blink of an eye and for me it’s the sharing and memories with my family that I hold valuable and not any money/things that I could have made somewhere else. Those business years of sacrificing and uncertainty with no guarantee were filled with a shared love of family and happiness as well so many may not understand and think we were foolish but I know better from experience.   miketn

Ha! Speaking of Bullshit--Remember when we used to get away with.....oh, never mind. Let's hope the new owners find value in the Klipsch Forum for the next 20 years. Lol. 

What!!! 😮 NO ONE is dreaming about having 26k, 36k, and especially not 50k speakers today unless they are rappers or old school keep-up-with-the-Joneses, audiophiles! 😎