Klipsch Speakers

Sorry to hear you're getting less than great results.   I have had the Forte IV since they were launched.   I used them with a pair of Quicksilver Mid Mono amps and they sounded great.  40 w Push-pull,  plenty of power.    In my medium room I barely used a few watts.   I switched gears and had a 300b amp built, sounds amazing to me.  

I tried my brother's 200 w Acurus amp.....   not a good match.    Agressive , kind of in your face.   I believe it is a synergy thing with these speakers

I have the Cornwall IVs and run them with a tube amp. Even after tube rolling I found them to be a bit too bright - the problem I had with them from the beginning. A few weeks ago I bought an EQ and wow does it make a difference. I‘m bringing up the lower frequencies up just a bit (63Hz, 125Hz and 250 Hz), between 0,5 and 1dB, so not much at all, and the result is astonishing. The sound is so much fuller - and surprisingly the highs don‘t bother me a bit anymore. Sometimes I even bring them up a tiny bit.
So maybe that‘s an idea worth taking into consideration with the Fortes too.

Fortes with Parasound…heavenly 

Hello chmaiwald,

what EQ component do you have?

I had problems with bright sound with various speakers until I treated the room.  No  more brightness hearing Pioneer stand-mounts, Monitor Audio floorstanders, Vandersteen floorstanders, or B&W floorstanders.

Problem solved.

Hope that can help you too.