worth the jump to Cornwall IV's from Forte IV's?

Hello AudioCanada,

Towards your original question, yes it's worth the plunge man. Cornwalls work very well in a lot of different room configurations and you should notice a performance boost from your fortes if nothing else changes. Hope this helps and enjoy 

Gnu

I’ve had the Forte lV’s and now the Cornwall lV’s. The Cornwall’s aren’t near as fussy about placement as the Forte lV’s, and they have plenty of Bass. You don’t need 2 or 3 hundred watts. Low watt tubes or class A solid state is good. My First Watt SIT-3 is very good, with 18 watts.

As to the comment, “they’re not Bass machines”. Mine are very good in that regards, but I also have a well treated room, with very little cancellation.

did you a notice a significantly bigger soundstage over the Forte's?

would you consider the upgrade significant or simply a little better?

I know this isn’t exactly the same thing, but I had Forte IIIs, moved to khorns, then to Spatial Audio X3s to CW IV. I think the Cornwalls were significantly better than the FIII.