RIAA, this quote I repeated, by the reviewer, Ken, was made prior, to his review of the Fortes IIIs. He happens to like horns, and have reviewed many. Your reviewer did not mention listening to great Jazz players, such as by Thelonious Monk, Miles, Hancock, Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, etc. he was only interested in " cranking them, and although they do crank, that is just one benefit of a horn design. Besides, I can guarantee you, if I ( and some others ) went inside of the Forte IIIs ( by removing the drivers, rear passive, and input panel ), there would be many things that could be done to them, to make them better. I have done so with the original Fortes, the series 2s, the original Chorus and series 2, the 4 models of the Epic series that has been copied by many , and some others, that were built here in the Arkansas plant, and this, of course, includes the Heritage series ( the Klipsch marketing department included the Forte 2, and now the 3, as Heritage models ). Being the old timer Klipsch guy that I am, I need to point out, that the 5 original Heritage series models ( with 4 still in production ), were PWK designs. Roy Delgado was behind all of the other designs. My opinion ( and many others ), of course, is, the Khorn, the Lascala, and the Belle ( no longer in production, because the Lascala outsold it, as well as the Belle used a shorter mid horn ), are worlds apart, superior, to any of the other Klipsch models. I am not speaking of the short lived Palladium series, although, my feelings about my preferred 3 are the same. I know I am making this about Klipsch, but, willgolf will post when he comes closer to a decision. ***** @dseltz, years ago, I heard an earlier, lesser model from the company. However, the current Saadhana seems like a winner, and at a fair price. *****Lastly, I completely agree with Ralph. A speaker, should be able to play " any " kind of music, and " handle " any kind of music, at every desired volume level, from the delicacy of a single violin, or, cannon blasts from the Telarc 1812. And yes, Zep, Floyd, and others, such as mentioned by Ralph. Enough of me ! Enjoy ! MrD.
