@bigjohn9095, Welcome!!!
With your interest level, I'd say you definitely have to give the Forte IIIs and Heresy IIIs a whirl. I'm in Chicagoland if you want to pop by to listen to your music to put them through their paces.
I'm familiar with the PSB Imagine T3s. They are a great loudspeaker. In contrast to the Forte IIIs, you're going to get a deeper but not wider soundstage and more pinpoint imaging. The T3s have a laser focus from midband upwards. On the other hand, the Forte IIIs are more holographic and without question more "live" sounding. The Forte IIIs are more dynamic, more sensitive, and very revealing of sources. They are two different animals and I like both very, very much.
The Forte IIIs can play great, IMHO, with solid state. I enjoyed them with Class D topology too. I do, however, strongly prefer them with tubes.
I'm not an evangelist of cables or at least dropping a fortune on cables. I will say though, decent cables that can at least keep noise out of the chain are important with the Forte IIIs due to the loudspeaker's efficiency plus it's transparent nature. At this efficiency level I took efforts to keep all hum out of the sound.
What's also fun about the Forte IIIs is their characteristic of sounding different with different amps and sources. That's why I said above that I'll enjoy the journey long before I move them out for something different. I'm no expert but I think I can hear greater differences when swapping out gear than with a more modern design like the PSB you reference. So that is a plus for me because I like to play around and the F3s are a great common denominator to play around on my journey.
To borrow a line from WolfGarcia, I'm now that guy in his mid 40s (Wolf is likely mid 50s) using horns and tubes! I never thought I'd own anything Klipsch too.
With your interest level, I'd say you definitely have to give the Forte IIIs and Heresy IIIs a whirl. I'm in Chicagoland if you want to pop by to listen to your music to put them through their paces.
I'm familiar with the PSB Imagine T3s. They are a great loudspeaker. In contrast to the Forte IIIs, you're going to get a deeper but not wider soundstage and more pinpoint imaging. The T3s have a laser focus from midband upwards. On the other hand, the Forte IIIs are more holographic and without question more "live" sounding. The Forte IIIs are more dynamic, more sensitive, and very revealing of sources. They are two different animals and I like both very, very much.
The Forte IIIs can play great, IMHO, with solid state. I enjoyed them with Class D topology too. I do, however, strongly prefer them with tubes.
I'm not an evangelist of cables or at least dropping a fortune on cables. I will say though, decent cables that can at least keep noise out of the chain are important with the Forte IIIs due to the loudspeaker's efficiency plus it's transparent nature. At this efficiency level I took efforts to keep all hum out of the sound.
What's also fun about the Forte IIIs is their characteristic of sounding different with different amps and sources. That's why I said above that I'll enjoy the journey long before I move them out for something different. I'm no expert but I think I can hear greater differences when swapping out gear than with a more modern design like the PSB you reference. So that is a plus for me because I like to play around and the F3s are a great common denominator to play around on my journey.
To borrow a line from WolfGarcia, I'm now that guy in his mid 40s (Wolf is likely mid 50s) using horns and tubes! I never thought I'd own anything Klipsch too.