New Klipsch Conwalls (IV)

the deal I got on the Heresy 3's ( and I know there is a 4 soon to be out) was close to dealer cost so I'm not worried about getting my money out of them. I payed $1600 Canadian ($1200 US)for a new in the box speaker that lists here in Canada for $2150 so I'm not upset at all even if I sell at a small loss I'm happy knowing what I'm getting into with the newer Klipsch line. Forte 4's I think are in my future for a second speaker set up, next year probably. Open baffles too are on my radar.

not to toss my local high end dealer under the bus here but I sort of fell into them. I dropped into my dealer to talk about if he could get the heritage line as he was not a dealer for them at the time. turned out his distributor had mistakenly delivered a new set of heresy 3's to him that morning by mistake so he sold them to me chuckling the whole time. 

turns out the distributor wasn't happy but when asked if they wanted the money they shut up. so I got to sample the new Heresy 3 for not much out take. I'm not disappointed for the money they rock. no not perfect but who cares when your ear deep into Jimmy Pages solo. they actually do Jazz very well to fyi. can't say much for classical as I'm not a listener as of yet. probably a bonus I'm driving them with a $30k system haha hell the speaker wires were almost double the money lol 


I only bought these Heresy's to evaluate the horn systems from Klipsch and if I wanted to take the plunge on the La Scala-Cornwall, both I think are too big why I'm thinking the Forte 4 maybe a La Scala we will see. I really like the new La Scala friend has a set, that's who lent me the older Cornwall's, they are just so much money for what you get IMO. 

Glen

 

kalali

I owned a set of SAM monitors as well for a while great speaker too for what they do. best sound staging I have ever heard in my system. 
I'm still thinking of the SAM high output's floor standers as a contender. just would like more bass but hard to do everything in a single driver. 

Voxative are high on my list to listen to for single driver systems. maybe the Pure Audio project's open baffle system with a Voxative main driver would be interesting to listen to. 

Have not heard the IV but I owned the Cornwall III and I could NOT find a way to like them.  The cabinet resonances obliterated detail in the midrange that I just could not live with.  My Forte IIs also do this but to a much lesser extent.  I did like my Heresy IIIs. Probably the worst in the way of cabinet resonances was my Belles.  It seems the big Klipsch really have a problem with the damned boxes singing along with the music,

The horn and cabinet damping performed on the Klipsch Heritage is a popular modification I have been doing for years, along with other Klipsch folks, and, other updates as well, such as crossovers. 

Yes. After selling Forte originals, I picked up Heresy ivs used, and broken in, 10/10 condition for $2100 pr

meticulous sound… so distinct… so lucious and warm, and super clear at low volumes that you hear pieces in songs you know… that weren’t there before. 
 

Amps? I have vintage ones, and Marantz 2226B is perfect for efficiency… better yet the TONE CONTROLS on vintage split, and they have a MIDBASS knob, to bring out where most music lays in the song. Most amps only have bass and treble. Marantz low powered amps were sweeter and warmer, and if one channel (L or R) is more in a corner, you can simply turn and say “split” the midbass a bit more to the less-revealing channel that isn’t in a closer corner proximity( rather than just making a BALANCE adjustment. 
 

I cannot wait to hear my CARY ROCKET 88, warming up my Mancave in the tube Winter. SS is cooler now in Summer.