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Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience.

Hi all. New here this is my first post. I am mulling over very seriously the Heresy iv's. I have heard some very good things about them. I would like to get the advice on any of you here who own them as to what the listener experience is with these speakers. I really want to pull the trigger on these speakers but here in Canada with taxes in they are close to 5K. I want them to be my last set ever. Right now I have a set of Proac Studio 118s. They are real nice But the Klipsch are calling me bad. Lol. I have a Rega Apollo cd player and a Nad M3 amp along with Van Den Hul inter connects and speaker cables. I have heard that the Heresy's real make the music come to life with a terrific impact. Any input from Heresy iv owners would be greatly appreciated.
deaconblue64
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@mapman 
"... not fatiguing."

A buddy of mine has the III and giddy about getting the IV. I've not heard it myself. Wondering if the difference is more than subtle.  I've heard the  new Tractrix® horn midrange and noting the Hersey IV has a titanium diaphragm high-frequency driver.  Former versions always sounded piercing to me.  

If you can share - Is it quite different from the former version of itself, across low, med, high freq?

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mapman
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I heard the IIIs at same dealer a while back. Very different demo but I will go out on a limb and say the IVs were a bit more refined. More like Forte III. I would chose the IVs over the IIIs though the IIIs would probably be better with most lower powered tube amps. 
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islandmandan
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Last week I traveled to my 86 year old friends home to listen to his pair of Heresy loudspeakers. They happen to be an original pair in mint condition. When he first got them, he was unhappy with them. He did some checking online, ordered some parts, and modified the crossovers.

What I heard was one of the very best sounding pairs of speakers I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. He had me bring my new 3C24 amp over, and that turned out to be a magical pairing. I almost felt bad taking my amp home with me.

He spent way less than the $5000 a new pair would cost. Just to put things in perspective. It was great to see him again, and I was very happy he wound up with such a great-looking and sounding pair of speakers. 

Regards,
Dan
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mapman
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$5000?
Should be 60% max of that.

Not inexpensive but unique and competitive with others in the price range.

Still hand made in USA I believe.

Older tube amp friendly  models less than $1000 usually
wolf_garcia
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The Heresy IIIs also have titanium tweeters (and mid horns) and I’ve never thought they were overly bright....simply revealing, and possibly not transistor amp friendly if that amp (or anything else in the rig) has harsh treble. I too am interested in hearing the IVs as the IIIs have been great in my system for the last few years, but not in a hurry as my current setup (with 2 subs that integrate perfectly) sounds amazingly good...the IVs would have to be a big improvement to justify dumping my IIIs. The good news about either speaker is the fact you can explore single ended tube amps with lower power not suited to less efficient speakers...I’ve had success with that, and likely won’t go back to a transistor amp.
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