Klipsch Cornwall IV

I have heard both the Forte and Cornwall. The Forte is a tricky one as it feels like it needs more space than the Cornwall, maybe due to the passive radiator. So for me other than price I would take the Cornwall and if you can afford $4500 you probably can afford $6000. 

If I was in the USA I would ask for a good deal and probably get away with 4500+tax for Cornwall IV, however in Switzerland you pay 8k. That’s why I wanted to test them but were too big for my car. I ended up testing them in a demo room, together with Heresy, and I was amazed about how close the heresy came for less than half price. Indeed the Forte were very revealing of bad recordings and placement was difficult because of the radiator!

Arthur you could just put big woofers in your car and park it in your living room!
In my experience you likely don’t have to worry about the size of these in your room. They’re big because they’re efficient, and that’s not representative of the amount of “breathing room” that they need. Very easy to place.
Where your tannoys, the older or newer models? I’ve always been intrigued by the tannoys buy I’ve never heard them. Sometimes when I hear a speaker is relaxed or a little dark that usually means the midrange is weak. I’d appreciate your thoughts.  

The new Tannoy Cheviot! I really did not enjoy them, hard to explain why. There was a lot missing in the mids and highs, wasn’t for my taste. 

@donsachs , 

Hi Don!  I started to put together a parts list to modify the crossover caps.  I like VCAP much. I've used their CuTFs before.  Can you shed some light on where one could cut corners a bit to save cost?  The reason I ask is that the mods you did come up to $896 in caps--

All values *2 loudspeakers
2.7 uF $87
2.2 uF $84
6.8 uF $101
1.5 uF $82
4 uF $94

I may do the VCAP ODAMs on 2.7, 2.2 and 6.8 and try something more affordable on the other values.