I think the Forte IV bass is excellent, while it doesn't have the pitch definition of a Cornwall it goes pretty deep. I had a pair of Heresy III prior to these and the Forte are in a different league.
Don't really like them much, too in your face, but I think the Forte are the most "musical" of all the Klipsch, but definitely not the loudest. I had the MkIII
Your tastes seem to be in the upper echelon.... Wilson , Magico.... which most can’t afford. Why dis a speaker you aren’t even interested in, and I’m willing to bet you never heard the Forte IV .
I've had Klipsch-Horn and La-Scala and the Forte. I don't like "horn-shout" is that ok ? And like I said the Forte was the most musical of them all. And my tastes if you search are big ESL's.
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