Fwiw, I demoed the Forte III when that was the current model and was surprised at being underwhelmed. As a Klipsch fan, I had original Heresy and KG 4.2 for years, I then demoed the Heresy IV and thought it superior to the Forte. I was looking for a bigger sound though and tried the Cornwall IV's. I bought them and 1.5 years later I'm still very happy.
I also demoed a range of solid state integrated amps with the Cornwall IV's in the 10k price neighborhood. They all sounded excellent. In the end I bought a Luxman L509X that I liked best. Always loved the clean look and pure, uncolored sound of Japanese gear.
