Klipsch Forte IV ... what amp ?

Just about any amp will work with those. However it would help if we knew how big your room is and how loud do you want to play. And when you say amp do you mean a separate power amp using a preamp to drive it?

If an integrated amp serves your needs I’m really hot on the Rogue Sphinx right now. 100wpc should get the job done in most cases and it’s a sweet sounding amp. It is way better sounding than it’s price suggests.

I run a PrimaLuna Dialog Premium with my Heresys, works very well.

Hi All,

I bought a pair of Forte IV's about two weeks ago.

My system is PS Audio Memory player, EVO B4B DAC, Don Sachs DS2 and CJ 17LS2 preamps.

My other speakers are Thiel CS5i's so I have a McCormack DNA-500 on hand.

The Forte's were very harsh with the DNA-500. Really don't really know why, but not a good match.

I inserted my CJ LP66S, which is 60 wpc into 8 ohms. Much better sounding, most of the harshness is gone. And 60 watts could blow me out of my listening room (16 x 35 with speakers at one long end, listening spot about ten feet away, so half the room is behind me).

I have been reading everything I can find about the Forte's and amps. Lots of people seem happy with less than 100 wpc - tube and ss.

My opinion is that they would sound great with the right 30 wpc or less. Maybe Pass, First Watt, etc.

Read somewhere that horns do not like amps with a lot of negative feedback so you have to be careful with ss. Not a problem with tube amps, I believe. I am no expert.

I am finding the speakers hard to place in my room. The bass seems a bit tighter  and more nuances with the speakers about 14 to 20 inches from the front wall. Closer might give a bigger bass but it is not as refined to my ears.

They Fortes seem to be need volume to get a wide soundstage. Nothing I have tried provides a good depth of soundstage. Still playing with the toe in. 

Like the livliness and dynamics. 

FWIW

Saki70, share your journey as you try different amps.

Dsper

Hello and thanks for the response .

Actually the Forte's were for another system with a Primaluna Dialogue Premium !

But the Boss Lady wanted them in this streaming system that I am putting together. 

This system is running a Naim Unity Atom which is an integrated amp/streamer/DAC with a pre -out . Using the pre-out , we wanted to try something else for amplification .

We have about 400 sq. ft.in an 'L' shaped room with the listening position about 

10 ft. away . We listen from soft , just above a wisper , to loud , yelling across the street . I believe that the output impedance of the Naim pre-out to be 24 ohms .

Be Safe 

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Actually the Forte's were for another system with a Primaluna Dialogue Premium

So, how does it sound?