Klipsch Speakers

I have the Cornwall IVs and run them with a tube amp. Even after tube rolling I found them to be a bit too bright - the problem I had with them from the beginning. A few weeks ago I bought an EQ and wow does it make a difference. I‘m bringing up the lower frequencies up just a bit (63Hz, 125Hz and 250 Hz), between 0,5 and 1dB, so not much at all, and the result is astonishing. The sound is so much fuller - and surprisingly the highs don‘t bother me a bit anymore. Sometimes I even bring them up a tiny bit.
So maybe that‘s an idea worth taking into consideration with the Fortes too.

Fortes with Parasound…heavenly 

Hello chmaiwald,

what EQ component do you have?

I had problems with bright sound with various speakers until I treated the room.  No  more brightness hearing Pioneer stand-mounts, Monitor Audio floorstanders, Vandersteen floorstanders, or B&W floorstanders.

Problem solved.

Hope that can help you too.

I have Forte IVs driven by an Elekit 300b tube amp, and they're absolutely balanced and dynamic at any volume. When driven by the Rogue Sphinx Class D hybrid they are more treble forward, so systems matching is critical. I demoed the Fortes and Cornwalls with PrimaLuna integrateds and that was also an excellent match for the Klipshes.

One thing that was an issue was choice of speaker cable - when trying to drive these with a cable made from Mogami wire I found that the Fortes sounded etched, thin, and too bright. Using a run of 12 gauge Belden OFC speaker cable provides a full, balanced sound. I assume this is the combined capacitance/inductance values of Mogami not playing well with my system.