Klipsch Speakers

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.

@silverfoxvtx1800 - Assuming the "no picture" comment was directed to me, I do have a picture but don't know how to get it into a post. If you know, please explain. Thanks