Klipsch Speakers

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

@arcticdeth 

The mk IV version of the Heritage line of Klipsch are not harsh.  I own the Heresy IV and can listen to them all day long... 

Another strength of the Heresy IV, anyway, is that it still sounds dynamic and expansive at even very low volumes.

I have used them with a Pioneer Elite avr (totl from about 2005), an Onkyo Integra receiver from 1986, and a Marantz Ruby amp.  The Heresy IV sounds amazing with all of them, but the best pairing, not surprisingly, is the Marantz.  The Elite though also works well, and the Integra is a workhouse and good too.  

Ya I can’t figure it out also…lol