Klipsch Speakers

Luxman 590AXII driving my Forte IV's.  Didn't care for all-tube (pre and amp w/2A3's); for me much better w/Class A solid-state. Augmented w/RELS/510 and never bright unless the recording is.

@silverfoxvtx1800 In my experience the McIntosh amps (and integrated amps) with the autoformer output stages tend to sound smoother.  I have a pair of Focal Sopra No2's which can sound very bright, but being driven by a McIntosh amp (with autoformers), they really pair well.  One of my audiophile buddies came over for a listen and remarked to me that he loved that McIntosh "tube sound"...

@silverfoxvtx1800 ,  Thanks for telling us about your system. 

The Forte IV is a pretty great speaker. Before I would move on and conclude it's not your taste, I'd try a different front end amp and possibly source. 

Like @mrmojo  above, I have tried Fortes and Cornwall IVs with Primaluna and Elekit 300b amongst others.  I think you may owe it to yourself to try different amps. 

One combination I had that was sublime was using a Schitt Freya in front of the Elekit or a Carver Crimson 275.  

I'm a bit of a tube head, BUT, I was shocked to hear how good the CWIVs sounded with a Marantz KI Ruby integrated.  

How loud do you like to listen/drive?  If you don't listen very loud, SET amps can be spellbinding.  Yet, tossing a good hunk of power at such efficient speakers can sometimes be unnecessary, not better, or other times amazing.  It just depends. 

I would play around with stuff. But that's just me. In today's world, you can go out and scoop up something just to try it. 

Dynamat works wonders ( you can also use Peel & Seal roofing repair tape ). Stop the resonance and vibration !

Just looked at the crossovers in my original Forte's and the components are wired directly to the terminals.  There are no metal strips.  I seemed to remember that from when I installed new caps several years ago but had to look again.  

Nothing new here but a brightness problem depends much on the recording where the highs were likely boosted for better sound from a boom box.  

Nothing expensive in this room.  A Bellari tube preamp at the listening position into long homemade cables to a Dayton Audio APA-150, which is just like the Emotiva look alike.  It sits between the speakers so speaker cables are short which I think sounds better.  

Its a cheap amp with the big power transformer which is crucial for decent class a/b sound.  I don't want to spend more money but I don't begrudge those who do. 

Got the speakers for $500 from CL.  Doesn't have to be a super expensive hobby for enjoyable sound.  

I do like the way the Forte's sound at low levels, which is how I listen.  Should also mention that I have high frequency hearing loss as an old guy but that means nothing sounds too bright.  Like having an equalizer in your head.