Soundstage Heresy IV and Forte IV

Haven’t heard the Forte but I have compared the Heresy and Cornwall. The biggest difference is that the Heresy is coming from the floor and its noticeable. I love the look of the Heresy but that’s the main issue that’s keeping me from buying them. I think they lose the coolness factor when on stands.  I'm still going back and forth between the Heresy and Forte and remain undecided.  The Forte is a significant jump in price, and I'm not a fan of their generic look, despite them likely solving the Heresy's main shortcomings (height/bass extension).

The Heritage line shares many of the same driver components until you get to the La Scala and above, but the horn shapes, and sizes of the cabinet will have a large impact on the overall sound, mostly in terms of scale and sensitivity.  

Buy the Forte IV if you can.  They are the same footprint as the Heresy and with a 12 " woofer and 15 " passive they have great bass.  

I traded my Heresy III in toward the Forte IV.   I wasn't really looking for speakers at the time.  I went to buy my daughter a soundbar and heard the Heresy IV and CW IV.  I also listened to a pair of Forte III .   When I learned that the Forte IV would share the same Celestion mid I ordered a pair.   I have had them since the week they launched and still really enjoy them.    

They are the sweet spot in the three 

Big Soundstage without a big footprint is why Ilike the Forte.    The Heresy are good , don't get me wrong but they don't have the scale and authority of Forte or Cornwall and they need a sub.   

My Forte IV’s are incredible, soundstage is wide and big.  On my 2a3 amps the detail and texture is exceptional.  I have had 2 reviewers from “The Audio Beat” over and they were very impressed by the lively sound I get from my 4w tube amps.  I can’t say enough about them.

If you're serious about soundstage, you can't be serious about Klipsch. That said, Heresies are not much more than knee high, have now low bass, and sound like it. Fortes address both those issues. But if I were looking for the kind of dynamics Klipsch offers and soundstage and bass, I'd seriously check out JBL, maybe the HDMI 3800 or a lovely pair of used Synthesis S3900s on sale here on Audiogon for $4900. The S3900s are a serious step up into a very elite league of speaker.