I just wanted to add my thoughts on this being a Klipsch Hertiage owner for 30 yrs starting with my Khorns and Hersey II's.
As someone mentioned the Klipsch forums is a wealth of information and good deals in the Garage Sale section. I have been a Heritage member there for 20+ yrs, there are alot of great people there to help in any way they can. They throw one hell of a party in Hope every couple of years for the Pilgrimage.
I have even sold Klipsch when I dabbled in the audio business part time way back. One thing about Klipsch, people either love them or hate, no down the middle. I dislike their subs, to boomie for my taste, great for movies, lousy for music.
I sold a pair of original RF7 on a Saturday and the guy was back by Tuesday complaining they actually hurt his ears, and he was not alone with that sentiment. He actually settled on Monitor Audio Golds more of a musical speaker line. Klipsch are slam in your face loud but I also love the musical soundstage they throw at you when you listen to a live recording, oh yes, strings here, horns there, and percussion in the back. To me there is no better speaker at doing the live soundstage. PWK was more than just an Engineer who believed lamp cord was just fine for speaker wire and $10K cables made him laugh.
I was aware the day Klipsch announced the end of the Heritage line in 2000, I'm not kidding, there was such a revolt on their website forum board, it was a wild time.
That day I went to my local Dealer and ordered a pair of LaScala's thinking no way in hell would I get a pair, especially up to Canada. In 6 months time he calls me. I got 1pr out of the last 20 that were built of the LaScala in Hope with serial #'s 0001/0002 which I was told was yr 2000, the last year of production and they sit new in their original boxes open to air now and then, less than 1 hrs playtime, my girls...ha...
And that's my brush with greatness...I did meet Johnny Cash in an airport once...
I would look at the Klipsch site for a used pr of Cornwalls or even cheap LaScalas if your state side. New in that range the Forte III's are nice, I have original Forte's and use them in a seperate room close to your size, abit smaller for 2 channel.
Cheers and good hunting.
As someone mentioned the Klipsch forums is a wealth of information and good deals in the Garage Sale section. I have been a Heritage member there for 20+ yrs, there are alot of great people there to help in any way they can. They throw one hell of a party in Hope every couple of years for the Pilgrimage.
I have even sold Klipsch when I dabbled in the audio business part time way back. One thing about Klipsch, people either love them or hate, no down the middle. I dislike their subs, to boomie for my taste, great for movies, lousy for music.
I sold a pair of original RF7 on a Saturday and the guy was back by Tuesday complaining they actually hurt his ears, and he was not alone with that sentiment. He actually settled on Monitor Audio Golds more of a musical speaker line. Klipsch are slam in your face loud but I also love the musical soundstage they throw at you when you listen to a live recording, oh yes, strings here, horns there, and percussion in the back. To me there is no better speaker at doing the live soundstage. PWK was more than just an Engineer who believed lamp cord was just fine for speaker wire and $10K cables made him laugh.
I was aware the day Klipsch announced the end of the Heritage line in 2000, I'm not kidding, there was such a revolt on their website forum board, it was a wild time.
That day I went to my local Dealer and ordered a pair of LaScala's thinking no way in hell would I get a pair, especially up to Canada. In 6 months time he calls me. I got 1pr out of the last 20 that were built of the LaScala in Hope with serial #'s 0001/0002 which I was told was yr 2000, the last year of production and they sit new in their original boxes open to air now and then, less than 1 hrs playtime, my girls...ha...
And that's my brush with greatness...I did meet Johnny Cash in an airport once...
I would look at the Klipsch site for a used pr of Cornwalls or even cheap LaScalas if your state side. New in that range the Forte III's are nice, I have original Forte's and use them in a seperate room close to your size, abit smaller for 2 channel.
Cheers and good hunting.