Klipsch speaker choices

Jsauter...you will be sorely missed...farewell and good luck. Also, Klipsch speakers are often "uber sensitive" so maybe that's what you read. A pun?...well hell yes.

I expect everyone to think exactly as I do as my impeccable taste and astonishing experience dictates that. Anyone who disagrees with me is simply off their rocker, so to speak...I can also provide sartorial suggestions and lawn mowing technique improvement tips, but prefer not to. Also, Mr. "D" is allowed, by me of course, to respond with the term "overpriced" regardless of the incredible and possibly irreversible psychological trauma that term can cause to the uber sensitive among us...it's simply how "the ball bounces" although hey, a trigger warning might be warranted before further like minded utterances. More to the point, my primary experience of Klipsch anything has been from my 3 years or so with Heresy IIIs which were modded with "dampit" stuff...I've personally modded them further with frequent dusting, as I think dust can effect the sound by providing thousands of tiny out of phase reflection points only noticeable when one has the finely tuned audio skills I do, otherwise nobody should care about that, or anything I just posted.

I still stand by the excellent mids in my Heresy IIIs along with everything else I said...and really helomach, you're lookin' kinda creepy at this point...if you refuse to respond respectfully please refrain from responding at all.

My primary reference comes from decades of mixing hundreds of live concerts by a very wide range of musicians. I own "current and up to date" gear from my hifi rig to piles of professional gear, home recording things, musical instruments all over my house, and various monitors the like...I can say with certainty that Heresy IIIs do not have "somewhat of an old school sound"...maybe old versions do, but not these. Crisp, accurate, coherent sound from a classic single ended tube amp sounding utterly like a current state of the art system, and I can listen to other stuff at nearby "salons' like Goodwin's...those rarely impress to a degree that would make me  doubt what I have in my listening room.

Hey..."Mr. D" guilted me into damping my mid horns and it was a fun and cheap mod that made 'em sound somewhat cleaner and was worth it, so THANKS "D"...I've heard all of the speakers helomech mentions...a couple of 'em extensively, and I still maintain that Heresy IIIs have mids that utterly  give up nothing to those brands, and in fact I'll argue that in terms of lifelike tonal qualities and realism, they're more to my liking relative to any of those...note that worrying about those pesky "hard earned dollars" would suggest avoiding pricey mini monitors (although I do own a few for near-field mini monitoring) or $3,500 A4s (which I like actually but they're too inefficient, and simply another ho hum "drivers in a box" design) over a pair of sub 2 grand Heresy IIIs, which can sound like actual music on 2 watts. I'm starting to sound like Guttenberg but I have no audio brand fanaticism, although nobody makes anything like a Heresy III for me to compare mine to...except...uh...

I don't think Heresy IIIs have a particular tonal response...horns are often more "immediate" sounding because of their efficiency and that's a good thing, but my experience with these things indicates they're somewhat tonally neutral in the sense that nothing jumps out as harsh treble or mids...they're simply coherent and clear, and revealing of whatever's driving them.

I use a Dennis Had 12wpc or so (depending on output tubes) amp with Heresy IIIs and they sound amazingly good with 2 REL subs (I had the subs before the Heresy IIIs). The Had amps are sole new only on Ebay and are in various styles, from $1200 or so to maybe 2 grand for a hand wired masterpiece. Note that the relative smallness (or shortness anyway) is a key feature of Heresy IIIs and one that I like...they’re far less physically obtrusive than Fortes and Cornwalls, and sound at least similar (from the mids up anyway). I heard the new Cornwalls recently and they’re a great sounding speaker but man...some largeness ya got there...also worth noting is the price...my Heresy III "Capitol Records Edition" (!) were $1500 new including shipping a couple of years ago (a great deal I know...still...) but Fortes are 4 grand a pair and Cornwalls are around 6...that’s a large difference, and likely worth it, but in a different league really.