Soundstage Heresy IV and Forte IV

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.   

Like cfarrow said,  the Forte throw a huge Soundstage.   With my 300b it's a great combo.   When called upon images extend way beyond the speaker .   

I think half the equation is the amp.  They sounded great with my  Quicksilver Mid Monos , they sound very good with my 40 watt SS Cyrus i7-XR ... can listen all day,  and incredible with my 7 watt Toolshed Amps 300b.   Huge holographic sound.  

They play nice with a number of amps.  I picked up that Cyrus on closeout, just to try it for a bedroom system.     What a great sounding amp !  I used it in my main room for the last 3 weeks with those Forte and it didn't disappoint.  It was really hot here lately so I gave the tube amps a little break. 

I loved my H3...  the Forte is just  more of good thing.   Just as the Cornwall is more of a good thing.... and on up the line.    

Sometimes I will feel like an image is wrapping around from front to rear or sometimes things go well beyond the speaker.   

They are great with tubes but also with good solid state electronics.   I recently drove the Forte IV with my new Cyrus 40 watt integrated.   It sounded awesome.  I kept that amp in my main room for over two weeks.  It has great detail and an excellent sense of pace and rhythm.    It had no problem driving those speakers to generous levels.   It didn't have quite the tone that I appreciate with a good tube amp but man it sounded good.    Like Heresy, Forte really sing with a great amp.  

I use mine mainly with a 7 watt 300b amp and they sound so good together.